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Just checking

At last perusal, found that over ten police officers throughout this nation have been killed since this George Floyd incident took place. A little further digging into the details, found that none of them had fetanyl or any other drugs in their systems. None of them had ever been retained ...

No convincing needed

What’s worse, blaming systemic racism because a black man was murdered or blaming systemic violence on protesters because policemen were murdered? Using the same logic, there’s no difference. Murder is violent and hateful. None should be tolerated. All perpetrators should face ...

Is it safe?

What makes the COVID-19 corona virus so much more contagious and lethal is its ability to be spread by asymptomatic carriers. Asymptomatic hosts may appear healthy, pass temperature tests, and show no visible symptoms, while simultaneously transmitting the virus. When this fact is coupled with ...

Build on the ashes

The Republican Party has fallen into a deep, dark hole. They won the last presidential election without winning the popular vote. Their response? Try to appeal to more people? No. Their response is to prevent people who generally vote Democratic from voting. While there has been virtually NO ...

Join me in the listening

I went to the Black Lives Matter rally last Saturday evening in Greeley Park. I haven’t been to any type of protest or political rally since the late 1960s. I’ve often wondered what might eventually impassion me enough to want to go to something like that again. Rubbing shoulders (in a ...

We are grateful

After much deliberation, the Lions Club leadership decided the award of Amherst’s Citizen of the Year will not be presented this year. Several reasons went into this decision, but the principal reason is the award is intertwined with the July 4th celebrations, an event recognizing the role of ...