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Viewpoints: When healthcare becomes a choice, something is broken

Viewpoints: When healthcare becomes a choice, something is broken

Kaleida Health and other local hospitals have been preparing for a decline in federal Medicaid funding. People are also reading… Former executive...

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Carolyn Goode

My View: Reactions don't always live up to expectations, but that's okay

My View: Reactions don't always live up to expectations, but that's okay

As a child, I remember visiting Ed Young’s True Value in Williamsville. My family and I frequently popped in for household items. Toby Beahan...

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Toby Beahan

Another Voice: 90 years of inspiration: Celebrating the life and legacy of Father Baker

Another Voice: 90 years of inspiration: Celebrating the life and legacy of Father Baker

This summer, we commemorate 90 years since the passing of Venerable Nelson Baker on July 29, 1936. His life of faith, compassion, and service...

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David Lipuma

The Editorial Board: Hochul is right to look this gift horse – data centers – in the mouth

The Editorial Board: Hochul is right to look this gift horse – data centers – in the mouth

Residents have spoken strongly against a proposed $2 billion data center on the Tonawanda Coke remediation site. Gov. Kathy Hochul was right to order...

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Joed Viera

My View: Advice about what it means to be a gentleman still matters

My View: Advice about what it means to be a gentleman still matters

Writing a letter that someone may keep or refer to for the rest of their life turned out to be much harder than I thought. Donald Friedrich has a few...

17.07.2026 2

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Don Friedrich

Another Voice: Misleading report encourages consumption of contaminated produce

Another Voice: Misleading report encourages consumption of contaminated produce

The U.S. population has been used as unwitting lab rats in a continuous 80-year scientific experiment, begun when chemical companies transformed some...

17.07.2026 2

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Mark Kastel

My View: Deer and rabbits aren't so cute when they're decimating the garden

My View: Deer and rabbits aren't so cute when they're decimating the garden

I’ve always loved deer – their gracefulness and how they could leap across the landscape. Victoria Wienke, of Hamburg, is hoping to save some of...

17.07.2026 10

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Victoria Wienke

Letter: Soccer players should stop pretending to be hurt

Letter: Soccer players should stop pretending to be hurt

Something needs to be done about all the fake injuries displayed on the field during the men’s soccer events. After almost every collision the...

17.07.2026 10

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The Buffalo News

Letter: Pharmacies needed in the Southtowns

Letter: Pharmacies needed in the Southtowns

Search “pharmacy” on your phone in the Southtowns and the closest options are 5, 8, 14, 16 miles away. For many, that distance isn’t an...

17.07.2026 10

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The Buffalo News

The Editorial Board: Da Vinci students are most recent victims of School Board dysfunction

The Editorial Board: Da Vinci students are most recent victims of School Board dysfunction

Assemblyman Jonathan Rivera criticized Buffalo Schools' intent to abandon a long-term plan for Leonardo Da Vinci High School, saying...

17.07.2026 10

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Ben Tsujimoto

Adam Zyglis: Freedom from AI

Adam Zyglis: Freedom from AI

NY Governor Kathy Hochul paused all permits for giant data centers for up to one year.  Adam Zyglis: The MAGA Preserver President Trump refuses to...

17.07.2026 10

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Adam Zyglis

Letter: Uniting Jews and Muslims

Letter: Uniting Jews and Muslims

A recent Buffalo News editorial lauded some of the new candidates who won primaries. Left out was the antisemitism undergirding some candidates...

15.07.2026 4

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The Buffalo News

Letter: Trump can afford to pay his debt to Carroll

Letter: Trump can afford to pay his debt to Carroll

A court said that Donald J Trump had to pay E Jean Carroll $5 million. He appealed that ruling, but he had to put the $5 million into escrow to do so....

15.07.2026 3

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The Editorial Board: New Bills stadium needs more than football games to fulfill its promise

The Editorial Board: New Bills stadium needs more than football games to fulfill its promise

The Bills' new Highmark Stadium is a spectacular venue, but there needs to be much more new development surrounding it. People are also...

15.07.2026 3

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Joshua Bessex

Iran war could shape American policy for decades | Jonah Goldberg

The war with Iran that never really ended is back on. Like everybody else, including the Trump administration and the Iranian regime, I have no idea...

15.07.2026 2

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Stringershub

What can leaving home teach us about ourselves? | The Ethical Life podcast

What can leaving home teach us about ourselves? | The Ethical Life podcast

People are also reading… Stadium neighbor who has been fighting developer – and the Bills – sells home Former executive pastor of The Chapel...

15.07.2026 3

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Scott

My View: A suburban avian incident has tinges of Hitchcock

My View: A suburban avian incident has tinges of Hitchcock

I was eating lunch at the kitchen table when, at exactly 1:24 on a recent Friday afternoon, a turkey crashed into my living room window. Lori...

14.07.2026 2

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Lori Duvall-Jackson

Another Voice: Todd Blanche deserves confirmation as Attorney General

Another Voice: Todd Blanche deserves confirmation as Attorney General

The Senate's consideration of Todd Blanche's nomination as attorney general should rise above partisan passions. It should be what the...

