“Freaks,” produced in 1932 by Tod Browning, is a movie about a traveling circus. It is a work of fiction, but features real people with various disabilities, malformities, and other abnormal conditions. They were misfits, aberrations, even abominations by some standards of the time. But ...
Once again I lead with stories of Starvation in Gaza. An adult can live 50 to 60 days without food. The Israelis’ have allowed very little food into Gaza and people are dying of starvation. Hundreds of Palestinian people have been shot while trying to get food from the Gaza Humanitarian ...
It has come to my attention that we live in a society that outsources goods and services and that loyalty has been displaced. I understand that in these difficult economic times we have to economize, but to what end. In light of the fiscal problems that face both Dunkirk and Fredonia, ...
Residents and communities across the region are starting to become charged up over the growing number of electric bicycles — many of which are sharing the roads on a regular basis with motorists. Though a majority of the riders are courteous and responsible, those who weave in and out of ...
CHAUTAUQUA—If you haven’t read John Whittaker’s page-one story on Chautauqua Institution in the July 19-20 edition of this newspaper, please pull it out of your recyclables. This well-written story is worth reading. Twice, maybe thrice. Chautauqua Institution is an extraordinary ...
Town of Dunkirk officials are doing something Chautauqua County legislators cannot ever bring themselves to do: take a stand. This month, during the Town Board meeting, members indicated their concerns regarding a moratorium on battery energy storage systems. The issue came up after a plan ...