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Opinion

SUNY’s painful rightsizing starts at Potsdam

Editor's corner

Some insight into looming decisions at the State University of New York at Fredonia may come from a financial stability plan that was announced this week at a north country location. Similar to the campus here in northern Chautauqua County, SUNY Potsdam — about an hour south of the Canadian ...

NEW MEXICO Order an assault on Bill of Rights

The OBSERVER’s View

The people of New Mexico — and, we fear, the people of the United States — owe Albuquerque Police Chief Harold Medina a debt of gratitude. Medina has stated unequivocally that his department will not enforce an unconstitutional “emergency order” by Michelle Lujan Grisham, the governor ...

The court and race-based admissions

Commentary

When history reviews the U.S. Supreme Court opinions by Chief Justice John Roberts, his June 29, 2023, opinion will be among his more consequential. This opinion is also vintage Roberts in that: ¯ One needn’t read any of his sentences twice to understand them. ¯ It’s fairly easy for ...

Retrospective

Retrospective

Thirty years ago — 1993 The congregation of Trinity Lutheran Church in Silver Creek hosted a farewell dinner for the Rev. David Batchelder and his family after the Sunday morning worship service. This was the pastor’s first parish following his graduation from Concordia Theological ...

DUNKIRK Too many proposals are lacking funds

The OBSERVER’s View

During last week’s public input session regarding the 24 proposed Downtown Revitalization Initiative, there was one bit of insight worth considering. Current Common Council member Nancy Nichols noted while at the Clarion event that more than 60% have no funding secured. While that does not ...

Keep that morning newspaper coming

Commentary

Our newspaper carrier begins our day. Six days a week. Actually, he doesn’t carry, he drives. He brings the newspaper to our door, and I hope he never quits. I’m pretty sure that “he” is a “they,” a married couple. Bless them, they show up every morning before 3:00 a.m. Only the ...