Spring Awakens at Artpark: Celebrating Mother Earth on Earth Day
Artpark partners with the Six Nations Confederacy for special thanksgiving address and traditional performances in recognition of Earth Day This Earth Day Artpark turns to members of the Six Nations...
View ArticleNorth Korea is Back on the US Agenda
by Mel Gurtov North Korea is rattling America’s cage again. It sent a reminder call when it recently fired off multiple short-range missiles after denouncing Washington for going forward with joint...
View ArticleBuild that wall… around Mar A Lago. Mexico will willingly pay for it
TREAT TRUMP LIKE NORIEGA A recent NPR/PBS/Marist survey found that only 6% of Democratic men are declining to be vaccinated against COVID-19, whereas a whopping 49% of Republican men are...
View ArticleTHIS IS WHAT WE’RE DEALING WITH!! CRAZY PEOPLE ENCOURAGED BY RIGHT-WING MEDIA
Far right-wing cable channel Newsmax TV hosted a QAnon conspiracy theorist from Buffalo, Minnesota named Jay Johnson Monday night. Johnson told viewers Donald Trump IS STILL PRESIDENT and his vice...
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Why do we attack the immigrants we so desperately need?
by Andrew Moss Battling Xenophobia A little more than a year ago, as the pandemic tightened its lethal grip on the nation, a 43-year-old agricultural worker named Nancy Silva received a letter from...
View ArticleFederal Government Spending Craze
The Biden Administration along with Congress are on a spending craze which will continue annual deficits of over $1 trillion.The $1.9 trillion COVID-19 stimulus bill enacted in March and the previous...
View ArticleTicket sales for first eight Blue Jays “home” games delayed by one week
Tickets for Toronto Blue Jays games at Sahlen Field will go on sale a little later than expected. Originally, tickets for the first eight “home” games were set to go on sale this Thursday, May 13. But...
View ArticleArt Against Drones
by Kathy Kelly At the High Line, a popular tourist attraction in New York City, visitors to the West side of Lower Manhattan ascend above street level to what was once an elevated freight train line...
View ArticleAmerican Military Can’t Protect Us From What Actually Threatens Us
Are we getting the national security we are paying for? by Michael Carrigan and Peter Bergel At this time of year, when we send our hard-earned dollars to pay for the programs we value, it is worth...
View ArticleWhat is the difference between a riot, a protest, a demonstration, a vigil,...
by Tom H. Hastings Why riot? In Myanmar, rioters gave license to the military government of Myanmar to escalate the use of brutal crackdowns on all activists, up to and including the use of lethal...
View ArticleBEWARE OF BBQ
Dear Editor: With COVID-19 gradually releasing its deadly grip, this Memorial Day we can focus once again on the threat of our outdoor grill. Yes, that. Folks who grill hamburgers and hot dogs face a...
View ArticleAfter the Cease-fire: Peace or War?
by Mel Gurtov U.N. Secretary General António Guterres urged Israeli and Palestinian leaders to go “beyond the restoration of calm to start a serious dialogue to address the root causes of the...
View ArticleDangerous Afghanistan Withdrawal
The planned withdrawal of all U.S. and European troops from Afghanistan by September 11, 2021 will probably allow the Taliban to reconquer Afghanistan and impose a strict Islamist regime within the...
View ArticleLimited Bluejays tickets for June 1-6 available now by phone
To purchase Bluejays at Sahlen’s Field tickets call 888 654-2529
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Buffalo River Sweep happening on June 26 and July 3
Save the date for the Buffalo River Sweep, presented by Labatt Blue Light. Registration is here for cleanups happening on June 26 and July 3. Help protect our waterways by cleaning up litter along the...
View ArticleNational report lists the Kensington and Scajaquada Expressways as two of the...
For the fourth consecutive time, Freeways Without Futures recommends their removal as a path to community revitalization and economic development Buffalo, N.Y. – Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU),...
View ArticleCustoms and Border Patrol seized 3,000 pounds of pot at Lewiston Bridge
CBP officers assigned to the Lewiston Bridge selected a commercial shipment that was manifested as “paper” for additional examination. The truck and trailer were sent for a non-intrusive examination...
View ArticleTHE BLUE JAYS TRIUMPHANT RETURN By Andrew Kulyk and Peter Farrell
With fans in the stands, Buffalo is finally a Major League City Last year was historic. 2020. The Year of the Pandemic. The Toronto Blue Jays, turned away at the Canadian border and forced to find a...
View ArticleSaving Democracy in America
by Mel Gurtov American history is replete with warnings of impending disaster that went unheeded: Pearl Harbor, 9/11, and more recently the climate crisis, Covid-19, and 1/6. Now comes another...
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