Lockport Union-Sun & Journal Online Opinion

LEFFLER: The things that actually matter

2012-05-22T01:11:13-04:00

To hear some people tell it, this great republic of ours is on the brink of disintegration.

Your friends are great ... at Facebook

2012-05-17T19:53:12-04:00

The internet has been the facilitator of a lot of good things; it allows us to comparison shop without putting on pants, lets people check the weather report without having to watch the rest of the news and it’s made keeping in touch with friends and family a breeze; cruising through Facebook seeing pictures of your friend from high school’s new baby, a twitter feed full of self-promoting tweets about your neighbor’s new online start-up, a status update from your nephew that talks about meeting Buffalo Bills legend Jim Kelly. Reading all of these updates from the exciting lives of your friends and family while you sit at home, it can at times feel like everyone is living the dream but you.

VINCENT DAVIS II: Oil prices and the 'Bro-conomy'

2012-03-16T02:54:18-04:00

Can we be serious for a moment; not too long, but longer than usual? Gas prices are going up folks. US oil drilling is at its highest point in more than 10 years. But when Toyota Prius commercials come on TV during sporting events, we know longer make fun of them for advertising a “fake car” that “only a hippy or English professor would drive.” Instead, we think to ourselves “40 miles a gallon, that does sound nice ...”

‘Mailing it in’ is not good enough

2012-03-02T12:12:10-05:00

The U.S. Postal Service has been mailing it in for years. It has stuck like an old postage stamp to a business model that was going nowhere fast, literally. Snail mail is still the USPS stock in trade, and it has increasingly earned its nickname. And for a poorly run operation, it certainly does cost a lot. USPS must offer competitive shipping options, guaranteed faster delivery times and overall service enhancements — or the death spiral of an American institution will continue.

Helen M. Liddell

2012-02-01T16:43:42-05:00

LEFFLER: I remember the scream

2012-01-03T00:18:40-05:00

If you’re sick of news of the run for the White House, I’ve got some really bad news for you: It’s about to get worse.

OUR VIEW: Time for Mongielo to face the music

2012-01-02T23:50:00-05:00

Town of Lockport auto repair shop owner David Mongielo has gone over the line in his violation of a town sign ordinance.

OUR VIEW: At dawn of New Year, a call for civility

2012-01-02T23:47:18-05:00

Each new year brings with it an inherent hopefulness in our own lives and the larger world around us, this one in particular — if only because it isn’t 2011.

Have a safe New Year's Eve

2011-12-31T02:52:45-05:00

This isn’t the Prohibition era, and we’re not into moralizing about alcohol consumption.
We have no beef about adults having a few drinks on New Year’s Eve, as long as no one else gets hurt in the process. Your choice — hangover, no hangover. Check yes or no.
But, with one very important proviso: Don’t drink and drive.
And we’re very much against hosts of a New Year’s Eve party sending their guests out to their cars when their guests have overindulged. Especially when there are safe options to avoid behavior that risks your life and that of others you may encounter on the road.

The bus stops here

2011-12-28T18:43:09-05:00

The NFTA’s proposed cuts to local bus routes have the potential to really hurt the little guy, the rider who relies on the bus to get to work, to shop, to get to the doctor’s.
It just shouldn’t happen.