14.07.2026 2

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Joseph T. Burns

Letter: Langworthy's hypocrisy is laughable

Letter: Langworthy's hypocrisy is laughable

My congressman, Nick Langworthy, likes to focus on his efforts to reduce fraud in various aid programs. It is laughable that while he supports the...

14.07.2026 3

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The Buffalo News

Letter: Now is the time to quit using tobacco

Letter: Now is the time to quit using tobacco

Now that the Fourth of July celebrations are behind us and summer activities are in full swing, it’s a good time to think about our health. People...

14.07.2026 10

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The Buffalo News

The Editorial Board: Niagara Falls residents right to demand action on radioactive waste

The Editorial Board: Niagara Falls residents right to demand action on radioactive waste

Attorney and author Christen Civiletto speaks during a news conference Friday discussing high levels of radioactive waste in Niagara County. Residents...

14.07.2026 3

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Libby March

Adam Zyglis: The MAGA Preserver

Adam Zyglis: The MAGA Preserver

President Trump refuses to sign a landmark bipartisan housing bill in an effort to push the Save Act through Congress, which would disenfranchise...

14.07.2026 4

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Adam Zyglis

Another Voice: Residents of manufactured housing throughout the state have much at stake

I live in a manufactured home park in the 149th Assembly District. I also help lead a tenants association. Over the past few years, I’ve watched my...

13.07.2026 2

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Diana Patton

Letter: Iran situation was predictable

Letter: Iran situation was predictable

Diplomacy went out the window when the president decided to attack Iran. Thinking before acting would have been the better course of action, but alas,...

13.07.2026 5

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The Buffalo News

The Editorial Board: Holding Center death demands a thorough investigation

The Editorial Board: Holding Center death demands a thorough investigation

Cells are seen at the Erie County Holding Center, where Antonio Pizarro was killed last weekend.  People are also reading… Stadium neighbor who has...

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Joshua Bessex

Alan Pergament: OJ Simpson does not deserve to be celebrated at new Highmark Stadium

Alan Pergament: OJ Simpson does not deserve to be celebrated at new Highmark Stadium

I covered O.J. Simpson as a sportswriter during his Buffalo Bills years. People are also reading… Stadium neighbor who has been fighting developer...

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Alan Pergament

Former executive pastor of The Chapel pleads guilty to rape charges involving minors

The former executive pastor at The Chapel, a Christian megachurch in Getzville, pleaded guilty Monday to second-degree rape and second-degree course...

13.07.2026 3

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Ben Tsujimoto

Viewpoints: 'Love thy neighbor' doesn't mean what it used to in small town America

Viewpoints: 'Love thy neighbor' doesn't mean what it used to in small town America

A tattered American flag flies in 2020 at a farm in Salem, Wis. America has never been a perfect union, but there was a time recently when we seemed...

12.07.2026 5

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Dawn M. Turner Chicago Tribune

My View: That moment when you blurt out the wrong thing can never be erased

Comedian Brian Regan talks about the time he met a woman and asked her, “When is that baby due?” and as soon as he said those words, he realized...

12.07.2026 4

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Joel Weiss

Another Voice: Veterans are leading the way in healing – again

Another Voice: Veterans are leading the way in healing – again

By any honest measure, veterans have long been unintended pioneers in the advancement of medicine. People are also reading… Stadium neighbor who has...

12.07.2026 3

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Rob Lewis

A discipline crisis in parenting calls for fathers

A discipline crisis in parenting calls for fathers

My community advocacy work became much more visible after 5/14, but I’ve been doing youth work for a long time. Mark Talley, whose mother, Geraldine...

12.07.2026 6

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My View: A legendary West Side Rowing Club coach is being honored

My View: A legendary West Side Rowing Club coach is being honored

In 1958, as I had done the year before, I was the coxswain for the West Side Rowing Club’s senior lightweight eight and four, coached by Charlie...

11.07.2026 4

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Tom Graham

Another Voice: Transportation is a top source of emissions - public transit helps

Another Voice: Transportation is a top source of emissions - public transit helps

New York's Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, passed in 2019, is well-intended legislation to commit New York to invest in global...

11.07.2026 4

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Phil Wilcox

Letter: Book about AKG is enthralling

Letter: Book about AKG is enthralling

Mark Goldman and Laura L. Watts have recently published a new book of exciting local history, "Incredible Journeys: Treasured Works of the...

11.07.2026 3

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The Buffalo News

Letter: These times remind of even darker times

Letter: These times remind of even darker times

In 1940 as a high school student, I looked abroad at the very earliest stages of World War II and followed its progress very closely, never suspecting...

11.07.2026 2

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The Buffalo News

My View: Friendships more than fill the empty nester gaps - they make life richer

My View: Friendships more than fill the empty nester gaps - they make life richer

When my children left home, the transition wasn't easy. Like many empty nesters, I threw myself into work, picked up a few hobbies and gradually...

10.07.2026 2

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Susan Gianiodis

Another Voice: Proposed federal changes will upend expert review of science grants

Another Voice: Proposed federal changes will upend expert review of science grants

As a scientist and an educator, I care deeply about my local community, and therefore I am writing to bring awareness to the community about drastic...

10.07.2026 4

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Sarah Ej Bowman