Donald Trump's cabinet nominees so far reveal a desire to disrupt Washington, and disruption is needed in many places. But as he mulls his choices for Treasury and the economic-policy posts, the question markets will ask is whether he will disrupt the policy mix that was successful in his first ...
Some say commercial-air service at the Chautauqua County Airport ended because the passenger count plummeted. Yet that misses the point. What’s worse is that it misstates the problem. The real cause wasn’t that the passenger count plummeted. Rather, the real cause was that the quality of ...
In recent days Democrats and the national media have begun telling us that President-Elect Donald Trump’s policies will be bad for the environment, his staff picks are terrible, his tariffs won’t work and will only hurt the poor, and that his deportation plans for illegal aliens will be ...
Last week’s column was about a nice day. A really lucky day. Then life happened. Back in my middle years, I made a promise to myself. If I’m going to work throughout my life, then I’m going to make sure I play a little in my retirement. My original plans were for some tennis, ...
Amherst contractor, Herbert F Darling, gifted New York state in 1963 a 1,425-acre section of the Cattaraugus Creek gorge covered in what now appears to be a timeless wilderness forest that had not been extensively logged for for over 50 years prior to when Darling purchased it in the early ...
We often bemoan the reasons that people leave the area—the winters are too long, the taxes are too high, there aren’t enough jobs, etc. But, there are also reasons that people want to settle and live here. I would put at the top of the list, the making of life-long friendships. One of my ...