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President Must Resume USAID Programs

To The Reader’s Forum: As a resident of Chautauqua County, I am concerned about the recent halt of USAID programs and the spread of misinformation about their impact. USAID is crucial to U.S. foreign policy. By promoting economic growth, education and world health in over 80 countries, USAID maintains the status of the United States as the premier diplomatic influencer in the world, which protects our national security. In the countries where we are active through USAID programs, the people value us because we improve their lives. If we give that up, we create power vacuums that ...

When Is Vandalism Appropriate?

To The Reader’s Forum: I agree with the P-J editorial that the vandalism at Rep. Nick Langworthy’s office is unacceptable, and I get it that the Congressman is upset about it. He’s right that these crimes have no place in our political discourse, and that the perpetrators should be prosecuted. I have to ask though, how is it that he could support the pardons that President Trump granted to perpetrators of the January 6th insurrection? He’s quoted as saying “the whole episode was mishandled and abuse in the courts” and that “The president just wanted to put it ...

A Way To ‘Almost’ Free Pure Water

To The Reader’s Forum: I’m old enough to remember when the idea of paying for drinking water seemed absurd. Then came Desert Storm. Every news report showed a soldier with a bottle of Evian in his hand. It wasn’t long before countless brands were available in supermarkets. My daughter‘s then boyfriend pointed out that “Evian” spelled backwards is “Naive”. Apparently someone at the French bottling company had a sense of humor. It wasn’t long before Americans were spending billions of dollars for bottled water and throwing away 60 billion empty plastic bottles ...

Trump Shows Us His Depravity

To The Reader’s Forum: Russia has shown the world its weakness, Trump has shown his depravity. Russia started an unprovoked invasion of Ukraine and was defeated. They were unable to conquer a smaller country even though that country had less resources, less military might, and fewer people. President Zelenskyy showed more character and moral strength than anyone in Putin’s American regime. Three years on, when Russia exhausted its military and failed to make advances, they had to rely on North Korea, Iran, and Trump for help. This is who Trump wants the United States to ...

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 ...