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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

To The Reader’s Forum: My older brother Dan returned from Vietnam with a Bronze Star, a Silver Star, and a Purple Heart. My younger brother, Bob, served as the XO on a nuclear submarine. My son is a combat veteran and former officer in the U.S. Army. He was awarded the Bronze Star for ...

To The Reader’s Forum: So, is MAGA thrilled that over 1500 criminals, that is, those who agreed to having committed crimes against the U.S. or were convicted of crimes currently in the U.S. criminal code by juries of their peers, have been pardoned by Donald Trump? Is MAGA similarly ...

To The Reader’s Forum: I learned some interesting facts at the recent rally and since there were no reporters present, I thought I’d mention a couple. The first was that Jamestown’s school system receives $1.4 million from the Department of Education and much of that goes to help ...