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Local Commentaries

This Is A Dark Time In America

To The Reader’s Forum: I was disgusted by a recent commentary by a member of the bar on Trump’s extrajudicial murders of suspected drug smugglers. Is this what justice in America has become? A single man following his violent, vengeful instincts while presenting no justification, no ...

The Federal Estate Tax is Nearly Dead

For those who have a gut feeling that the richest Americans are getting richer while the rest of us are getting poorer or just treading water, the evidence is that they are right. Not since the start of the modern Federal Estate Tax in 1916, has there been a better time to be wealthy in ...

Speaker Programs Need Diversity Of Thought

CHAUTAUQUA—Let’s pick up where we left off last week. Chautauqua Institution began the 2025 season with a hopeful sign that renewed enthusiasm for diversity of thought was in the air. That continued during the 2025 season. ♦♦♦ Meanwhile, an organization annually invites a ...

Some Prescription Drug Prices Will Drop

Question: I paid so much for my Eliquis this year, will I have to pay that much next year too? Answer: The good news is no, seniors will not pay as much for Eliquis as well as nine other common medications in 2026. Remember that Centers for Medicare Services (CMS) announced that in 2026 there ...

Just Say No To Nuclear In Dunkirk

Bent Flyvbjerg sounds like a made-up detective character in an obscure Danish murder mystery, but he is a very real and very serious person. A Danish economic geographer and professor at the IT University of Copenhagen, he was the inaugural chair of major programme management at Oxford ...

No One Is Above The Law

I read the article in the weekend edition of The Post-Journal on October 4, 2025, titled “We Must Respect The Rule Of Law.” That’s nice but do you really mean it? I would like to add “No One Is Above The Law.” Regarding your “Rule Of Law” and your article. The Obama and Biden ...