In the early 1930’s, with the United States still in the early stages of the Great Depression, FDR proposed a stimulus bill. Besides being a supremely confident egotist, tireless liberal advocate, cut throat politician and war leader, FDR was also a ma... »
“My whole family is down at Dave & Buster’s right now, but I’m just not really into it, so I figured I’d come get my watch fixed. It’s needed it for a while now.” It was a Friday night in July, and the girl was stuck at her job at a mall kiosk. Sitting... »
I wanted to take this chance to warn all Western New Yorkers about mailings that appear to be from the U.S. Census Bureau but are actually scams hoping to attract your attention or capture your personal information. Nationwide, the Census Bureau has re... »
Dr. Michelle May with Praine and Tom on soda tax »
I have my biases just like anyone else. Add to that the fact that I’m somewhat vindictive and not particularly forgiving and, frankly, it makes me the type of person whose bad side you don’t want to get on. And if you are on my **** list and you fall? ... »
The lines were too long. The hill was too slow. The food was too meager. The snow was too slushy. The games were too late. And, surprisingly, the weather was too warm. And yet. And yet tens of thousands of people of all ages turned out for a winter fes... »
Hosted by Christina Abt: BUFFALO STYLE 2-20-10 »
A couple quick items of irony from reading the paper this weekend: - Charlie Rangel is getting a slap on the wrist for taking at least three corporate bribes trips to the Caribbean in 2007 and 2008. How did he avoid further discipline? While his aides ... »
There are a little over 300 million Americans, and a little over a million Buffalonians. So, for rough math, one out of every 300 Americans is from Buffalo. There are 205 athletes on the US Olympic team. Which means, if we’re lucky, we could statistica... »
One of the biggest milestones in my young, 90’s life was my first computer. It was this big, white monster of a monitor with a CD-ROM drive and a “hard floppy disc” drive in the giant computer tower, and it came in one of those Gateway boxes that alway... »
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