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Opinion

Bullying In The White House

Local Commentaries

I thought I had seen it all with Donald Trump, but his atrocious behavior in bullying the President of Ukraine in the White House went beyond the pale. Can you imagine George Washington or Abe Lincoln, or any other President we have had, ever doing anything like this? If it were done in ...

Nazis, Communists Are Similar, Not Opposites

Local Commentaries

If you saw a particular Sunday network-television-news program on Feb. 16, you heard the host say that in Germany, “free speech was weaponized to conduct a genocide.” Yes, you read that correctly: “free speech was weaponized to conduct a genocide.” Let’s think that one through. Do ...

State Empathy, Urgency Absent In Prison Strife

Editor's Corner

Upheaval inside the walls of the New York state prison system is not something that occurred suddenly. Warning signs were beginning close to home at Collins Correctional Facility in the spring of 2023. That is when more than a dozen officers were injured at Collins Correctional Facility over a ...

There Is Another Route For County Sales Tax Talks

In Our Opinion

County legislators took a good first step last week when they choose to discuss increasing the way a percent of the county’s sales tax is distributed. Chautauqua County’s sales tax rate is currently 8%. Every two years the county legislature must request the state Legislature give ...

There Are Many Ways To Volunteer Locally

Letters To The Editor

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 ...

We Must Keep Our Promises

Letters To The Editor

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 ...