I have been back reading U.S. Grant’s Memoirs of the Civil War. It is probably the third or fourth time, and each time I find new “nuggets” of what made this man “tick.” President Lincoln worked with a lot of Generals during the war. Most of them could recognize risk, but many of ...

CHAUTAUQUA—As Paul Mauro looks beyond America’s borders he cites four countries nipping at America’s heels. One of them is Iran. A second is Russia with its ransomware. A third is China with its synthetic drugs. A fourth is El Salvador with its gangs. Mauro—the Aug. 12 guest ...

Football, soccer and band camps are in full swing. We knew when the fair rolled around that it was the end of our summer. I never attended any camps in my day but my children were involved in band camp. After they arrived home, I could hear music echoing across our valley as the neighbors ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul visited Chautauqua County once again to celebrate a big state-assisted project: expansion by Wells Enterprises of what many locals still call Dunkirk Ice Cream. Before the governor’s speech, the Chief Executive of Wells revealed that what Wells had announced in 2023 as a ...

I read the piece “Increase In Homeless Shines LIght On Lack Of Investment In Mental Health Treatment” this morning and wanted to write something in response to that. The homeless population need what no amount of money can buy … drive, determination and desire. They also need what no ...

This is an old saying that my father taught me. I am not sure there is a way to describe what it means, other than it conveys the idea that “things have changed” or “the situation is now reversed.” However it is used, it seems to describe what has now happened in our national ...