CLARENCE DARROW (Debate with Judge Alfred J. Talley, Oct. 27, http://southbuffalonews.com924): “Why not reenact the code of Blackstone’s day? Why, the judges were all for it — every one of them — and the only way we got rid of those laws was because juries were too humane to obeyRead More

American Cruelty: L.A. County jail’s ‘potty watch’ policy comes under scrutiny Los Angeles Times | December 29, 20http://southbuffalonews.com5 Dozens of partially or fully naked inmates at a Los Angeles County jail were chained to a wall with their hands behind their backs for hours as officials waited for them to expelRead More

Rochester, NY – the anti-SAFE Act group is fighting back. This time they are going after the federal government’s use of information collected during background checks of gun purchasers. Activists from across the State of New York filed a civil rights case against the U.S. Attorney General, the FBI, theRead More

We received this post from Carl Paladino; it is entitled ‘Catching Wild Pigs’. The author is unknown. It is signed only as ‘KD’.  It expresses in simple language what many of us feel deeply today: the erosion of liberty through the expansion of government services to us, the once wildRead More

The Reporter, in its December 30 print edition, stuck the proverbial fork in the hind end of the Hamister hotel project as we called it “deader than dead.” The very next day council chairman Andrew Touma appeared on the Vince Anello radio show to say, during his one hour visit,Read More

  BUFFALO- New York National Guard troops, in conjunction with the New York State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services, will be presenting a free disaster preparedness class twice on Wednesday, January 6 at the Catholic Charities office in Buffalo. The two-hour program will be held at 11 a.m. andRead More

How Big Oil Braced for Climate Change It was two-pronged strategy: Publicly emphasize doubt about climate change science, while internally gird for rising sea levels and warming temperatures. As we told you in October, Exxon took that approach in the late 1980s. Records and interviews show the strategy was widespreadRead More

  One hundred thousand dollars. It’s a lot of money anywhere, but in a place like Niagara Falls, where money’s tight and jobs are scarce, it can be considered a fortune. In a city where the per capita income for all residents is just $20,327 and the average household scrapesRead More

Below is something that somehow is not taught in public schools. It is history nonetheless and easy enough for anyone who is interested to verify. Jury ended power of Kings In 1215, when the Barons of England compelled King John to sign the Magna Carta, trial by jury was established.Read More

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  What do presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and President Obama have in common? And what do President Obama and Hillary have in common with Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire former mayor of New York City?  All three of these famous individuals have around the clock armed guards guaranteeing their personal securityRead More

We’re looking, we’re listening, we’re paying attention. The Reporter is watching the moves of Mayor Dyster as his re-election fades in the rear view mirror and the post-election city hall gears get greased with quid pro deals that were made pre-election. The mayor cobbled together a clumsy but ultimately effectiveRead More

  The local construction company suing the state over its termination as the Canalside contractor in July of 2013 has won a major victory in the Appellate Division of State Supreme Court. In a unanimous ruling handed down last week, the court reinstated DiPizio Construction’s claim that the president ofRead More

>BY FRANK PARLATO During my tenure as a press consultant for purported cult leader, Keith Raniere, and his benefactors, Clare and Sara Bronfman (heiresses of the Seagram’s liquor fortune), I was tasked with improving Raniere’s public image and that of his company, NXIVM. Officially, NXIVM conducts “human potential and ethics”Read More

By Anna Howard The Niagara Falls Reporter continues to catch flack for recommending Kristen Grandinetti for council chairwoman. We recommended, not once, but twice, that she be given the big chair in the council chambers. Why’d we do that? Frankly, it’s because we see her as a breath of fresh airRead More

John Tavares (right) is retiring after an illustrious career with the Buffalo Bandits 2015: The Year In Sports > BY ANDREW KULYK AND PETER FARRELL The University of Buffalo mens basketball team finally, finally made it to the Dance and the NCAA tournament after so many years of trying. ThatRead More

Memorial, UBMD Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine to offer free baseline testing to “Concussion” attendees Athletes age 12-30 with ticket stub to test free; others to receive 50% discount   The Niagara region’s leader in sports medicine and concussion management is making a special offer to athletes to celebrate the releaseRead More

>BY FRANK PARLATO   This week in our series on that fascinating conman, Shmuel Shmueli, we go to Shmueli’s native country Israel. Shmueli, who by our calculation has sued or was sued about two dozen times, finds it easy to participate in litigation, for win or lose he rarely paysRead More

 By Anna Howard By this time next week the council is expected to have elected a chairman. While we’ve gone on record repeatedly in support of Kristen Grandinetti becoming the 2016 chairwoman we continue to hear that current chairman Andrew Touma wants the keep the seat and that former chairmanRead More

Almost daily I get emails or calls from people who are reading the Cult of NXIVM series as published in Artvoice, the Niagara Falls Reporter, http://www.leavingNXIVM.com and on http://www.frankreport.com. Some of the emails are from ex-NXIVM members, some are from relatives and friends involved in NXIVM and some may beRead More