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WALLISON: Roberts Court is likely to restore nondelegation doctrine
BY PETER J. WALLISON Ramesh Ponnuru, in his December 11 Bloomberg article, “Conservative Justices Aren’t About to Abolish the Government,” correctly identifies the political and intellectual difficulties associated with restoring the nondelegation…
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SCISSORS: Parsing the ‘China Deal’ facts sheet
BY DEREK SCISSORS “Fact sheets” are public relations efforts. So it’s telling that the fact sheet for the US-China trade deal announced last week is not convincing — phase 1 is in fact a…
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Ricchiazzi responds to questions posed by Politico
Matthew Ricchiazzi, the publisher of The Buffalo Chronicle, was kind enough to respond to questions posed by Caitlin Dewey, a writer with Politico. I understand the Chronicle is not your full-time gig — what…
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IRVING: More can be done to save veterans from suicide
BY DOUG IRVING Daniel Somers fought to the end—against horrific memories of what he saw in Iraq, against depression so deep it left him curled up on the floor, and against a…
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HAROLD: South Korea should stick with intelligence-sharing Pact with Japan
BY SCOTT HAROLD Amid the downturn in South Korea’s relations with Japan this summer, the Moon Jae-in administration gave three months’ notice on August 22 of its intent to withdraw from the…
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How states like Virginia go blue: education, immigration, and densification
BY MATTHEW CONTINETTI So this is what it feels like to live in a lab experiment. As a native Virginian, I’ve watched my state come full circle. The last time Democrats enjoyed…
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Buzz Feed interviews Buffalo Chronicle publisher
Craig Silverman, a blogger with Buzz Feed, posed these questions to the publisher of The Buffalo Chronicle, Matthew Ricchiazzi. Here of his responses in their entirety. Have you ever received any kind of…
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MURPHY: Call off the state bid to micromanage private schools
BY PETER MURPHY Last April, lawyers for private kindergarten through grade 12 schools found themselves defending, before a state trial-court judge, private and religious schools’ right to operate. The lawyers, representing Jewish,…
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CBC interviews publisher of The Buffalo Chronicle
The investigative reporter Andrea Bellemare of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, a state-funded news network, posed several questions to Matthew Ricchiazzi, the publisher of The Buffalo Chronicle. Here’s that interview in its entirety. …
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Toronto Star interviews Buffalo Chronicle publisher
Marco Chown Oved, an investigative reporter with The Toronto Star, posed several questions to Matthew Ricchiazzi, the publisher of The Buffalo Chronicle, this week. Those responses are published here unedited and in their entirety. Where…
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The more Holloween changes, the more it stays the same
BY NORBERT RUG I was sitting, looking out my window one morning recently, watching the falling leaves fluttering by, and waving goodbye to the summer when my thoughts turned to Halloween at…
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Gerald Butts phoned Rosemary Barton repeatedly prior to CBC lawsuit against Conservatives
In recent days, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and it’s principle anchor, Rosemary Barton, have been lambasted on social media and in the national political discourse for bringing a lawsuit against the Conservative…
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Polls on the 2020 presidential contest and the NRA
BY KARLYN BOWMAN In this issue of AEI’s Political Report, we examine interest in the presidential campaign, how Democrats are thinking about the Democratic contest, whether their minds are made up, and…
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Most Americans do not believe political disagreement precludes finding common ground elsewhere
BY DANIEL A. COX Most Americans believe that political differences do not preclude agreement on other topics. Nearly six in 10 (59 percent) Americans say that when people have different views about…
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Handicapped parking can be improved
BY NORBERT RUG On a Facebook group I am in, “Buffalo & WNY seniors group 55 and older” there was a debate going on about Handicapped parking places.The story started with a…
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Celebrating a half-century of true love
BY NORBERT RUG Last Friday, my wife Donna and I celebrated our 50th…
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Katrinna Martin: “The local Democratic Party is shameful…”
BY KATRINNA MARTIN The local Democratic Party is shameful in their tactics and the unleashing of their social media trolls that lie about any and everything to paint these wicked pictures of…
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Bear Ridge Solar project in Pendleton raises concerns
BY NORBERT RUG Cypress Creek Renewables is proposing to construct a project called “Bear Ridge Solar” to install solar panels in Cambria and Pendleton. I have no problem for people to use…
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Alan Bedenko’s legal work for Erie County raises questions of Poloncarz patronage
The local blogger Alan Bedenko has been known to relentlessly smear weak opposition candidates for public office who dare to challenge headquarters aligned Democrat incumbents. His political musings had once appeared as a…
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A few good people
BY NORBERT RUG I am a septuagenarian (look it up), as such I am not quite as active as I once was. No more roofing, no more biking and no more volleyball.…
