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The Buffalo News’ editorial page applauds the election earlier this week of slates of reasonable and sane people to various suburban school boards. That’s nice. Ten years ago, Buffalo News columnist Donn Esmonde went very, very far out of his way to use his space in the daily paper to give aid and comfort to the ancestors of today’s “Moms

The Moms for Liberty / Students First / Constitutional Coalition crackpots won nothing this year. For all their noise, hypocrisy, and bluster, they found out that “ban books” just doesn’t resonate as strongly as “unmask the kids.” People who want America to follow the model set forth in Florida with DeSantist sunshine fascism should instead just move to Florida, content

You may already know that a group of Trumpist blackshirt insurrectionists – so-called “Proud Boys” – were convicted of, among other things, seditious conspiracy by a jury yesterday. Politico talked to the jurors and one set of quotes stuck out. One of the “Proud Boys” who stormed the Capitol in an effort to end American democracy and install Donald Trump

Wilhoit’s law says that “Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.” One need only look and see what is going on in Tennessee and Montana as just two examples in the last few weeks to prove the

VSP Graphics in West Seneca is thriving “DESPITE government, not because of it.” Looks like a great company doing neat things! It also received $450,000 in free money from the federal government to subsidize its operations and keep staff on hand during Covid. So, while I’m sure it is thriving for a variety of reasons, it is false to suggest

In 15 years on Twitter I never once wrote or shared a syllable I didn’t believe – or believe in – so as to “provoke” people or to “grow the algorithm,” whatever that means. As an experienced public relations executive, Chrissy Casilio – the daughter of an elected official, a Republican committeeman, a spokesperson for other political candidates, and someone