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Nin Privitera, former Fredonia resident, offers some offbeat takes on recent headlines: — Rumors are that President Trump is now wearing a wig. If that's true, we may soon hear the usual Trump declaration that, "nobody has ever seen anything like it, it's made of gold." — There is some corporate interest in building a data center at the former Sugar Hill golf course site. On some bad outings years ago, I could have used a bank of computers to keep score. — Francesca Hong, who's running for Wisconsin governor, stated a while ago that she hates the Thanksgiving holiday. And ...

COVID shutdown U.S., opened up fraud

The amount of fraud against U.S. taxpayers and the level of U.S. government corruption is truly stunning. They literally cost us trillions of dollars and stabbed our democracy in the back. Here are a few examples that are now returning to light. — Proximal Origin: The June 2026 DNI report revealed that the U.S. government deliberately lied about the origin of SARS-COV-2 (COVID), claiming it evolved naturally, and not as a laboratory creation. But DNI revealed that SARS-COV-2 was purposely engineered using US technology (Ralph Baric, UNC) given to China (Wuhan) through Ecohealth ...

Battery storage systems offer opportunities

There was a lot of misinformation in the commentary on the 250MW battery storage system “Dunkirk Battery Energy Storage project is another scam.” (July 27) Battery energy storage systems are not unproven, nor are they a “scam.” They are in widespread and growing use throughout the U.S. because they offer advantages to both electricity system operators and electricity consumers. Texas is a notable example. In the winter of 2021, a series of brutal storms led to the near collapse of the state’s electric grid. About 4.5 million people were without power during a prolonged cold ...

Democrats keep moving farther left

CHAUTAUQUA—The framers of the Constitution didn’t envision political parties. Yet small-r republican government often leads to forming alliances and, by extension, political parties. In the United States, establishing the Electoral College in effect secured a system with two major ...

Socialism is a lot more take than give

I don’t seem like a nag on the subject, but I think we should take the rise of the Democratic Socialist/Marxist movement in the Democratic Party seriously. I doubt if any of their candidates will win in the general election in November, but with adequate financial support and a committed ...

Growing up alongside the tube

Recently, a friend mentioned that as a kid she watched Howdy Doody. When she laughed and sang the musical intro, “It’s Howdy Doody time,” I stunned myself by singing every word to the show’s opening song. Where did that come from? That night I reminisced about Howdy and some of my ...