columns

Note: originally, many of these columns ran in the Lockport Union-Sun & Journal, and other Greater Niagara Newspapers, but when I left GNN, I took my columns with me. I still write, but for me ... and for you.

  1. US&J scribe takes up juggling

  2. Happy Patriots Day?

  3. Luck smiles not on WNY

  4. Honest Abe? Or gay Abe? (1)

  5. Notice: War in progress (2)

  6. At the end of the day, it's Phyllis time

  7. Sign me up

  8. Unbothered by U.N.

  9. Gov. Pataki, may I buy you a map?

  10. Just what do you mean, Mr. Mayor?

  11. I'm a jerk and you are, too

  12. Don't confuse kids on voting

  13. No room at the Inn

  14. What's the value?

  15. Yes, Emily, there is a Lockport Monster

  16. History in the moment

  17. Merry Christmas Lockport

  18. The slicing, dicing casinomatic

  19. May the best candidate win

  20. Bankrupt Dems checked by Hamister

  21. Ain't it grand?

  22. Laughter is the best medicine

  23. It's never too late to say I'm sorry

  24. What about grapity grape?

  25. The gun-loving liberal runneth amok

  26. When not in Rome

  27. Voice of a million tongues

  28. Is this the one?

  29. The power of two (3)

  30. Once again, politicos will fail

  31. Taxes fall, state passes budget on time

  32. Fairport fair in breaking law

  33. April 15, the day we pay for our so-called freedoms

  34. Scott Leffler, party of one

  35. Don't count your chickens before they hatch

  36. A little of this and a little of that

  37. When politics and truth collide

  38. Fighting chaos at all costs

  39. I'm sorry, Mr. Powell, but less isn't more

  40. Spend your money wisely or you may not live to regret it

  41. Shock and awe is okay when its for a cause

  42. Truth in numbers

  43. I'm wild about Harry and you should be, too.

43 ½. Stick to what you know (4)

  1. Out with the kings

  2. Can you hear me now? (5)

  3. Can't we just be ourselves?

  4. Fun with want ads

  5. Big brother and the vandals

  6. Now hiring: Office of short-sightedness

  7. Welcome to the light

  8. Explaining the process

  9. Comical Council says one thing – does another

  10. I hate Thanksgiving – now whatcha gonna do? (6)

  11. Took a drive. Bought some stuff. Why I can't hate WalMart. (7)

  12. Homeland Security - from a farmland point of view (8)

  13. London Calling - it's an every shrinking world

  14. The Passing of a Good Man

  15. A Mass Transit Future?

1 – This had to have been my most “controversial” column since I started writing ... some people still refer to me as “that guy that said Lincoln was gay.”

2 – This column was picked up by an organization called Colorado Campaign for Middle East Peace. It can be found here.

3 – Pictures of the protest, which was attended by about 20 people total (including myself and Chuck Richardson)

4 – Up to this point, I had written one column a week – every week. This broke form – as it came in the middle of the week. (that's why it's 43 ½.) It was in response to a caller on Dialog.

5 – Despite my best intentions, leaving Greater Niagara Newspapers really made the whole column-writing thing sporadic. I plan to (some day when my life is in order) begin writing one a week again ... but for now, it'll be every-whenever-the-notion-strkes-me.

6 – This column is the transcription of the Monolog from my talk show from Wednesday, November 26 – the day before Thanksgiving. I may employ this method more often. It will certainly allow me to add more content to the columns page – and give people who don't get a chance to listen to the show an opportunity to “get” it.

7 – This column is an edited version of an email reply I sent to a friend who was talking about the proposed Super WalMart in the Town of Lockport.

8. - This should be the kickstart I needed to get writing again. A guy from YoungBuffalo.com has asked me to write a weekly column to express the liberal point of view on issues. A writer from Virginia is representing the right.