Ignorance, like history, repeats itself when people refuse to learn from it. One lesson we should have learned is that science and ideology do not mix. We saw this during Biden’s disastrous COVID response, which gave the U.S. the worst COVID death rate in the world. Yet some people still ...

CHAUTAUQUA — If you’re a ways along in life — whatever that might mean — think back to when you were in school. Do you recall any significant number of your schoolmates having autism? Do you recall any significant number of your schoolmates having other childhood illnesses prevalent ...

Last week, I wrote about travel, the gift of a lifetime. This week, we’re time traveling, and I don’t mean science fiction. This involves the cold, hard facts about time flying at warp speed. And I’m mad about it. Just when we finally need life to slow down – so we can keep up – time ...

There has been a lot of news made in the last few weeks so here is my take on some of the stories. There has been a lot of talk about U.S. Rep. Elsie Stefanik’s future recently. It would be nice if we had a real governor from upstate New York and Stefanik would be my first choice as the ...

The Democratic Party of today is deplorable. All they have is hatred for our president. They have no plan for the future of our country. I used to be a Democrat for over 60 years, but after Barack Obama, and then an incoherent President Joe Biden, I changed my affiliation to Independent. ...

Life can sometimes get complex when things look the same. The other day, for example, my wife went to the lecture at Chautauqua and took a rollator...essentially a walker with four wheels that helps out when you have a limp or a bad leg. When she got home that day, she realized that the ...