The Buffalo Chronicle
Culture
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A season of self-quarantine
BY NORBERT RUG Donna, my wife, and I have gone into self-imposed quarantine. It’s not that we have the coronavirus or any of the symptoms, it’s just that we are trying to…
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April fools is a Festivus
BY NORBERT RUG April 1st is a day for practical jokes in many countries around the world. In honor of this, I have decided to list a few of the pranks I…
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The sky is falling, the sky is falling
BY NORBERT RUG So now we have a Coronavirus pandemic. We went shopping this morning to pick up a few supplies. We first went for some Tylenol. There was a big vacant…
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National Vietnam War Veterans Day
I think it is time for the U.S. government to honor the promise they made to our veterans. As a veteran, I fulfilled my side of the contract and I think it…
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Norb’s corner: “All the lonely people, where do they all come from?” The Beatles, 1966
America is one of the countries in the world where their senior citizens are frequently ignored and forgotten.
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Living better with Niagara Hospice
I hesitated calling them because I thought that meant I was giving up. I would never give up!
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Norb’s Corner: paper or plastic?
BY NORBERT RUG The recent decision by New York State to prohibit single-use plastic bags from retail stores makes it an ideal time to reexamine one of my favorite environmental…
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Sanctuary City pays illegal alien arrested for DUI cash settlement over immigration hold
In the latest example of sanctuary madness, a U.S. city is awarding an illegal immigrant with a cash settlement because police detained him for federal authorities after being arrested for driving under the influence.…
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An offer I couldn’t refuse: Chapter Two
BY NORBERT RUG Tony kept asking me to spend a weekend working down there and I kept refusing. Finally I told him it would be a while because I wanted to bring…
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An offer I couldn’t refuse: Chapter One
BY NORBERT RUG I am sure most of us have taken on a few “side hustles” to make a bit of extra money beyond their regular job. I have had several of…
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Bipartisan Rx for America’s health care: a practical path to reform
BY JAMES C. CAPRETTA The Bipartisan Policy Center launched the Future of Health Care initiative in 2017 with a bipartisan group of leading national policy experts to create a consensus approach to…
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How America gave up on free markets: Q&A with Thomas Philippon
BY JAMES PETHOKOUKIS How concentrated is corporate power in America today? How big of a problem is this? According to Thomas Philippon, the answers are “more concentrated than in Europe, and more…
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Let’s help Americans move to where the jobs are
BY MATT WEIDINGER The list of supposed inequalities among Americans is long, and getting longer: income inequality, food inequality, housing inequality, education inequality, and even death inequality. Many see unequal outcomes in every facet of American…
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McMahon testimony urges rejection of Excelsior Scholarship expansion
The state Legislature should reject Governor Andrew Cuomo’s proposal to expand the family income cap for the Excelsior Scholarships and devote more money to expanding the state’s existing Tuition Assistance Program (TAP),…
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Assembly unanimously passes legislation to end ‘dark store’ assessment challenges
Bill would ensure assessors follow common sense guidelines when utilizing assessment methods. Assemblyman Ken Zebrowski announced the Assembly unanimously passed his legislation that would establish clear and unambiguous guidelines for assessors to…
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De Blasio’s mandatory inclusionary housing program: what is wrong, and how it can be made right
Inclusionary zoning provides an incentive, or a mandate, to real-estate developers to include lower-rent units in new housing. One signature proposal of New York City mayor Bill de Blasio has been a…
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Customer (Dis) Service
BY NORBERT RUG I recently had some discussions about customer service due to some less than favorable experiences I had. I spent a rather cold night recently due to a botched thermostat…
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Transexual state workers sue Florida for facial feminization, testicle removal surgery
In what appears to be a growing national trend, another public enterprise is being sued for failing to pay for transgenders’ costly sex-change surgery. The plaintiffs in this latest case are two…
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Rachael Sage releases cover of Ani DiFranco’s ‘Both Hands’
Rachael Sage has released the first single from her forthcoming album Character: a string quartet version of the classic Ani DiFranco song “Both Hands“. The accompanying music video premiered on PopMatters. Sage has also just been confirmed as support…
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Cumberland extracts hemp facility earns rare USDA organic certification
Industrial Hemp and CBD Company Aims to Elevate Standards Within the Industry Cumberland Extracts, Inc. is celebrating the company’s 100% USDA Organic Certification, which extends to its farm, biomass and cutting-edge extraction facility.…
