Month: February 2019

BY NORBERT RUG The children now love luxury, they have bad manners, contempt for authority, they show disrespect for elders …. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, and gobble up dainties at the table….* I am astounded by the

BY JOE GENCO A short take on today’s news — A proposal from Emperor Cuomo would make grassroots activists who spend more than $500 annually register as lobbyists. The threshold is currently $5,000. He hopes to squelch a recurrence of

Following intense criticism of Justice Committee testimony in the House of Commons that was widely seen as unduly partisan for Canada’s top government administrator, Michael Wernick is likely to depart his position as Clerk of the Privy Council in the

BY NORBERT RUG When Philip Lacasse, a quadriplegic billionaire, who was paralyzed from the neck down after a reckless paragliding adventure, played by Bryan Cranston employs an ex-convict Dell Scott, played by Kevin Hart as his caregiver, they both start

BY NORBERT RUG Beautiful Boy is centered on the two books “Beautiful Boy: A Father’s Journey Through His Son’s Addiction” written by David Sheff and “Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines” by Nic Sheff. The movie stars Steve Carell, Timothée Chalamet,

BY NORBERT RUG When I was growing up I was fortunate enough to have a few ponds near where I lived. One was behind a transformer station. This is the spot where I would go to catch pollywogs and leopard

Andrew Scheer, the leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, wants former Treasury Board President Scott Brison and several executives at the Bank of Montreal’s investment banking division included in widely expected Senate investigations into SNC-Lavalin and the removal of

Today, Joe Marranca announced he will run for North Tonawanda School Board. Mr. Marranca was a student in the North Tonawanda School District his entire life and now he wants to give back to the community he loves. He is

Political staffers at the New Democratic Party (NDP) are telling Toronto-area political operatives that the opposition party is willing to install Jody Wilson-Raybould as its Leader.  Toronto area politicians have been engaging in private discussions with Jagmeet Singh, the current NDP Leader, to secure

BY JOE GENCO A short take on today’s news — Mueller winds down, and the House heats up, and our President wants peace and legislation (so do I). It appears instead we are headed for war and investigation. My burning,

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has become embroiled in scandalous allegations of public misconduct that threaten his ability to retain power over Canada’s Liberal Party government ahead of elections scheduled for later this year. Trudeau is alleged to have pressured former

BY NORBERT RUG Outbound: Toast and Roast Cafe: 4823 Saunders Settlement Rd, Niagara Falls, New York In my quest to try and hit as many eateries in Niagara County as I can, Donna (my wife), Ed (my buddy) and I

BY NORBERT RUG If you grew up during the 50s or 60s, then you are familiar with how laissez-faire things used to be. We didn’t have very many “low calorie” foods, ate what we wanted, and we were afforded much

Kathy Weppner, the former Republican nominee for Congress, has launched a podcast about current events and local politics. Weppner once hosted the weekend talkshow Kathy from Williamsville on WBEN, the local conservative talk radio station. Station managers would be wise to add

Mayor Byron Brown, the accomplished four-term Mayor of New York’s second largest City, is being urged by his most inner circle of advisors to enter the Democratic Party’s presidential nominating process later this year. Governor Andrew Cuomo, the Mayor’s longtime

Governor Andrew Cuomo‘s administration, at the urging of Niagara Falls Mayor Paul Dyster, is planning to lobby Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the coming weeks. The two men want badly to extend Toronto’s commuter train service to Niagara Falls, NY,

BY JOE GENCO A short take on today’s news: 60 years later, Buddy Holly’s classmates remember the day the music died. The ice jams cometh. The big excavators attack. The battle to stop flooding rages in West Seneca. The State

BY NORBERT RUG Every winter, my father would shovel our back yard forming a walled dish. He would then attach our rubber hose to the laundry tubs in the basement, take the nozzle to the back yard and carefully flood