Category Archives: Blog

Isabelle Leyva and Simon McCormack, authors of an article for The New York Civil Liberties Union, ask “Does adding more police deliver results?” In our shows, movies, and novels, they are our heroes in blue. To elected officials, they are the … Continue reading →

What is known to us, the Statue of Liberty aka the “Mother of Exiles” is a symbol of immigration and opportunity that has graced our shores and her torch has been a beacon to all that seek refuge.  We have … Continue reading →

This article was written by Cath Kestler, a nurse and Silver Creek resident and a friend of New NY 23rd This past Saturday there was a packed house at the Town Hall meeting with Tom Reed;most of you will be … Continue reading →

Japanese people are very polite; they will not contradict a guest no matter how much they may disagree. This can easily lead to misunderstanding–when a Japanese host says yes, yes, the meaning may be NO, NO. Foreigners often won’t understand. … Continue reading →

Carlos Lozada, in a book review in the November 22, 2021 issue of The New Yorker, discusses Elizabeth D. Samet’s Looking for the Good War: American Amnesia and the Violent Pursuit of Happiness” (Farrar, Straus & Giroux). Elizabeth D. Samet is a professor of … Continue reading →

The Head of Household tax filing status lowers the tax rate of unmarried individuals with dependents. The dependents could be their under-age children, adult children with disabilities, or elder parents. Twenty-two million Americans used the Head of Household status in 2014. According to the IRS, … Continue reading →

147003399 …, we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it.–Nancy Pelosi (see the citation for the context of Pelosi’s oft quoted remark) I have no problem with people saying Obama cares. I … Continue reading →

This article, by Lee Marcus, is published here with permission of the author. EXPLAIN IT TO ME, TOM Children’s literature has a parable for our times in The Emperor’s New Clothes, by Hans Christian Andersen. It goes like this: the … Continue reading →

This article was written by  Michael Fitzgerald and published in his “WRITE ON” weekly Finger Lakes Times column. You can email him at [email protected] and visit his website at michaeljfitzgerald.blogspot.com. Incumbent GOP Congressman Tom Reed’s last two re-elections were relative … Continue reading →

No plan of operations reaches with any certainty beyond the first encounter with the enemy’s main force.–Helmuth van Moltke, 1880. In his memoir, “Travels with Herodotus” Polish journalist, Ryszard Kapuściński tells the story of a Persian potentate, Xerxes, who seated himself on a throne … Continue reading →