To The Reader’s Forum: To the gentleman who wrote in a list of reasons to hate our president, you need to apply for a job at CNN or better yet move to Hollywood. You are fake news. You are taking contents of president and twisting them to your way of thinking and leaving out actual ...
To The Reader’s Forum: In my opinion the idea of America — equal opportunity for all — is at stake in the upcoming elections. This idea takes shape in many contexts. In the context of economics, there has been a growing trend in our politics that replaces Adam Smith’s concept of ...
To The Reader’s Forum: Dear Senator Schumer, Tragically, the nation witnessed a display of innuendo and character assassination by Democrats toward a man of integrity, faith, and high intellect and accomplishment. His wife and young children also did not escape unscathed. Such lofty ...
To The Reader’s Forum: Some of my friends ask me why I don’t like our president. Let me count the ways ... Leaving aside his mistreatment of women, his habitual lying, and his bullying, here are the reasons: He pushed through a huge tax bill that benefits wealthy folks — the rest of ...
To The Reader’s Forum: A couple of points were conspicuously missing from today’s historical references in the article about Sear’s impending closing and bankruptcy. One that probably affected a majority of Chautauqua County families was Sear’s creation and ownership of radio station ...
To The Reader’s Forum: With the critical U.S. midterm elections now five weeks away, it would be wise to consider the words of German defense expert Willy Wimmer, who represented the Christian Democratic Union in the German Bundestag for many years and served as an assistant defense ...
To The Reader’s Forum: Rep. Tom Reed, in an October 6 Facebook post, reported that #TeamReed (aka his staff) had attended Domestic Violence Awareness Month events in Jamestown and Elmira. He also reported that “We recently pushed for the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act ...
To The Reader’s Forum: Why build wind turbine factories in Western New York if they produce 10 percent of what is claimed? According to New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA). “Capacity factors of inland wind sites in New York are on the order of 30 percent ...
To The Reader’s Forum: In 1946, my parents Marge and Earl Swart and I, Roger E. Swart, age 6, moved to Ashville, New York, from Jamestown. That move started a lifelong friendship with Dennis S. Card, also age 6, who lived with his parents in Ashville. (We were born on Feb. 6 and Feb. 7, ...
To The Reader’s Forum: I recently had occasion to attend the special town of Ellicott meeting held on Sept. 24. My purpose in being there was to lend support to our fellow lake advocates in the Fluvanna, Burtis Bay and Celoron areas. That meeting’s discussion dealt with the serious, ...
To The Reader’s Forum: I believe it’s time for a change in representation for Congress in District 23. Tom Reed has practically done nothing to improve the district. His political strategy has been a barrage of photo-ops and messaging that reveal nothing of substance. For example, he ...
To the Reader’s Forum: Mr. Trump has a golden opportunity before him. With one simple action he would demonstrate that he and the Republicans do have the nation’s best interests in mind, show respect for millions of women, undo a previous wrong, begin to heal some of the deep divisions ...
To The Reader’s Forum: On behalf of The Salvation Army of Jamestown. I would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to the area organizations that continue to assist us with The Bundle-Them-Up project. The Bundle-Them-Up program provides infant through school aged children with new or ...
To The Reader’s Forum: My name is Joe Siparek, and like a previous writer to this column, I am also a U.S. Army Combat Veteran, Vietnam, 1967-1968, having served, proudly, as a cannoneer in a 105 Howitzer battery, 2/13th, 23rd Artillery Group. Although I have been a longstanding ...
To The Reader’s Forum: Several recent Post-Journal articles have drawn attention to the rise in homelessness in Jamestown. I’m here to tell you that homelessness is indeed on the rise — and it may be much more common than you realize. In the past year, the Chautauqua County Homeless ...
To The Reader’s Forum: Telling everyone not to pre-judge Dr. Ford, the left pre-judged guilt on Judge Kavanaugh. Like Dr. Everett Piper of Oklahoma Wesleyan University in the Washington Times wrote, “If a man is accused of being a witch, then he’s a witch. Salem (otherwise known as the ...
To The Reader’s Forum: The most important role of local government is to provide public safety services for its residents. These services are generally administered by each individual city’s police and fire departments. I was pleased to read in this week’s papers that Chautauqua County ...
To The Reader’s Forum: On Sept. 24 The Post-Journal reported that the Chautauqua County jail is holding 39 women and 229 men, even though the Chautauqua County population is approximately 50 percent male and 50 percent female. Many recent reports call attention to the fact that American ...
To The Reader’s Forum: Within many cities and communities all over the country, the rather nebulous topic of good corporate/business citizenship, has been central to any serious community planning. This should have long been so for decades. Essential new business growth and expansion is ...
To The Reader’s Forum: The Jamestown Schools PROMISE Fund and the JPS’s Music Department cannot thank the Community enough for the wonderful response to the first ever Music Instrument Drive which was held on Saturday, Sept. 8. Seventy instruments and over $1,000 in donations were ...