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Don’t Get Sick These Days

To The Reader’s Forum: In February 2023, I checked into Roswell Park Cancer Center with an extremely rare blood disease. Two years later I am in remission and thriving. Were it not for the doctors and staff of Roswell’s leukemia department, as well as cutting edge research that provided a treatment protocol for me which didn’t exist a decade earlier, I’d be dead. I went back to Roswell for a check-up today, and I heard my doctor lament that research programs have skidded to a halt at Roswell, and scientists are without paychecks thanks to federal budget cuts that have ...

Little Theater’s ‘12 Angry Men’ Was Well Done

To The Reader’s Forum: Our own Lucille Ball Little Theater of Jamestown, hosts some extremely worthy and important plays for our cultural advancement. I recently attended the presentation of “12 Angry Men” – Great Production!!! The actors each certainly portrayed their characters well. I am still contemplating the outcome as it most assuredly leaves one questioning. They were so angry in the beginning and so adamant that the (?) Perpetrator (?) was guilty. I was not comfortable with the “Let’s get out of here early” attitude of one of the “jurors” as the play ...

We Must Keep Our Promises

To The Reader’s Forum: There are many crises demanding our attention these days. I want to talk about just one. During the longest war the US was ever involved in, our military was supported by soldiers, translators, and workers of Afghan origin. When we left that country, these people had been promised that if they met qualifications, if the passed rigorous vetting, if they waited for processing, they would be rewarded for their service with the opportunity to live in the US and make a life here. And for many, that did indeed happen. Many Afghans have settled in the US, ...

There Are Many Ways To Volunteer Locally

To The Reader’s Forum: For the past few months, there have been articles and editorials in The Post-Journal about many of the nonprofit organizations in Chautauqua County. It’s important to be aware of these organizations, their missions, and the opportunities within many to volunteer our time, utilize our skills, and offer help on projects, events and activities. Knowing what each organization does, what segment of the population it serves, and how it operates helps us determine which organizations we want to support. Whether our interests align with children, youth or ...

Readers Forum

One Reason For A Change At The White House To The Reader’s Forum: To the powers that be, It seems that the “losing party” has not realized why “they” lost. Example being an article on Feb. 15 by “one from that side” written by someone that still doesn’t get it. The content and negative message from that writer was an example of why the White House now has a new resident. Larry Ostrander Zephyr Hills, Fla. School Choice Isn’t Only Way To Raise Achievement To the Reader’s Forum: As a public school teacher (Jamestown High School, 30 years), I was ...

‘Quid Pro-Quo’ From Trump Administration

To The Reader’s Forum: Here we go again! Here’s another example of a “quid pro-quo” from the Trump administration! This time it comes from within the United States instead of between Trump and Ukrainian President Zelenskyy, which led to Trump’s first impeachment. When Trump appointed Danielle Sassoon as the SDNY temporary federal prosecutor (she’s genuinely conservative, a member of the Federalist Society and clerked for the late conservative Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia), the DOJ, led by AG Pam Bondi, figured Sassoon would do anything for the Trump ...