- Biden is a strong choice
- Some of Hillary Clinton’s supporters may beg to differ, but the selection of Sen. Joe Biden as the Democrats’ vice presidential nominee looks to be strong, appropriate and mature. It puts a burden on the Republicans to come up with a similarly inspired selection before their convention next week.
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- How to watch the party
- Here’s how to interpret a political convention in 2008:
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- The way out of Iraq
- It’s hard to divorce the announcement of a pending withdrawal timetable from the realities of American politics, but however it comes about, a responsible plan to pull troops out of Iraq is a welcome development.
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- Improve rebuilding process
- The City of Buffalo has had a long-standing problem with inspections and permits that dates back several administrations, but that problem needs solving now more than ever. A recent News article indicates inspectors are dealing with the largest number of problem properties in recent history, and new figures show 9,900 property-related complaints to City Hall’s citizen services office in the first half of the year. Inspectors could use a little help.
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More Opinion
- It’s a struggle to retain authenticity of Italy
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I lived in Florence a month before I could unlock my own apartment door. It’s a complicated sequence of twists and jolts requiring a delicate blend of persuasion and compliance, patience and brute force. First, one lures the ancient bolts forward (counting complaints with each rotation) and then strikes them against their own bases with a satisfying clang. There is no fixed number of turns. Instead, the wood grants one sigh of defeat amid a mounting succession of metallic clicks.
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My View
- NRA is not shooting straight with its members
As the self-proclaimed “largest pro-hunting organization in the world,” the National Rifle Association has long claimed to represent America’s hunters and shooters in the fight to protect one of America’s oldest traditions. The NRA’s bylaws include an article setting a core goal “to promote and defend hunting . . . as a viable and necessary method of fostering the propagation, growth and conservation . . . of our renewable wildlife resources.”
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Another Voice
- Neighborhood Dining: It's time to eat locally
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So what do we feel like for dinner tonight? Italian? Chinese? Mexican? Maybe French? How about eating Buffalo? No, not buffalo, as in the North American bison, once a symbol of the American West, free-range relative to the cow. But Buffalo, as in the second-largest city in New York.
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Sunday Viewpoints
Everybody's Column
- Calling abusive priests pedophiles is a misnomer
- Let’s pause to remember, salute the Buffalo Nine
- LaVallee’s insistence led to murder conviction
- Stop criticizing educators; they earned their pensions
- U. S. must stand firm in defense of its allies
- High fructose corn syrup was granted ‘safe’ status
- All voters who oppose Obama are not racists
- Encourage production of locally grown food
- ProjecTruth gives teens the tools that they need
- Examine both sides of the Sparks story
- Condominium owners pay association dues
- Getting to Bills games in Toronto will be a pain
- War Kids Relief has helped raise awareness
- Owners must invest more to produce winning teams
- ‘Tropic Thunder’ is a huge step backward
- Progressive plan needed to fund public education
- Volker has been doing a great job for district
- Vogel’s mentoring piece helps educate the public
- Medicaid eligibility system can be successfully navigated
- Collins’ true colors appear starkly political
