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Opinion

NEW YORK STATE: Let feds decide on benefits for vets

The OBSERVER’s View

It’s hard to disagree with the sentiment behind Assemblyman David DiPietro’s push to create a state dental benefits program for veterans. Veterans have access to health care through the Veterans Administration, so it stands to reason there should be a program for dental or vision ...

Eternal beauty found in region’s churches

Commentary

If beings from outer space were to study the history of the architectural accomplishments of the human race, they would be greatly interested in our churches, especially Catholic churches. Here are the greatest artistic structures ever created by man, with signatures of our most celebrated ...

DUNKIRK: Control board remains best path

The OBSERVER’s View

Following a scathing report last month by the Comptroller’s Office on the 2026 Dunkirk budget proposal for 2026, state Sen. George Borrello reiterated a call — once again — for a control board. “This report makes one thing unmistakably clear: my call for a financial control board was ...

Some orders are compromising military

Commentary

They were not supposed to think. “Just following orders” conveniently removed the possible internal conflict by justifying immoral actions. Individuals were removed of personal responsibility, indoctrinated from young ages to hate everyone that the leader chose to blame. When those ...

Having quality of life here at home

Commentary

When speaking about an optimal "quality of life," different people can have very dissimilar definitions. It usually depends on each person's individual preferences. These days, we often hear people rave about how perfect they think life is in Middle America. They tend to romanticize the ...

Jackson Center notes silver anniversary

Commentary

NUERNBERG—Stroll into the justice palace in this beautiful city in Mittelfranken, ask to see Courtroom 600, and the nice, polite man at the reception desk will probably decline. “Unfortunately not,” he said, “because it’s a functioning courtroom.” The answer was no surprise, yet ...