I am writing in support of the Emergency National Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024, a bipartisan bill on immigration. We know we have a crisis at our southern border, with thousands of people trying to get into our country, to escape economic hardship , violence from gangs and ...

I was thinking the other day of words I grew up with, but which you don’t hear much anymore. My Dad, for example, used to say when someone was obstinate that: “you can lead a horse to water but you can’t make him drink!” It was relevant back then because we had horses, and I can ...

The Rev. Mel McGinnis’ guest essay, “Jesus, Razor Wire, and Border Policy” is disturbing on many levels. His facts are dubious, his rhetoric frightening, and most of all, his argument underscores why we have—and should continue to have—a clear separation of church and state in this ...

As many of my readers know, Rational emotive behavior therapy over the years has always been based upon rational thinking based on evidence and facts. On March 17, 1973, the Dunkirk High School Varsity Basketball Team walked into Buffalo’s Memorial Auditorium to play Cleveland Hill High ...

The Make America Great Again Republicans are not interested in the actual work of governing. They refuse to bring forward legislation or even pass a budget. The country needs people to work together. So many of our problems are made worse by the unyielding opposition of the Trump Republicans. ...

Editor, OBSERVER: The signatures at the end of this letter represent a combined total of many decades of service to the government of the village of Fredonia in various capacities. We are all from different backgrounds, experiences, education and age levels but we all have something in common ...