Say Aloud ‘Hate Has No Home In Jamestown’

July 14, 2021

To The Reader’s Forum: “Hate has no home in Jamestown” was the theme of a rally in Dow Park organized as a result of what appears to be “white supremacist” defacing of statues depicting “Underground Railroad” participants, as well as after the theft of one of the statues. If you don’t know about the Underground Railroad, you missed a great history lesson from storyteller/historian Paul Leone. What I found disturbing, mostly from my own ignorance, was that the history of Jamestown itself, not to mention the Underground Railroad in Jamestown was not, and may still not ...

Readers’ Forum

July 12, 2021

Vexxed By The Non-Vaxxers To The Reader’s Forum: The older I get, the more I marvel at how people think. Many of my friends refuse to get the COVID vaccination. I ask them why. They know of or heard of someone who had a bad reaction they say. I got it and had hardly any reaction so if the other fellow is a reason to not get it, why am I not a reason to get it? Then they tell me it wasn’t tested properly. About 860 million people have been vaccinated by now. How big was the test you wanted to run? Then they say it isn’t a real vaccine or isn’t like other vaccines. ...

Another Step Toward Socialism In New York

June 25, 2021

Another Step Toward Socialism In New York To The Reader’s Forum: An economics professor did an experiment in his class of students who insisted that socialism worked. He averages all the grades on their next test. No one fails, no one received an A. After the first test, everyone got a B. The students who studied hard were upset. The students who studied little were happy. After the second test, the students who studied little studied even less. The students who studied hard decided they wanted a free ride too, so they studied little. The second test average was a D. ...

Death Penalty Is Not A Deterrent To Violent Crime

June 9, 2021

To The Reader’s Forum: There is no good reason for the death penalty anywhere in the United States. Pundits favoring what is nothing more than state-sponsored killing have continued to mistakenly suggest a death penalty is a deterrent to violent crime by also claiming that violent crime is on the rise. You can’t have it both ways. That said, the death penalty is not a deterrent to violent crime and here’s why. There is no plausible evidence to suggest the death penalty is a deterrent. First, society provides for degrees of murder and violent crimes, which essentially mitigates ...

Maintain High-Quality Education System

June 1, 2021

To The Reader’s Forum: Area superintendents hit the nail on the head in discussing with The Post-Journal the teacher shortage that school districts across New York are facing (Retirements, enrollment changes push need for teachers, May 8). The U.S. Department of Education has officially designated about a dozen teacher shortage areas across New York, including in areas like special education, English as a Second Language, and even science, social studies and ELA. Yet enrollment in state teacher preparation programs has declined by 50 percent since 2009. Coming off Teacher ...

‘Diversity’ In The USA Is Presently Impossible

May 11, 2021

To The Reader’s Forum: A few weeks ago I heard the results of a survey revealing that out of over 100 professional financial advisers, only two were Black. Of course, the commentators said we need more “Diversity.” We would have Diversity in every part of our society if we had “Freedom in Education” in the USA! All we have are free public schools for students who do not have the chance or desire to attend a private school. Poor Blacks, Hispanics and whites trapped in the failing inner-city public schools are the big losers. About 15 years ago NPR reported that it cost ...