Breaking News

Commentary

Staying the course in transformation

For nearly 200 years, higher education has been a cornerstone of life in Fredonia. From the original Fredonia Academy to today’s vibrant SUNY Fredonia campus, we have collectively shaped lives, strengthened communities, and contributed to the prosperity of New York state and beyond. That growth hasn’t always followed a straight path. Challenges have emerged along the way and we are undoubtedly facing one of them now. Like many public institutions across the country, SUNY Fredonia is navigating a period of financial strain. But let me be clear: while the circumstances are ...

Rallies prove many unfazed by big spending

Political corruption is everywhere present – apparently a consequence of human nature we must constantly guard against. Nowhere is humanity free from corrupt politicians or people who believe it is their privilege to use the power of the Government to forcibly take from those who created the wealth, and give it to themselves and their supporters. Such corruption can take many forms, including U.S. agencies that used taxpayer funded infrastructure to deliberately threaten those who challenged the Government’s phony COVID narrative. These agencies enriched themselves and Pfizer to ...

Moving on is both hard, essential

With Holy Week approaching, we turn to forgiveness. ... Think about it. Does this ring true to you? Most, if not all, of what is bad and false and wrong in this world has its roots in one or more of the seven deadly sins: Pride, greed, wrath, envy, lust, gluttony, and sloth. ... So what to do when the bad, the false, and the wrong come our way? One option that doesn’t exclude some others is forgiveness. However, met with the possibility of forgiving others, many understandably believe forgiveness equates with—or at least is tantamount to—absolution or reconciliation. But ...

Easter week is for the Eggs-citement

Next week should be the big egg week, the week the chickens work overtime. But if I am to believe all the bird-flu news, these haggard hens have already been on time and a half – the struggling survivors of the national virus. They should probably create a hens’ union and demand to be paid for piecework. And if I were one of those hard-working hens, I’d be furious that all the credit for my Easter week output goes to a giant pink rabbit. I wonder how that started anyway – the holiday candy and eggs being delivered by the Easter Bunny? I guess it’s not practical to apply ...

Hochul keeps sinking while being at the top

Gov. Kathy Hochul may not be dumb. However in my experience of New York state governors, from Tom Dewey to the present she is the most incompetent in that time. She makes bad decisions followed by more bad decisions. For an early example of her leadership style, we need to go to her days as Erie County clerk. She was appointed as a deputy county clerk in 2003 by County Clerk David Swarts and became County Clerk in 2006 following Swarts’ appointment as commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles. Hochul was elected clerk in 2007 and re-elected in 2010 but left office in 2011 when ...

U.S. loses tolerance regarding views

As I have read and watched the news over the course of the last four months, I have become increasingly agitated by the attitudes and actions of individuals who are opposed to President Donald Trump’s agenda. Let me make this clear: everyone is free to disagree with another. But the actions of some in the 23rd Congressional District call into question the morals the Left is so vehemently interested in upholding. Is it really democratic to send mysterious substances to (and then vandalize) the offices of Congressman Nick Langworthy, and then scream about how our civil liberties are ...