The Buffalo Chronicle
The Buffalo Chronicle
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ABRAMS: New England liberal arts colleges are dangerous to American civility
BY SAMUEL J. ABRAMS With their leafy campuses, visually diverse student bodies, well-stocked libraries, and attentive professors, small liberal arts colleges across New England, the Mid Atlantic, and Midwest are often considered…
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PETHOKOUKIS: So Big Tech massively investing in itself is worrisome now?
By James Pethokoukis Imagine a world much like this one where the most valuable companies were in the technology sector. And like this one, these companies were pretty dominant in their respective…
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The House reconciliation bill’s 3 percent surtax has a broader base than the regular income tax
By Alan D. Viard The budget reconciliation bill recently assembled by the House Budget Committee includes numerous tax increases on high-income households. One novel provision (section 138206) calls for a new 3 percent surtax…
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Facebook’s First Amendment rights complicate Section 230 debate
By Daniel Lyons Last week, House Democrats introduced another bill designed to alter social media companies’ business practices — this time by punishing “personalized algorithms.” This is the latest in a yearlong bipartisan assault…
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A fraught linkage: US-China trade, US-EU tech
By Claude Barfield Over the past weeks, the Joe Biden administration has pursued two geographic bookends of US foreign economic and strategic policy — namely the first public statement of US trade and investment…
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The Biden administration’s new (old) China trade policy
By Claude Barfield On Monday, US Trade Representative Katherine Tai gave a speech at the Center for Strategic and International Studies laying out “the starting point of [the] administration’s strategic vision for realigning our…
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Australia stands alone again in social media content rulings
By Bronwyn Howell In February, Australia led the world with its competition-based law requiring Facebook and Google to reach a compensation agreement with media firms regarding the use of copyrighted news material on social…
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California state schools lead the way on free speech
BY SAMUEL J. ABRAMS Californians rightly pride themselves in leading the nation in numerous areas, from their stewardship of the environment, to embracing diversity and multiculturalism, to their media and technology sectors.…
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POMERLEAU: A progressive corporate income tax doesn’t make a lot of sense
By Kyle Pomerleau The House version of the budget reconciliation bill includes a provision to raise the corporate income tax rate from 21 percent to 26.5 percent and reintroduce a progressive rate schedule. Under…
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ORELL: Strong relationships at home improve employment outcomes for adults and children
BY BRENT ORRELL The term “work-life balance” is often credited to Lillian Gilbreth, a psychologist, industrial engineer, educator, and author of a dissertation on living and working efficiently. Lillian, along with her husband, fellow…
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JAMISON: Sens. Klobuchar and Grassley show why Congress should not pass Big Tech legislation
By Mark Jamison America’s founders held a belief that is rare in political leaders these days — namely that they should not be trusted with power. That is a mark of greatness,…
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When talking about the role of Social Security in the income of the elderly, it is important to get the data right
By Andrew G. Biggs and Mark J. Warshawsky The Wall Street Journal recently published an article reporting on the 2022 Social Security Cost of Living Adjustment that included a significant misstatement by the AARP.…
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Jamie Beard discusses the potential of geothermal energy
By James Pethokoukis and Jamie Beard Is the future of clean energy right beneath our feet? By tapping into the infrastructure and expertise of the oil and gas industry, geothermal energy could…
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For private digital currency, insist on openness
By Jim Harper Last week, the Digital Dollar Project (DDP) highlighted the challenges involved in producing a central bank digital currency (CBDC) that will preserve important values such as privacy. Every CBDC effort we…
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Betty Jean Grant calls Byron Brown’s attack on India Walton vicious, slanderous, and misogynistic
Betty Jean Grant — the widely respected civic leader and former County Legislator whom many refer to as the ‘shadow chairperson’ of the Erie County Democratic Party — is calling Mayor Byron…
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Mascia: “Byron Brown has secretly accepted the Republican endorsement for Mayor”
According to former City Housing Commissioner Joe Mascia, the embattled Mayor Byron Brown — who lost his own party’s nomination to Democrat India Walton earlier this year — has been “secretly endorsed”…
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Tribes encourage Rep. Sharice Davids to run for Speaker of the House
Tribal governments, enterprises, and political operatives from indigenous communities across the United States and Canada are encouraging Sharice Davids, a Democrat representing Kansas’ third congressional district, to run for Speaker of the…
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Biden tells inner circle that he will not run again, will not endorse Harris
President Joe Biden has spoken with his inner circle of political advisors and has agreed not to seek a second term in office, but he has no plans of endorsing Vice President…
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Gavin Newsom often had sex in office during work hours, alleged to have harassed staffer
California Governor Gavin Newsom, the well-known playboy of the Democratic Party, is the subject of new harassment allegations from a junior state employee who asked not to be named. Newsom is alleged…
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Source: a Conservative-Bloc Quebecois coalition government would liberate French Canada
A Toronto-based source with close ties to both Conservative Party Leader Erin O’Tool and Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet tells The Chronicle that the two men are open to the possibility of a coalition…
