On the evening of Wednesday, November 24, 1937, United States Assistant Attorney General Robert H. Jackson, then heading the Antitrust Division in the U.S. Department of Justice, spoke in Washington at a private gathering of young, liberal Members of Congress. The group included Senator ...
Having run around the country as a modern Prince Charming in search of Cinderella, Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s boss, has decided that two hopefuls fit the slipper: Crystal City, Va., and Queens, N.Y. But these Cinderellas aren’t to be carried off to live happily ever after in Amazon Castle. No, ...
With the chill in the air and the leaves already falling, the holidays are just around the corner. Whether you’re hosting or being hosted, the old rule of not discussing religion, money, or politics serves as a reminder of the issues which can divide even those who love each other the most. ...
The 2018 midterm election is over. Republicans expanded their Senate majority while Democrats regained control of the House of Representatives. For the next two years, we will have a divided government; it would be nice for Congress to come together, put aside partisan rancor and incivility, ...
Governments use taxes to do two things: raise revenue and alter people’s behavior. Taxing to raise revenue is painful, but necessary if we want government to do anything at all. Taxing to alter people’s behavior is more controversial. Sin taxes are aimed at reducing alcohol and tobacco ...
To The Reader’s Forum: While President Trump is pardoning two turkeys for Thanksgiving, every one of us can exercize that same presidential power by choosing a non-violent Thanksgiving observance. And here are some other good reasons: ¯ You can brag about pardoning a turkey - like ...
The United States imported $2.895 trillion worth of goods and services from foreign countries in 2017 and exported $2.329 trillion, causing a deficit of $566 billion, which is expected to be even higher this year. Many influential people think that is a bad thing, and President Trump has been ...
Looking out over Chautauqua Lake at Burtis Bay, it is difficult to understand how it has been allowed to get this way. The Chautauqua Lake Association (CLA), the self-appointed “Stewards of Chautauqua Lake,” and county and state government have let us down. Thick, green, solidly-packed ...
By most measures, the economy is booming. Unemployment is at a 49-year low of 3.7 percent. The economy grew at an annualized rate of 3.5 percent last quarter. Recent data from the Department of Labor finds wages and salaries rose 3.1 percent in the third quarter, the largest increase in a ...
To understand why American conservatives are uncomfortable with the conversation over rhetoric and political violence inspired by the recent pipe-bomb panic, consider the cases of John Hinkley and Jared Lee Loughner. If you think Hinkley shot President Ronald Reagan in the name of partisan ...
If you had told me how I’d look back with fondness on the time I served as brigade commander during the worst of Diyala Province in 2006-2007, I would have smirked. Of course I’d love being a veteran, I can imagine my younger self thinking. It meant I would be anywhere but Iraq. Ten years ...
Having just gone through election season, we have all had our fill of political dishonesty and general terribleness, and we have witnessed bias and lack of basic integrity in the news media. We know that big businesses, big labor unions, and big so-called-non-profits and foundations pay big ...
I am writing in regard to an article in the Oct. 18, 2018, Post-Journal. It reports of the parents of students at Brocton elementary school questioning the state-mandated education curriculum on drug awareness. The school has partnered with CASAC, our local United way organization that ...
How many times have we heard in the last two years some form of, “America is divided” “we are more politically polarized than ever”? It is true. Listen to cable news pundits yell over each other on television, read the comments section below a Post-Journal article online, watch one of ...
The term “stepped-up basis” is shorthand for a tax loophole that lines the pockets of the haves while it picks the pockets of the Treasury. According to the Congressional Budget Office, the cost over ten years could reach $644 billion. Let’s see how the well-off get handed hundreds of ...
David Brooks, a conservative columnist in the William Buckley tradition who writes in the New York Times, recently wrote an article where he compared his loyalty to his community and State to that he has for the Nation. He concluded: “ I have to say my strongest attachment is to the nation, ...
We have, these days, gotten used to receiving a lot of things for free, as in no charge. Nothing, however, is really free whenever real resources, including time and energy, are used. You might not be charged for an item, but someone gave up something. If you go to a restaurant and your ...
From Sept. 1, 2017, through Oct. 31, 2018, Jamestown Community College (JCC) trained 2,719 individuals who were employees of 76 public and private sector organizations. In partnership with Allegany, Cattaraugus and Chautauqua counties, JCC delivered all mandated New York State professional ...
Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM), an annual designation observed in October, is quickly coming to a close, but it emphasizes an issue that many deal with every day of the year. For some, home is a place of love, comfort, security and happiness, but for millions of others, home is ...
Yesterday’s article in The Post-Journal about the Library’s entry into a Medina Sandstone Society made my head spin with recalled memories of my days in the oil and gas production business. The reason was because I saw this entry process as a chance to explain a few things I learned in that ...