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Checks And Balances

Checks And Balances To The Reader’s Forum: This holiday, I suggest we give thanks for our mental capacity as humans. Compared to other animals we have been given extraordinary capacities of thought and reasoning. We are able to predict likely outcomes of events and plan accordingly. We can construct moral systems and judge whether someones actions lie within the same. We can create and be entertained by art in its many forms. These latter abilities, the artistic ones, may be by many people considered as the most explicitly human as they require more of the intellect than just ...

Why Hasn’t The Gas Price Changed?

To The Reader’s Forum: After a trip up to the Buffalo area this past weekend, I can’t help but wonder why the gas prices remain so much higher here in the Jamestown area. In Dunkirk/Fredonia gas is $2.79/gallon. In Depew/Lancaster prices are $2.59; Cheektowaga is at $2.62/gallon. Even the Thruway is $2.62. Can anyone explain why gas hasn’t moved below $2.85/gallon in Jamestown? Catharine A. Kasparek, Jamestown

There Is Hope That The Darkness Is Temporary

To The Reader’s Forum: One candidate for the Democratic nomination for President this past Wednesday was asked whether there was room in the Democratic Party for a Pro-life candidate since John Bel Edwards, the newly elected Democratic governor of Louisiana is pro-life and has recently signed anti-abortion legislation. She refused to directly answer the question, but instead promoted her own pro-choice position. With this in mind I am reminded of the favorite, nostalgic, fantasy 1946 film which will soon be on our televisions again during this coming holiday season — “It’s a ...

Our American Holiday

To The Reader’s Forum: Since 1863, when it was announced by President Lincoln, Thanksgiving has been an official American holiday. It is uniquely American, almost as much as the 4th of July, and it has become all about families getting together and celebrating our common freedoms in this country. Sometimes we forget how deeply religious and spiritual this proclamation was. It was to be a day of “Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the heavens.” Proclaimed during the violence and anguish of a national Civil War where thousands had already been ...

Time Has Come To Make Needs Known

To The Reader’s Forum: This concern is addressed to the many individuals who make decisions regarding new development for the citizens of Chautauqua County. An important segment of the population has been ignored and the time has come to make our needs known. Who are we? We are women of a certain era who consider shopping an experience as well as a necessity. We prefer to see, feel and try on the merchandise before we buy it. We are the women who buy for ourselves, our husbands, our children and our grandchildren. We also love to gift family and friends on special occasions. ...

Reader Says Reed Wasn’t Treated Justly

To The Reader’s Forum: The recent town hall meeting with Congressman Tom Reed in Falconer on Nov. 8, along with previous meetings in the past, shows a huge rudeness and discourtesy on the part of some of the attendees. There is never an appropriate time at a public meeting to shout down a public official. There are correct and courteous ways to voice your concerns, such as writing a letter or contacting Mr. Reed’s office personally. Just because a few individuals vehemently disagree with their elected public official does not mean they can or should hijack a public meeting. ...