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January 20, 2026

The Flynn Doctrine, Part 8: The Black Journalist Flynn Couldn’t Silence

The only Black reporter trying to cover the exoneration of two Black men wrongfully prosecuted by John Flynn’s uncle was barred at the door. Two months later, Flynn would prosecute her. He

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January 20, 2026

The Sandusky Trial: A Study in How American Justice Fails

Two Accusers. Same Weekends. Same Bed. Same Three Years. Both Stories Cannot Be True. Jerry Sandusky was convicted in 2012 based on testimony from ten accusers. Eight received civil settlements totaling over

The Danesh Chronicles #2: The Trust Fund Aryan Who Plays Brown for Profit

I’m not seeing brown. Though I’m trying. Let me adjust the contrast.

Salem Took 300 Years. How Long Will Sandusky Take?

In 1692, the colony of Massachusetts killed twenty people for witchcraft. The

Graphic Traffic Presented by Queen City Bookstore: DC Universe, the New Frontier

By Darwyn Cooke (Author) and Darwyn Cooke and J. Bone (Illustrators) DC Comics (Publisher) Review by Michael Hoffert Jr. In the history of comics,

July 21, 2016

Senso Di Voce at Silo City

SENSO DI VOCE AT SILO CITY Vocalist Esin Gündüz and oboist Megan Kyle create an otherworldly soundscape By Jan Jezioro photo: Maryam Muliaee Some

July 21, 2016

Music

It’s Only a Play: Terrence McNally at BUA

By Anthony Chase As a critic and commentator on the dramatic arts for over 30 years, I am highly experienced at watching. I

July 21, 2016

Theater

Evita at Musicalfare

By Anthony Chase The MusicalFare production of Evita, the 1978 Tim Rice/Andrew Lloyd Webber musical is a highly satisfying affair. Michele Marie Roberts gives

July 21, 2016

Theater

Buffalo boxing history on display at Karpele’s Manuscript Museum

By Mike Hudson One of Buffalo’s hidden treasures is the Karpele’s Manuscript Museum, part of a nationwide group that claims ownership of the largest

July 21, 2016

News

Heart, Cheap Trick, Joan Jett: Triple threat at Darien Lake

By Mike Hudson Some things just fall in the category of “no brainers” and looking at the upcoming week’s concert schedule, Heart, Cheap Trick

July 21, 2016

Music

Blasdell’s Penn Dixie Invites Public to View ‘The Classical Planets of Antiquity’ Five planets will be visible in one night!

By Frank Parlato Here’s something different. On Saturday evening, July 30, starting at 7:30, the Penn Dixie Paleontological & Outdoor Education Center will afford

July 21, 2016

News

Around and About

By Tony Farina Flynn Shows Momentum in DA’s Race, Gets PBA Endorsement Tonawanda Town Attorney John Flynn, who is the endorsed Democratic, Conservative, and

July 21, 2016

News

“Lights Out” may be the scariest film to hit theaters this summer

By Mike Hudson Swedish Director David F. Sandberg struck Hollywood gold when he released a three-minute short film called “Lights Out” directly on the

July 21, 2016

Michalek’s Famous Lawyer Paid Well to Take Guilty Plea

By Tony Farina Carrie Cohen was a big-time prosecutor with corruption-fighting U. S. Attorney Preet Bharara in the Southern District of New York and

July 21, 2016

News

The Public Hearing Process for Citizen Input Needs to Change

By Paul Wolf, Esq. New York State law requires that public hearings scheduled by governmental bodies be done with at least five days notice.

July 21, 2016

News

War is the Health of the State: An argument for The impeachment of Obama and Hillary

By Jim Ostrowski “War is the health of the state,” said Randolph Bourne. “War is hell,” said General Sherman. The war criminal Sherman was

July 21, 2016

News

Speculation on the Defenses of Steve Pigeon

What did Michalek and Pigeon get from each other? By Frank Parlato A lot has been written about political operative and attorney G. Steven

July 21, 2016

A News of the Weird Classic (August 2012)

When the assistant manager arrived early on June 26 (2012) to open up the Rent-A-Center in Brockton, Massachusetts, he encountered a man on the

July 14, 2016

Undignified Deaths

(1) Australian lawyer William Ray was killed on May 22 when he was thrown from his all-terrain “quad bike” in rural Victoria state and

July 14, 2016

Fetishes on Parade

Recidivist Jesse Johnson, 20, was charged again in June (for suspicion of disturbing the peace) after he had crawled underneath a woman’s car at

July 14, 2016

Police Report

A Woman at the Top of Her Game: In Nashville, Tennessee, in June, sex worker Jonisia Morris, 25, was charged with robbing her client

July 14, 2016

Wait, What?

