The “Great Pre-Thanksgiving Storm” was not much of a surprise for residents of Chautauqua County or Western New York having been predicted several days in advance — which is a real testament to how far weather forecasting, particularly of lake snows, has come in recent years. After ...

The house lights dim, the stage lights up, the music simmers, the curtains open, and multicolored middle school actors of the musical Matilda pop up from behind props. Their 90 minutes of magic has begun. The last acts of my teaching career have brought me to this place, and to my first real ...

Having just experienced another Thanksgiving, I can’t help but write about it. The saying goes: “There is nothing as American as apple pie,”… but I would add to that Thanksgiving. It is a patriotic day but more than that…it is a family day. Couched in the old story of the pilgrims ...

We Americans love to complain about the cost of medical care and prescription drugs. This week after Thanksgiving, let us pause to give thanks for the amazing advances in medical care and prescription drugs in the last 50 plus years. In 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson and an overwhelmingly ...

On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month the guns stopped firing. It was the day of the peace deal, Armistice day, a good holiday to remember, a good holiday to repeat. Peace is necessary for commerce. We are part of a worldwide economy. The cotton in the shirt you ...

Today’s Thanksgiving column, which first ran in 2021, has excerpts from my 2021 eulogy for Mrs. Elf and is in thankfulness for our marriage: ı ı ı Once when you, My HilaryLove, came to visit, you shared strategy for five-card draw. Including this: When you have nothing in your hand, ...