Is this the one?
In between blowing my nose 12,000 times on Monday, I glanced repeatedly at the South Block poll on our web site – lockportjournal.com – to gauge what public perception is…
Voice of a million tongues …
For anyone who doesn’t already know, I’m against the war. Simply put, I just don’t think that a case has yet been made that we should send our loved ones…
When not in Rome
Ever see a movie or a TV show where some quack psychiatrist forces the hero to regress and determine where his pent up rage took root? Of course you have.…
The gun-loving liberal runneth amok
The Second Amendment makes all the others possible. So sayeth a bumper sticker at the gun show I went to this past weekend. Now normally, you wouldn’t find me at…
What about grapity grape?
Last week, we increased the nation’s terror alert level from yellow to orange. Attorney General John Ashcroft cited an ‘‘increased likelihood’’ that the al-Qaida terror network would attack against Americans,…
It's never too late to say 'I'm sorry'
Every so often, something happens that causes people to stop and take notice. Saturday was one of those days. You know, the kind that people are going to remember where…
Laughter is the best medicine
Monday night, my phone rings and I answer it. It’s my wife and she’s flustered. Not the normal level of flusteredness that comes from being my wife and mother to…
Ain't it grand?
As I drove down the Transit Street this weekend, I noticed a hot air balloon in the new Eckerd on the corner of Summit Street. “Grand Opening!!!,” it proclaimed. As…
Bankrupt Dems checked by Hamister
Two fields were widened Monday. The number of Democrats lining up to take pot shots and President Bush and the number of hockey teams taking pot shots at their fans.…
May the best candidate win
I have a strange habit. Several of them really. But this one I do always gets looks. When I’m at a store, I’ll ask a clerk, “If I was (product),…