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Opinion

Trump Does Not Have A ‘Powerful Mandate’

Letters To The Editor

To The Reader’s Forum: Well, contrary to the Trump claim that he had won a “powerful mandate” as a result of the 2024 election, he has no such “mandate” other than the fact he won the election. The reality, although small one, is that greater than 50% of voters actually voted for ...

Deconstructing The Green Scheme

Local Commentaries

For years we have endured the unending mantra against “greedy” oil companies, while hearing no criticism for greedy Green Energy companies gobbling up $Trillions in corporate welfare. It seems rather duplicitous. The Climate Cult claimed that “Green Energy” was so cheap we could ...

What Happened To “Back The Blue”?

Local Commentaries

One hundred and thirty eight police officers were injured on January 6, 2021, while trying to protect the U.S. Capitol. They were attacked by a mob wielding baseball bats, flagpoles, fire extinguishers, pepper spray, bear spray, and in some cases, the officers’ own weapons. Following the ...

The Challenge Of Neighborhood Renewal

Local Commentaries

A friend recently dropped off a book about Jamestown’s “Lost Neighborhood,” the old Italian-American neighborhood that was located along the Chadakoin River adjacent to Harrison Street. I remember this neighborhood well, as I used to trek through it when walking to or from Jamestown High ...

Trump Ambitious Entering Second Term

In Our Opinion

A “golden age,” one in which the United States of America can aim even higher than the moon, was proclaimed Monday during President Donald J. Trump’s inauguration speech. And while Elon Musk may have thrown his hands in the air to cheer the goal to “pursue our manifest destiny into ...

Root For Challengers Supporting Lake

Local Commentaries

CHAUTAUQUA LAKE—Let’s pick up where we left off on Labor Day weekend 2024. As of Jan. 1, 2025, New York state Department of Environmental Conservation, or DEC, regulations expand the control of “wetlands.” Those who in 2024 denied that the regulations would lead to any of Chautauqua ...