My mother always had her secrets. I found a few recently as I emptied boxes from her final rented storage space. Yes, as I wrote a few weeks ago, I’m still slogging away. I tackled the biggest job first: digging through photo album after photo album filled with strangers – to me. The ...

Recently Ford Motor Company announced that it was canceling its plans to build a large, all-electric SUV. It is just one more indication that the push to go all-electric is slowing down. There are, of course, reasons for this—and it has to do primarily with cost and reliability issues. ...

The upcoming 2024 American Presidential election carries unprecedented significance, potentially shaping the nation’s governance and trajectory for decades to come. Why is it the most important election of our lifetime? Inflation, immigration, crime, and national security are all important ...

I never kept a journal or photo album, so I have little to go on other than vague recollections of Fredonia 50-odd years ago. They come to mind like faded photographs of various settings around the village. Sometimes the images are audible, like in the auditorium of the Campus School, or ...

This year’s New York state ballot contains the well-hidden and deceptively named “Proposition 1: Equal Rights Amendment.” Upon reading this proposition, you should immediately ask yourself: What do they mean by equal rights? The language of Proposition 1 (Prop-1) brings to mind the ...

Members of the League of Women Voters at their national convention adopted a new national position, following a two-year study initiated by the League of Women Voters of Washington State. In brief, the position states “it is the responsibility of the government to provide support for ...