Concerning the recent negative Weekend voices article (Dec. 21) about American energy investments, perhaps the two authors should have invested a bit of their energy into researching the history of the American automobile. This is what they would have found. Just as the American automobile ...

We now have to emerge from the shelter of the holiday cocoon and face reality once again. What a welcome and needed diversion from the effects of the Nov. 5 election. For many of us, the shock was immediate. For a lot of you it’s going to be a gradual awareness of what has transpired. The ...

If I could have one wish granted in the New Year, it would be for a return of respect and bipartisanship in Albany to ensure that state government serves the common good of all New Yorkers — both upstate and downstate. This was my last statement as an elected official. It is not made out of ...

Many wonder why it can take so long to get things through courts. That’s a good question, and the answer can be short. It’s also one that we’ll leave for another day. Yet if you ever wanted proof that when they really want to, courts really can move fast, have a look at what has ...

I hope that local school boards, administrators and the public will come to see that Its time for many Chautauqua County schools to consider mergers. As the county population dwindles so do school enrollments with 13 districts now having enrollments under 1,000 students each. We are doing ...

Does anyone make New Year’s resolutions anymore? Most people I talk to don’t bother. Maybe we finally realized that resolutions were merely words… words without action plans. I think I must have spent 40 years making resolutions about weight loss. Many of those Januarys, I actually ...