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Opinion

Fear for worst, hope for best in elections

Commentary

It’s a scary time of year. It’s scary to drive anywhere. You’d like to just take a nice ride through the countryside and enjoy the beautiful fall colors that nature provides us at this time of year. But it’s not the Halloween decorations that are frightening, morbid and gross that ...

County has lost an enforcement ‘tool’

Commentary

I write to clarify and correct the public record created by recent reporting and editorial comment on my efforts to obtain “Sexually Violent Offender” designations for certain convicted sex offenders under New York’s Sex Offender Registration Act (“SORA”). In my view, your coverage ...

NATION: Does U.S. need new policy for families?

The OBSERVER’s View

It is difficult not to be pessimistic about the possibilities for success of efforts in countries around the world to encourage larger families — that is, if you yourself believe many more couples should be opting for more than a child or two in this increasingly busy, expensive, complicated, ...

Proposal One has unintended consequences

Commentary

By SEN. GEORGE BORRELLO and ASSEMBLYMAN JOE GIGLIO There is a dangerous Constitutional Amendment on the ballot this coming Election Day that, in our opinion, is cause for significant concern. The amendment, commonly known as Proposal One, Prop 1, or Proposition One, will appear on the ...

‘Rendezvous with destiny’ continues

Commentary

What became known as “The Speech” took place 60 years ago this week. The Speech was on behalf of a major-party-American-presidential candidate shortly before Election Day. Years later, the candidate recalled that supporters had proposed he give The Speech himself. The candidate, ...

No debating lack of campaign discourse

Editor's corner

CORRECTION: This commentary has been updated to note a debate in the Congressional race. Chautauqua County’s race for the second Family Court judge one decade ago is an example of how political campaigns have evolved in a relatively short period of time. During 2014, four candidates worked ...