Opinion

Spencer’s Pressing Issue
Opinion
Apr 16, 2024
When the Jontay Porter news broke, there was a part of me that was surprised, but another that was left completely unfazed given the circumstances. Po...
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Deb’s Pressing Issue
Opinion
Salamanca Press 
Apr 15, 2024
Critics have called out the plastics industry over the “fraud of plastic recycling.” Jan Dell, a former chemical engineer, says the vast majority of p...
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Spencer’s Pressing Issue
Opinion
Apr 09, 2024
Caitlin Clark has boosted the game of women’s basketball to a level never before seen and I could not be more happy. To see the fans in the Rocket Mor...
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Kellen’s Pressing Issue
Opinion
Apr 02, 2024
Rock history With not much else to report, let’s take another trip down memory lane with this week in rock history. April 4, 1964: The Beatles held th...
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Deb’s Pressing Issue
Opinion
Salamanca Press 
Apr 02, 2024
Happy fishermen Every year for 15 years on April 1, I’ve trudged through mud — and sometimes snow — along the banks of Little Conewango Creek and Pais...
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Spencer’s Pressing Issue
Opinion
Apr 02, 2024
Opening acts This past weekend I went and saw a Zach Bryan concert in Long Island with a couple of my friends. The main part of the concert was amazin...
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Kellen’s Pressing Issue
Opinion
Salamanca Press 
Mar 26, 2024
March may be going out like a lamb, but that doesn’t mean it’s truly spring yet. The long-range forecast currently shows April 3 with a high of 40 deg...
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Deb’s Pressing Issue
Opinion
Salamanca Press 
Mar 26, 2024
In a new report reviewing nearly eight decades of UFO sightings, the Pentagon stated earlier this month that it found no evidence of extraterrestrial ...
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Spencer’s Pressing Issue
Opinion, Sports
Mar 26, 2024
I know for a fact that I am not the only one who has been less than overwhelmed by this year’s March Madness men’s tournament. This is not me saying t...
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Spencer’s Pressing Issue
Opinion
Mar 19, 2024
Sure, I had covered high school sports before I started working here, plenty in fact. However, what I had not had the opportunity to cover before were...
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Kellen’s Pressing Issue
Opinion
Salamanca Press 
Mar 19, 2024
The first Lincoln penny was introduced in 1909, having the same buying power at the time as about 30 cents today. And yet, the economy functioned just...
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Deb’s Pressing Issue
Opinion
Salamanca Press 
Mar 19, 2024
I love to see life come anew and I love the way spring smells — mud and all. Once the mud dries up, spring is my favorite season. The appearance of ro...
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Kellen’s Pressing Issue
Opinion
Salamanca Press 
Mar 12, 2024
Between both personal things happening in my life and the hopefully improving weather, I’m going to be doing a lot of cleaning and moving things aroun...
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Deb’s Pressing Issue
Opinion
Salamanca Press 
Mar 12, 2024
The other day, I was the victim of a telemarketer who offered me a deal on a “burial expense plan.” First of all, my phone numbers are on the “do not ...
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Spencer’s Pressing Issue
Opinion, Sports
Mar 12, 2024
March Madness is right around the corner and I have been glued to articles, videos and games on TV, fully embracing the best time of year for sports. ...
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Kellen’s Pressing Issue
Opinion
Salamanca Press 
Mar 05, 2024
The Oscars are this Sunday, so here are my picks and predictions: BEST PICTURE — My pick: “Oppenheimer.” Winner: “Oppenheimer.” DIRECTOR — My pick: Ch...
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Spencer’s Pressing Issue
Opinion
Mar 05, 2024
It makes me so happy to see that women’s basketball is getting more recognition. For the first time in my life, the women’s game is drawing more eyes ...
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