Brigham Young University professor Jason Hansen apologized in May after coaxing a student (for extra credit) to drink a small vial of his urine

July 14, 2016

The Passing Parade

— Quixotic Malaysian designer Moto Guo made a splash at Milan’s fashion week in June when he sent model after model to the runway

July 14, 2016

The Job of the Researcher

A team of researchers is following about 30 tabbies, calicos, and others, recording their moves and sounds, to somehow learn whether housecats have dialects

July 14, 2016

Litigious Societies

(1) Insurance agent John Wright filed a lawsuit in Will County, Illinois, in June over teenagers playing “ding dong ditch,” in which kids ring

July 14, 2016

Suspicions Confirmed

— (1) In June, District Attorney Jerry Jones in Monroe, Louisiana, dropped drug and gun charges against college football players Cam Robinson and Hootie

July 14, 2016

New World Order

A leading Chinese orthopedic surgeon continues to believe that “full-body” transplants are the next big thing in medicine, despite worldwide skepticism about both the

July 14, 2016

Lead Story- Blessings, Guaranteed

More and more churches (“hundreds,” according to a June Christianity Today report) offer hesitant parishioners a “money-back guarantee” if they tithe 10 percent (or

July 14, 2016

Scrutiny of alleged Niagara Falls bid rigging needed

By James Hufnagel As the sultry summer weather settles in, investigations into alleged corrupt activities of the Cuomo administration are also heating up. Independent

July 14, 2016

News

Gender bending “Ghostbusters” remake an unfunny mess

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

July 14, 2016

This week in stupid crime:

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.,

July 14, 2016

News

BUFFALO’S GREEN GIANTS: Part I

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

July 14, 2016

The Cargo Cult of the State

By Jim Ostrowski We live in perilous times. We do not know what is going to happen on any given day. I am pretty

July 14, 2016

News

Buffalo Billion project in big trouble: Investors pulling out, pols playing CYA

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 Schniederman,

July 14, 2016

News

Erie County Deputy Sheriff Admits to Insurance Fraud Orchard Park resident falsely reported stolen car

Keith Capodicasa, 43, of Orchard Park, has pleaded guilty before State Supreme Court Justice Russell P. Buscaglia to Insurance Fraud in the Fifth Degree

July 14, 2016

News

Former Sorrento Cheese Exec Finds Perfect Career Match

By Tony Farina Every once in a while in life, we find a perfect match. It may be a golf club, a pet, a

July 14, 2016

News

Graphic Traffic Presented by Queen City Books

BITCH PLANET, VOLUME 1: EXTRAORDINARY MACHINE By Kelly Sue DeConnick (Author) and Valentine De Landro (Illustrator) Image Comics (Publisher) Review by Carolyn Marcille. Kelly Sue

July 14, 2016

Goldman Sachs Bails Out Hamister, Cuomo, Dyster

By Tony Farina Gov. Andrew Cuomo came to Niagara Falls on Tuesday to officially break ground on the long-awaited Hamister hotel project in

July 14, 2016

News

Around And About

By Tony Farina Financial Filings Due Friday The political season is getting into full swing locally, and Friday (July 15) is the first

July 14, 2016

News

Hang the Jury and Nullify Bad Law

By Frank Parlato As everyone knows, there is often a difference between “the law” and justice. After all laws are made by elected officials

July 14, 2016

THE MAKING OF “STAR WARS NIGHT”

Bisons extravaganza set later this month It started out as just another date on a busy baseball promotional calendar – Star Wars Night.

July 8, 2016

Sports

NEWS OF THE WEIRD

■ Recurring Theme Peaks In May, an apparently devout woman named Katy Vasquez of Winter Park, Florida, posted a sincerely written entry on Facebook

July 7, 2016

THEATER | ON THE BOARDS presented by Irish Classical Theater Company

OPENING EVITA, musical by Tim Rice & Andrew Lloyd Webber, directed by Randall Kramer, starring Michele Marie Roberts, John Fredo, Marc Sacco, Paschal Frisina

July 7, 2016

“The Ride” by Cynthia Hunt

Ring Ring Response Reaction Repugnant Ruffled Rattled Reading Risk Factor Removal Radiocontrast Dye Rx Regimen Recession Recurrence Relapse Resentment Radiation Road to Recovery Rehabilitation

July 7, 2016

Graphic Traffic, presented by Queen City Bookstore INC.

THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS: THE LAST CRUSADE By Frank Miller and Brian Azzarello (Authors) and John Romita Jr. (Illustrator) DC Comics (Publisher) Review by

July 7, 2016

AKRAM SHIBLY: A LIFE OUTSIDE THE BOX

By Reuben Wolf Not unlike terrorists who claim to fight in the name of Islam, Akram Shibly also uses a weapon. However, this

July 7, 2016

Jazz Greats, Juini Booth, Charles Gayle offer Young musicians a chance to perform at upcoming Buffalo gathering

By Mike Hudson and Frank Parlato Legendary jazz bassist and Buffalo native Arthur ‘Juini’ Booth will be program director for the Buffalo Institute for

July 7, 2016

Music

MICHALEK TAKES A PLEA; PIGEON PRESUMED INNOCENT, AND The Oxymoron of Government Justice

By Jim Ostrowski Buffalo SUDDENLY is all a twitter about judicial corruption. I have been yelling, screaming, kicking, and litigating about judicial corruption of

July 7, 2016

News

STUDY: Niagara Falls worst city in country for retirees: Buffalo, Cheektowaga close behind

By Mike Hudson A new study ranks a world renowned tourist attraction right here at home at the bottom of the list for retirees.

July 7, 2016

News

Erie Co. Sheriff’s Dept. Facebook page has 6,373 likes this week!

By Mike Hudson There are plants and there are plants. Some you can grow and eat or sell. When you grow others, you can

July 7, 2016

News

“Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates” a formulaic distraction of dumb people

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

July 7, 2016

TV & Film

Around and About: SChneiderman- Pigeon Political Feud Colors Indictment

By Tony Farina Despite Big State Spending, Start-Up NY Falling Miles Short on Jobs Almost lost in the unbelievable feeding frenzy over the

July 7, 2016

News

WHY 12 JURORS REPRESENT AMERICA AND WHY ANYONE MAY VETO UNJUST LAWS

By Frank Parlato Here is a history lesson, a lesson on historical freedom principles that in our growing authoritarian state, you may want to

July 7, 2016

News

Ex-teen idol Nick Jonas hoping to grow up in public with Buffalo gig

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

July 7, 2016

Music

Challenge ‘Gift’ for Jackson Falls Preserve Requires a Single Donor to Match with $20,000 Donation

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

July 7, 2016

News

Tom Borrelli Awards Dinner Honors Top Lacrosse Players

By Tony Farina The legacy of the late Buffalo News sportswriter Tom Borrelli came into focus again last week at the eighth annual

July 7, 2016

News·Uncategorized

NEWS OF THE WEIRD

LEAD STORY Getting Fannies in the Seats The Bunyadi opened in London in June for a three-month run as the world’s newest nude-dining experience,

June 30, 2016

The Stupid Party Strikes Again

BY JIM OSTROWSKI There’s an old saying in libertarian circles: the GOP is the stupid party. The release of the House Committee report on

June 30, 2016

News

Small Wisconsin City to Siphon Great Lakes Water Gov. Cuomo Approves Historic Water Grab

BY JAMES HUFNAGEL True to form, and doing exactly what we predicted he would do in our March 31 issue, Gov. Andrew Cuomo last

June 30, 2016

News

Cement Maker Lafarge Reportedly Paid Taxes to ISIS

BY TONY FARINA French cement maker Lafarge, which has several Western New York locations including Buffalo and Niagara Falls, entered into deals with armed

June 30, 2016

News

Spielberg Tells Instead of Shows in Summer Blockbuster “The BFG”

BY MIKE HUDSON Mention the name Steven Spielberg and the words “Summer Blockbuster” spring immediately to mind.cheap jerseys In films such as “Jaws,” “Close

June 30, 2016

TV & Film

Mascia Disqualification Creates Chaos at BMHA Election

BY MATT RICCHIAZZI Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority (BMHA) officials’ decision to disqualify dismissed BMHA Housing Commissioner Joe Mascia from running as President of

June 30, 2016

TALKING LEAVES ELMWOOD: 15 YEAR ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

BY W DALTON WEIR “This is my home. I was hired specifically for this location,” said Talking Leaves assistant manager Alicia Michielli. “Lucy, the

June 30, 2016

Around and About V: DA Race is Alive and Well

BY TONY FARINA Flaherty, Flynn Pressing the Flesh The race for Erie County district attorney is just beginning and the virtual reality headset

June 30, 2016

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