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Local Commentaries

Sharing Feelings Can Enhance Physical Health

A man named Leo contacted me for an appointment. His neighbor friend, Butch, gave him my name. He came without an agenda. Leo is retired, having worked as a rural route mailman for twenty-eight years. He and his neighbor spent their time playing games. He’s not clear what discussions they ...

Wishing All Mothers A Happy And Blessed Day

When my mother-in-law died in 2003, I got a book back that my husband and I had given her in 2000. It was “Chicken Soup for the Mother’s Soul”. I only remember the year we gifted it because she wrote the date inside of the book. I know that she appreciated it and read it from cover to ...

The Republican Congress is Shirking Its Responsibilities

To The Reader’s Forum:: Article 1 of the US Constitution defines the structure and responsibilities of Congress. It is the first section after the opening preamble which starts, We the People. Contrary to popular mythology, the three branches are not meant to be coequal; Congress was ...

Who Is Entitled to Due Process?

To The Reader’s Forum: So, let’s say any U.S. citizen/non-citizen happens to be accosted on any street, or is taken from their home, by a federal/state/local police officer and is whisked away to any location that is chosen by \”the feds” or whichever “authority\” is involved. ...

Bridge Reconstruction Ramps Up

I don’t know if you have observed it, but it looks to me like there are at least double the number of people as usual now working on the Chautauqua Lake bridge. It is obvious that the contractor is taking advantage of the good weather and reconstruction work is ramping up. What you see ...

We Will Emerge A Stronger Country

The number and scope of Executive Orders that our current administration has enacted and is planning to enact has reached a critical mass. Essential government services that affect working Americans, most of which live paycheck to paycheck and many of whom live in poverty due to lack of ...