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Green Fiascoes And Boondoggles
November 20, 2011 A barrage of news headlines on the Solyndra scandal continue to remind us that President Obama made green jobs one of his administration’s priorities. more »»
Vote ‘No’?On Legislature Referendum
November 6, 2011 Chautauqua County residents may vote Tuesday on whether to change the county charter to set the size of our county legislature at “no greater than 19” members. We should vote “n. more »»
Reduce The Size Of The Legislature
November 6, 2011 We write together today for two important purposes. more »»
Representation In Government Isn’t Such A Bad Thing
November 6, 2011 On Nov. 8 we will go to the polls for a vote on the future size of the Chautauqua County Legislature. more »»
Promoting Entrepreneurship And Self-Employment
November 5, 2011 The essence of entrepreneurship is taking initiative to do some activity that is valuable to others, taking risks to earn a profit. more »»
Another Trillion Dollar Bubble
October 30, 2011 I read the other day that one of the bigger issues that the loosely knit group of protesters or demonstrators or whatever they are to be called, that have been identified as the Occupy Wall Street... more »»
Escaping The Liquidity Trap
October 30, 2011 While there is consensus that we are in an economic malaise, there is little agreement on how to get the economy growing. more »»
Price Gougers, Doomsters, And Cornucopians
October 29, 2011 My son called the other day to report that the price of gasoline where he attends college is $3.15, a sharp drop in price from where it peaked. more »»
New Yorkers And The Memory Of The Civil War
October 23, 2011 As New York’s state historian, I often find myself saying that New Yorkers have long provided the country with some of its most informed leadership. more »»
Kaddafi, One Bad Dude, Is Finally Gone
October 23, 2011 In the 1980s, I was an unrefined adolescent from blue-collar Butler, Pennsylvania. I knew nothing and cared nothing about politics. more »»
Righteous Anger Misdirected
October 22, 2011 Protesters in the Occupy-Wall-Street movement are angry. They should be, as we all should be. more »»
FCPC Works To Keep Campaigns Honest For Public
October 16, 2011 As we approach the final weeks prior to the November elections, the Fair Campaign Practices Committee of Chautauqua County, founded as an independent organization in 2006, wishes to assure the votin... more »»
New York’s Energy Bounty
October 16, 2011 When people think of energy-producing states, New York doesn’t typically come to mind. That distinction belongs more to places like Texas and Alaska. more »»
Appleyard Has Made Second Street Better
October 11, 2011 I’d like to respond to the many comments that were posted following the recent Post-Journal article on the third phase of CODE’s Appleyard development in Jamestow. more »»
TNR Program Would Take Care Of Cats
October 8, 2011 Jamestown has a serious stray cat problem that, if not addressed, will keep growing from hundreds to thousands of stray cats. It will be easier to deal with it now than to wait until later. more »»
Local Officials Must Stand Together
October 2, 2011 It’s time for a confession, and a call to action. “We are steadily approaching the time when Albany will be unable to squeeze any more blood out of us. more »»
Admit You Don’t Have A Clue
October 1, 2011 In his acceptance speech for the Nobel Prize in Economics, Friedrich Hayek articulated the idea of the pretense of knowledge. more »»
Post Office Can Thrive Again
September 25, 2011 “Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night ... will stay us from the swift completion of our appointed rounds.” For more than 235 years, the U.S. more »»
Oil, Gas Jobs Await, Mr. President
September 25, 2011 The latest employment report isn’t good. The economy only added 117,00 jobs in July and the unemployment rate still hovers above 9 percent. more »»
Considering The Constitution
September 17, 2011 Today, Saturday, Sept. 17, is Constitution Day, set aside for remembering the Constitution of the United States. It is worthwhile to consider the great charter of this nation and where we are heade. more »» |
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