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Protester Thanks Those Who Honked Their Support To The Reader’s Forum: I’d like to say a heartfelt thank you to all the folks who beeped, gave thumbs-up, or just smiled and nodded as you passed by our ICE protest on the corner of Sixth Street and Washington today. You have no idea how much we appreciate your support. It can feel very lonely sometimes, putting yourself out there in opposition to the powerful. We know it’s the quickest way for us to respond to injustices as we see them although, of course, voting is the ultimate response and the only response that can ...

Don’t Forget What Happened On Jan. 6, 2021

To The Reader’s Forum: As the fifth anniversary of the Trump-led attack on the U.S. Capitol goes by, along with facts of over 140 injuries to police guarding the Capitol building, the deaths of several people involved in the attack and calls for the hanging of then Vice-President Pence, apparently, voters in America are not afraid of the fascism displayed by Donald Trump but are afraid of the state of their pocketbooks! Why do I say this? Well, in spite of the election of Joe Biden in 2020, the biggest reason for Trump being reelected was the fact that the “cost” of ...

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Society Is Challenged By Growing Use Of Gibberish There’s a scourge in our society that gets worse with each passing day. The affliction about which I write is politically correct speech, also known as the language of cowards. For the most part, this is based on a simple premise that involves taking an intelligible word or phrase and burying it in a barrage of syllables to cloak its true meaning — all to make sure no one will ever be offended by words. Here are a few examples: Waterboys at football games are now known as “hydration specialists”. When a crime is committed, a ...

It’s Time To Rethink Nation’s Stance On Immigration

To The Reader’s Forum: “These are the times that try men’s souls” wrote Thomas Paine during a rather dark time in the American revolution. We are also enduring a dark period, with masked and armed men sweeping up people on America’s streets for little more than speaking a foreign tongue. I can’t help but wonder if my German and Irish ancestors would have swept up some 200 years ago if such policies had been in effect then. Thousands have been deported under the Trump administration without hearings and often sent to countries where they have no ties. The overall figures ...

What Would Justice Robert Jackson Think?

To The Reader’s Forum: Many people in Western New York, the United States and in fact the World are familiar with Robert H. Jackson. Mr. Jackson was born in Spring Creek Township, Pa., in 1892 and moved to Jamestown, NY when he was quite young. There, when he was only 18, he joined a general practice law firm. In 1932, he was initially called by President Franklin Roosevelt to move to Washington, D.C. for a series of increasingly responsible positions including the U.S. Solicitor General, U.S. Attorney General, Associate Justice on the U.S Supreme Court, as well as the position that ...

The Trump Administration’s Insanity Is Astounding

To The Reader’s Forum: I read that Trump is ending some tariffs he created that didn’t exist previously, in order to make normal grocery products less expensive for American consumers! My first statement is “I told you so” (tariffs are taxes) in a previous letter! Secondly, why are people, especially on Twitter (X) suggesting Trump is being good to Americans saying, “It was all part of Trump’s plan to curb inflation”, something that Trump caused by his ridiculous and illegal tariffs in the first place! In other words, how is Trump given credit to “cut” prices for ...