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Commentary

Entitlement adds to addiction issues

In last month’s article, a mistake was made by this writer concerning Van Miller and his graduation from high school. Due to misinformation, Miller did not graduate from Cardinal Mindszenty High School, but from Dunkirk High School in 1945. Cardinal Mindszenty was opened in 1954, so Miller ...

A ‘challenge’ in housing: Visa worker program is vital to farming in county

I would like to respond to a recent article published regarding Double A Vineyard’s proposed purchase of the WCA Home in the village of Fredonia. The article implies that Double A Vineyards’ proposed use of the property is in some way connected with asylum seekers, or that those who would ...

‘Demonizing’ comments cannot be ignored

As a local immigration attorney and a human being, I cannot let Trustee Michelle Twitchell’s disparaging remarks about immigrants in the OBSERVER article (Aug. 19) go unchallenged. For over 25 years, I have been assisting immigrants to achieve their universal dream of living in peace in the ...

U.K. treasures relationship with U.S.

CHAUTAUQUA — As Baron Andrew Roberts was writing his lengthy, one-volume biography of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, he received special assistance. From a library? No. From a librarian? Sort of. The special assistance came from Buckingham Palace. Queen Elizabeth II, the ...

Busier than ever, Cape Cod charm remains

Just back from a week on Cape Cod, Mass., that sandy curving peninsula that juts into the North Atlantic south of Boston. I first went to the cape as a 9-year-old with my parents and brothers in 1954. This was in the days before the Thruway and Massachusetts Turnpike were opened and a trip that ...

The captain who was an irrepressible clown

Rod was everyone’s idea of what an airline captain should look like. He was tall, good looking in an “aw-shucks” sort of way, with a crooked, always-ready smile. A teensy bit of gray hair was sneaking into his temples. The hero pilots in books are often described with “steely blue ...