The Buffalo Chronicle
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I don’t like calling names, but…
BY JOE GENCO A short take on today’s news: Back to our great America edition. I don’t like calling names, but who are you if you ever thought for a moment our…
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Our house, and other holiday reflections
BY NORBERT RUG Our house is a very, very, very fine house. (Crosby, Stills and Nash & Young, 1970) Ours was always the place to go. All the kids in the neighborhood…
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Treat women like you treat your mother
BY NORBERT RUG Since the beginning of the #MeToo movement, policies have been devised to keep men out of possible trouble. Men are learning the importance of respecting every woman and valuing…
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A very merry shutdown…
BY JOE GENCO A short take on today’s news: As 2017 ended, I made a list of the best live music shows Beth and I saw all year. At No. 2, just behind Sir…
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Things I got for my wife that she didn’t want
BY NORBERT RUG Years ago I owned a small handyman business. I had installed a microwave in to a wall for a customer and she was telling me just how useful a…
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At least we laugh
BY NORBERT RUG For 10 years of my life, I worked at Milkbone in Buffalo where I was a maintenance man on the packing floor. A large part of my day was…
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Nickel City Sessions inaugural season finale edition…
BY JOE GENCO A short take on today’s news: Nickel City Sessions Inaugural Season Finale edition — Season 1 went out with a flourish, from Davey O dusting off the first song he…
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UNYTS needs your blood donations
BY JOE GENCO A short take on today’s news: Please donate blood on Saturday. UNYTS needs you. Native plants are trending for 2019 in Western New York, according to Connie Oswald Stofko. You…
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The best college basketball team in New York
BY JOE GENCO A short take on today’s news: Down go the Orange. The UB Bulls are, easily, the best college basketball team in New York, defeating SU for the first time…
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From full house to empty nest, to full house again
BY NORBERT RUG Empty nest syndrome, I never knew when it would hit. That extreme feeling of loneliness when my kids began leaving home to start a life on their own. Everybody…
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In the next episode of lying liars…
BY JOE GENCO A short take on today’s news: In the next episode of lying liars and the liars that lay them, former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn faces federal sentencing today…
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Please, improve Sheridan Drive…
BY JOE GENCO A short take on today’s news: Please sign this petition to improve Sheridan Drive. Minimize accident severity. Improve traffic flow. Make left hand turns easier. Make room for bikes.…
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It wasn’t just another crook heading up the river…
BY JOE GENCO A short take on today’s news: When former Trump fixer Michael Cohen was sentenced to jail, it wasn’t just another connected crook heading up the river. It was the…
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Yes, David Pecker is his real name…
BY JOE GENCO A short take on today’s news: Long-time National Enquirer publisher David Pecker (yes that’s really his name) will not face criminal charges for catching and killing a story about…
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The promise of immunotherapy
BY NORBERT RUG As an eight-year, three-time, cancer survivor, I always read with interest in the latest advances in cancer treatment. Over the years I have been poked, prodded and probed. I…
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Victory is ours, sayeth the slow spokes
BY JOE GENCO A Short Take on Today’s News: Victory is ours, sayeth the Slow Spokes! Elves unite! We will rule the world! Thanks Mark Mitri for leading with love. The world needs more…
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Autumn leaves, a less troublesome topic
BY NORBERT RUG The falling leaves drift by my window, The falling leaves of red and gold. Frank Sinatra (1954) Now that the midterm elections are over, all those intrusive political ads…
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Trump supporters might call them fake
BY JOE GENCO A Short Take on Today’s News: If you are a Trump supporter, you might call them “fake” or “enemies of the people.” Time Magazine calls slain and imprisoned journalists…
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Santa doesn’t deliver to the emergency room
BY NORBERT RUG The holiday season is fun for all, but Holiday decor and celebrations can cause problems. Estimates of reported home fires are taken from the U.S. Fire Administration’s National Fire…
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Kavanaugh sides with the Court’s liberals?
BY JOE GENCO A Short Take on Today’s News: New Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh sided with the liberals in declining for the court to hear a case in which a lower…
