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Heeding the warnings of past on socialism

CHAUTAUQUA — Let’s pick up where we left off last week. Speaking to Advocates for Balance at Chautauqua, or ABC, on July 20, retired Lt. Col. Allen West discussed remarks by a U.S. senator. Coincidentally, ABC’s July 13 speaker had discussed the same remarks by the same senator. West, however, identified the senator not by name but only as the Democrats’ 2016 vice-presidential candidate. The senator’s remarks were at a 2025 hearing for an undersecretary-of-state nominee. Here’s what happened. The nominee quoted Secretary of State Marco Rubio: “We are a nation ...

A night out at the old ball game

It was my first Tarp Skunks baseball game of the year – and it was their final game of the season. Timing has not always been my strong suit. Saturday evening the Jamestown Tarp Skunks were playing the Geneva Red Wings at home in Jamestown’s Diethrick Park. The Tarp Skunks are all ...

Economics make baseball a different game

Well, it's summertime and as the song goes “the living is easy” and my mind turns to baseball. The current season has not been a happy one for New York Mets fans like me. In the preseason, the Mets were predicted to finish first or second in the NL East. Analysts expected them to comfortably secure a postseason berth. Now with the season nearly two-thirds gone the Mets own a record of just 44 wins and 62 losses for the fourth worst record in baseball. There are several reasons for this nightmarish season. Following the second half collapse in 2025 President of Baseball ...

Coach Larson left large impact for many

The life of Fredonia cross-country and track Coach Frederick "Ferd" Larson deserves celebration after his passing at age 85. As a member of the Fredonia High School Class of 1970 and a member of his sports teams, I plan to join the community in honoring him as an extraordinary educator, mentor and friend at 1 p.m. Saturday at Coughlan's Pub in the village. Our class had its 55th reunion last year at the wonderful White Inn, and once talk faded of children, grandchildren and, gasp, great-grandchildren and of course health challenges, attention turned to a coach some of us called ...

Trump whacks Canada again

You have to think that President Trump must have had a bad trip or unpleasant vacation in Canada, as I can’t think of any other legitimate reason for why he keeps attacking the country. This past week, he announced two major policy decisions/complaints relative to Canada: - he announced a new 50% tariff on many of the goods Canada sells to the United States; and - he blamed the Canadian government for the smoke-filled skies coming from forest and brush fires in that country. It is always interesting to me that our President never seems to accept responsibility for much of ...

Dunkirk Battery Energy Storage project is another scam

The average cost of residential electricity in New York is 29 cents to 31 cents per kilowatt hour. The average in Chautauqua County is 22 cents to 24 cents per kilowatt hour. In Pennsylvania, residential electricity costs 13 cents per kilowatt hour. Why do New York residents pay so much more? A recent article in The Post-Journal provided clues. It was titled “Blistering temps take toll on state grid.” It cited the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) dashboard indicator regarding how electricity is made in NY. It said total NY electricity produced by industrial ...