A leading Chinese orthopedic surgeon continues to believe that “full-body” transplants are the next big thing in medicine, despite worldwide...
Archive - July 2016
More and more churches (“hundreds,” according to a June Christianity Today report) offer hesitant parishioners a “money-back guarantee”...
By James Hufnagel As the sultry summer weather settles in, investigations into alleged corrupt activities of the Cuomo administration are also heating up...
By Mike Hudson Remaking a classic American movie can be a dangerous business. Even when you’ve got everything going for it. Just ask Leo DiCaprio and everyone...
Dog Beater Gets His Day Acting Erie County District Attorney Michael J. Flaherty announced last week that 54-year-old Santiago Morales of 53 Arkansas St...
By W. Dalton Weir After years of debate and an avalanche of scientific data, most Americans today will tell you they’re concerned about climate change, and...
By Jim Ostrowski We live in perilous times. We do not know what is going to happen on any given day. I am pretty good at predicting the future. After all...
By Mike Hudson Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s “Buffalo Billion” project, now under investigation by both the U.S. Justice Department and state Attorney General Eric...
Keith Capodicasa, 43, of Orchard Park, has pleaded guilty before State Supreme Court Justice Russell P. Buscaglia to Insurance Fraud in the Fifth Degree for...
By Tony Farina Every once in a while in life, we find a perfect match. It may be a golf club, a pet, a career, or a partner. There is something that tells us...
BITCH PLANET, VOLUME 1: EXTRAORDINARY MACHINE By Kelly Sue DeConnick (Author) and Valentine De Landro (Illustrator) Image Comics (Publisher) Review by Carolyn...
By Tony Farina Gov. Andrew Cuomo came to Niagara Falls on Tuesday to officially break ground on the long-awaited Hamister hotel project in downtown...
By Tony Farina Financial Filings Due Friday The political season is getting into full swing locally, and Friday (July 15) is the first financial filing...
By Frank Parlato As everyone knows, there is often a difference between “the law” and justice. After all laws are made by elected officials under...
Bisons extravaganza set later this month It started out as just another date on a busy baseball promotional calendar – Star Wars Night. Another reason...
■ Recurring Theme Peaks In May, an apparently devout woman named Katy Vasquez of Winter Park, Florida, posted a sincerely written entry on Facebook (and told...
OPENING EVITA, musical by Tim Rice & Andrew Lloyd Webber, directed by Randall Kramer, starring Michele Marie Roberts, John Fredo, Marc Sacco, Paschal...
Ring Ring Response Reaction Repugnant Ruffled Rattled Reading Risk Factor Removal Radiocontrast Dye Rx Regimen Recession Recurrence Relapse Resentment...
THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS: THE LAST CRUSADE By Frank Miller and Brian Azzarello (Authors) and John Romita Jr. (Illustrator) DC Comics (Publisher) Review by Joe...
By Reuben Wolf Not unlike terrorists who claim to fight in the name of Islam, Akram Shibly also uses a weapon. However, this Syrian-American’s weapon is...
By Mike Hudson and Frank Parlato Legendary jazz bassist and Buffalo native Arthur ‘Juini’ Booth will be program director for the Buffalo Institute...
By Jim Ostrowski Buffalo SUDDENLY is all a twitter about judicial corruption. I have been yelling, screaming, kicking, and litigating about judicial...
By Mike Hudson A new study ranks a world renowned tourist attraction right here at home at the bottom of the list for retirees. The widely reported study, done...
By Mike Hudson There are plants and there are plants. Some you can grow and eat or sell. When you grow others, you can wind up behind bars. Back in June, the...
The idea that young people are idiots isn’t a new one in Hollywood. As far back as “Porky’s” (1981), filmmakers each summer have served up wholly forgettable...
By Tony Farina Despite Big State Spending, Start-Up NY Falling Miles Short on Jobs Almost lost in the unbelievable feeding frenzy over the indictment...
By Frank Parlato Here is a history lesson, a lesson on historical freedom principles that in our growing authoritarian state, you may want to consider. To our...
By Mike Hudson For a pop star, having an audience made up of 12-year-old girls is great at first. They’ll buy pretty much any junk music you want to put out...
The Western New York Land Conservancy and Friends of Jackson Falls received notice of a $20,000 grant from the Gallogly Family Foundation to help turn Jackson...
By Tony Farina The legacy of the late Buffalo News sportswriter Tom Borrelli came into focus again last week at the eighth annual Tom Borrelli Memorial...
Last night could have been a disaster. Tens of thousands of people descended on Canalside, many with children and families in tow, to watch the resplendent...