It is time to face the truth. America is doomed. Why the fear and foreboding over the coming apocalypse? Why the dread and alarm that the Constitution of the United States will soon be ripped from its inert glass enclosure and consigned to the bonfire of history? In the ‘50s, my generation ...

ORCHARD PARK — It’s time for the Buffalo Bills and their fans to take a victory lap. So let’s pick up where we left off eight weeks ago. You, faithful reader of this column, recall actor Jon Voight’s portrayal of Franklin Roosevelt in the movie Pearl Harbor. When Voight, playing ...

Wage hikes appear in line with times At the start of the new year, the minimum wage in New York was increased. In New York City and Nassau, Suffolk, and Westchester Counties the minimum wage is now $16 per hour and in the rest of the state it is now $15 per hour. Beginning in 2027 the state ...

People Watching is one of the greatest pleasures of traveling. If the traveling happens to be in the flying mode, People Watching is the only pleasure left. Today’s air travel can be grueling. For decades, I’ve been flying in and out of Buffalo, mostly to Boston. It’s just under a ...

Lately I’ve been asking friends and colleagues about what novels they remember from their middle and high school days. Despite my insufficient sampling, the survey rendered a useful bit of consensus. Across three generations, “Animal Farm,” “To Kill a Mockingbird” and “The ...

When Bob Woodward, renowned reporter of the Watergate scandal, came to Chautauqua last summer, he was asked to comment on the many Presidents he had covered and what made or broke their Presidencies. His reply was that the biggest problem such politicians face is “pomposity,” in other ...