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Those who hold the line deserve respect, not derision
Opinion, Сolumns
LYNN SCHMIDT Tribune News Service 
Jan 04, 2023
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (TNS) — District of Columbia Officer Michael Fanone and the others who responded to the Capitol insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021, held the ...
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The suppression of pandemic public policy dissidents
Opinion, Сolumns
SUSAN SHELLEY Tribune News Service 
Jan 02, 2023
If we heard it once, we heard it a thousand times. ”The science says...” ”The data show...” ”The experts agree...” Now we know that the government too...
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Robertson: Flintlocks, a real challenge
Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors
WADE ROBERTSON 
Dec 29, 2022
I can always tell a die-hard hunter when I see someone carrying a flintlock. You immediately know they’re more interested in the hunt than harvesting ...
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Bills answer two criticisms against Bears
Columns, Football, Local Sports, ...
CHUCK POLLOCK Special to The Era 
Dec 27, 2022
Well, for at least one game, the Bills answered two of their season-long criticisms in emphatic fashion. In their 35-13 victory over the Bears, Saturd...
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Robertson: Christmas past
Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors
WADE ROBERTSON 
Dec 22, 2022
Time is a river, which is fixed on this earth in a continuous forward motion. But the future is firmly fixed into our past and directs and guides that...
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Twitter Files show Dem/Big Tech bond
Opinion, Сolumns
NOLAN FINLEY The Detroit News 
Dec 21, 2022
DETROIT (TNS) — What we’ve learned from Elon Musk’s Twitter Files is what we’ve long suspected. The social media platform was run by progressives who ...
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‘Women’ rant proved costly for Sullivan
Columns, Local Sports
CHUCK POLLOCK Special to The Era 
Dec 20, 2022
A week ago, a friend of mine was fired from his jobs … all three of them … on the same day. What happened to Jerry Sullivan, and why, quickly became a...
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Reflections on Bills’ win over Miami
Columns, Football, Local Sports, ...
CHUCK POLLOCK Special to The Era 
Dec 19, 2022
ORCHARD PARK — Some takes on the Bills’ dramatic 32-29 victory over Miami on Tyler Bass’ 25-yard field goal as time expired on Saturday night at Highm...
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Sinema’s switch and Pa.
Opinion, Сolumns
Dec 18, 2022
U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona woke up the political world with an announcement earlier this month. She changed her party affiliation, dropping t...
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Grow more teachers for Pa.
Opinion, Сolumns
Dec 15, 2022
Pennsylvania has an urgent need to convince more high school students to return to classrooms as teachers. According to the U.S. Department of Educati...
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Political greed backfired for Pa. Democrats
Opinion, Сolumns
PAUL MUSCHICK The Morning Call 
Dec 15, 2022
ALLENTOWN (TNS) — There are many things worth debating in the Pennsylvania Legislature. Which party is in charge of the state House right now is not o...
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Blame consumers for inflation? Here’s real culprit
Opinion, Сolumns
E.J. ANTONI - Tribune News Service 
Dec 15, 2022
If you want to know what it means to add insult to injury, look no further than Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. In a recent late-night interview, she...
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Miller’s injury wrecked Bills’ happy Sunday
Columns, Football, Local Sports, ...
CHUCK POLLOCK Special to The Era 
Dec 10, 2022
It couldn’t have been a better Sunday for the Bills coaches and players. On Thursday night, they had done their part, beating the Patriots, 24-10, to ...
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Buffalo in critical AFC East battle Sunday
Columns, Football, Local Sports, ...
CHUCK POLLOCK Special to The Era 
Dec 10, 2022
ORCHARD PARK — The Bills’ mantra this week goes, “everything we want to accomplish is right there in front of us.” And, they’re right. Last week, a co...
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Robertson: Twice blessed with bucks
Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors
WADE ROBERTSON 
Dec 01, 2022
If you’ve been around this old ball of mud for any length of time, you begin to pick up on things that are true, but unexplainable. As Hamlet remarked...
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