Twice during the heat dome that drove temperatures into the mid 90s in late June, the state Independent System Operator issued an energy warning. During the hottest days of the hot spell the ISO was noticing a decline in operating reserves. On June 29, the grid operated normally but emergency ...
What are we celebrating this weekend, anyway? The memory of something that occurred in our distant past. The ideas of freedom and liberty so earnestly and dramatically expounded by our founding patriots that seem so distant now. Long ago and far away. We ooh and ahh to the fireworks ...
As we all know, the Legislature in our state is one of three co-equal branches of our government; its purpose is to make law. Laws can be good when they flow from the truth, but when “truth” is subjective (your truth or my truth), then laws can be quite destructive. The Legislature’s ...
On this Independence Day, America's politicians on both sides of the political aisle ought to be thinking more about this country as a whole - what is best for this wonderful free land - than mostly about their party, their party's agenda or the friction they might harbor and encourage against ...
A recent commentary in The Buffalo News caught my attention because it summed up the feelings of many Catholics in the Diocese of Buffalo who have endured the sexual abuse scandal and coverup that resulted in more than 900 verified abuse claims against priests of the diocese. During this ...
It’s garden season. All the trees, bushes and pretty flowers in my backyard look so innocent. But I have learned – the hard way – that they are out to get me. They are a well-organized crime family, with covert agents working behind the scenes. I’m out there constantly, hoping to ...