You win some. You lose some.
This week, I’ll share more wisdom imparted to me by my father decades ago: You win some. You lose some. Last week I discussed the glee the opposition party had…
Don’t forget …
You can read my column every Tuesday in the Tonawanda News … and usually the Niagara Gazette. Here’s tomorrow’s column as a Wordle. By the way, I got hate mail…
Hey look, I made up a word!
One of the things I love about writing columns as opposed to being a reporter is the ability to make up words and phrases. Today’s new Lefflerism: Stupidfreude Check it…
Success is not an option
“Schadenfreude” is a German word meaning taking joy in the misery of others. We all do it once in a while. “Stupidfruede” is a word I just made up meaning…
New column online …
Today’s column, of course, runs in the Tonawanda News and other fine GNN papers … but they don’t seem to be putting them online. So I will. Click here for…
Common sense up in smoke
In order for government to justify its existence, it must continually take actions. Maybe it raises taxes. Maybe it makes proclamations. Usually it just creates stupid new laws. That’s exactly…
Tomorrow’s column today …
Kind of. Click through to see the words used in tomorrow’s column in a Wordle. The bigger the word, the more often it was used, so you can get a…
Paterson should go now …
I’m not a big fan of the federal government telling the states what they may or may not do. I’m a fairly large proponent, in fact, of the nearly-forgotten 10th…
Primary challenged
So here we are – once again – at a crossroads … kind of. Tuesday is primary day across the grand state of New York and there are elections galore…
All things come to an end …
’tis true. My employment at WLVL in Lockport came to an abrupt end early yesterday morning. You may have heard rumors about it or seen it in the local paper…