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Opposition to Iran war forgets history

Lately I have been hearing a lot about the high gas prices and the majority of the complaining is coming from the left side of the aisle. With that said, everyone should have been complaining all along ever since the President Barack Obama era when it really started to rise and no thanks to the former Gov. Tom Corbett who put the worthless gas tax on all of Pennsylvania. I have heard people say “gas in Warren is the highest under the (President Donald) Trump administration.” “It’s because of Trump’s war.” “It’s never been over $4 a gallon in Warren.” So here is a ...

Words sometimes do speak louder than actions

It seems that there are many so-called leaders in this country who want the democracy we have upheld for nearly 250 years dismantled; The Socialist-Dems are pushing to defund I.C.E., and again the American citizen is held hostage. They have no leaders, only ringleaders who call the shots against what is best for the majority of the country. It’s tough to straighten something out (border) that has been grossly mishandled and then left for someone else to fix. I.C.E. is doing the cleanup that should never have been necessary in the first place, except for Biden’s missteps. Dems are ...

Most of the occupied regions in our world are stolen land

At the 2026 Grammy Awards, the very dour Billie Eilish shamed Americans for living on stolen land. What a wonderful way to signal her humanitarian virtue. Then reality struck: Somebody noted that Eilish’s multi-million dollar mansion sits on the same stolen land as the mansions of all those Woke elitists who applauded her mindless proclamation. Oops! But the Woke elitists are not giving the stolen land back, in spite of their self-righteous virtue signaling. They did not bring it up at the Oscars! But Woke Leftists are not the only ones spouting the stolen land narrative. The ...

Forgetting everything? Well, join the club

My mother had a saying that I heard all too often during my childhood: “You’d forget your head if it wasn’t attached.” Sadly, she was right. I’ve spent a ridiculous amount of my whole life looking for what I have lost, misplaced, or simply forgotten. No, it’s not just ordinary car keys or reading glasses. Or please, God, my cell phone. I was a latchkey kid who couldn’t hang onto house keys. I lost keys at a rate that made the hardware store man shake his head. I was a regular customer at age 8. And mittens? Snow hats? Library books? I forgot them all, the second ...

Who’s to blame for lack of growth?

For more than 20 years Warren County has seen little meaningful industry or economic development. At the same time, residents and small businesses face growing taxes, fees, and regulations that make it harder to start or expand something here. Voting is important, but voting alone does not guarantee good government. What matters just as much is whether citizens pay attention to what happens after Election Day and hold their elected officials accountable for the decisions made in their name. Many residents are beginning to ask where the progress has been. Young people leave to find ...

Anchors Aweigh — and all that jazz

When the Fredonia Opera House announced this concert, I closed my laptop and picked up the phone. The U.S. Navy Band’s Sea Chanters were at the Opera House for an evening concert last Friday and I wasn’t going to miss it. It seemed a shame for just Richard and me to enjoy it, so we invited two musician friends to join us. No, we weren’t generous big spenders. All tickets to all military band events are complimentary. Our four tickets arrived in the mail two days later. My friend Ann grew up playing the piano. These days she makes music mostly at church in both the choir and ...