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Time for the Left to Face Reality

To The Reader’s Forum: I am a Chautauqua County resident who’s just about had it with the recent flood of outrage coming from the left. If you’re on social media or reading the latest protest signs and letters to the editor, you’d think the world is ending. They’re out here screaming that democracy is dead, trying to whip everyone into a frenzy and convince us to be scared too—but let me tell you, that’s not the mood around here. Most of us are hopeful for the first time in a long time. The last election wasn’t just a win for Trump and Congressman Langworthy—it was ...

Suffering From Trump Reality Sickness

To The Reader’s Forum: If I didn’t love my country, it would be easy to stick my head in the sand for the next 4 years and pretend that the President isn’t taking Elon’s chainsaw to our democracy. I could not read the newspaper or listen to the news, I could “drink the Kool-Aid.” But I can’t. So I will write letters, contact my representatives and attend protests. Not that my representative cares what I think, I’m one of the falsehood spreading Democrats, the “Liberal Left” though, honestly, I consider myself moderate. In the chaos the President has created, ...

It Is Langworthy’s Time To Stand Up To The President

To The Reader’s Forum: Dear Rep. Langworthy, It is time you stood up to the President. Congress controls the purse strings, not the President. I’m all for finding waste fraud and abuse when it comes to government spending, but I would look first at the government contracts for military, NASA, and Elon Musk, rather than Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security. The ink hadn’t dried on my mother’s death certificate when the Social Security Administration wanted the money for her last payment returned. I don’t believe there are thousands of people 150 years old and older still ...

Who’s Really Telling The Truth?

To The Reader’s Forum: I’m not the kind of person who usually writes opinion pieces, but I’ve had enough of the fear and noise coming from the left about Social Security and Medicare. I live here in Chautauqua County, and like a lot of folks around here, I’ve got family and friends who rely on those benefits. They worked hard, paid in, and earned that support. And now, every election cycle, we have to hear that Republicans are trying to take it all away? Give me a break. The truth is, President Trump has made it clear—loud and clear—that Social Security and Medicare ...

We Should Be Welcoming To New Neighbors

To The Reader’s Forum: The news media has stories of ICE raids sending “illegals” and criminals out of the country to jails with horrific conditions. Our government officials loudly hail these deportations. These arrests and deportations happen without due process to ensure that they are actually guilty of the heinous crimes of which they are accused. While I agree that we should deport proven dangerous criminals, I maintain that we must also welcome immigrants who are here legally. Where is the equally loud, enthusiastic endorsement of those who left injustices in their home ...

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Will We Ever Pay Up For Vietnam Vets? To The Reader’s Forum: April 30th will mark fifty years since the Vietnam War ended. It seems like that was yesterday, and I don’t know where the time goes. That war was one of the most horrible, unnecessary conflicts in American history, and families still grieve for the loved ones they lost. I’m very, very fortunate I was too young to serve in that gruesome, scandalous quagmire. Lyndon Johnson was hell-bent on ridding the world of communists, and he furthered that position by perpetuating the war in Vietnam. He embraced “containment ...