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Local Commentaries

At Last, The Election Is Over

It seems like eons ago when Joe Biden was still a candidate, and the election seemed over. After the June debate, it was clear that he could no longer articulate and lead a campaign for the Presidency. Biden eventually stepped aside, and endorsed his Vice President, Kamala Harris, to be the ...

Closing Saints Peter And Paul Is Wrong

JAMESTOWN—As a choir warms up in Saints Peter and Paul Roman Catholic Church in Jamestown, the choir’s voices begin to fill the air. One can hardly help wondering whether this is what Heaven sounds like. Or looks like. In this historic sanctuary, images of faith abound. Along the ...

The Full Moon

If you live around this area, you certainly cannot have missed the beautiful full moon that has been present for the last few nights. Thanks to John Stehlin, the meteorologist for WICU television, I learned that this moon is called the “Hunter’s Moon”. It was actually a Super Moon this ...

Past Pain Can Mean Lengthy Healing Process

This is the third installment. We had an introduction to my client “Clara.” She is married to Allen, and we got a glimpse of him at a couple’s session. He’s Clara’s second husband. We know something about her first marriage. She has two children from her first marriage. The girl so ...

Proposition One Has Serious Ramifications1

There is great controversy over the meaning and scope of Proposition One to amend the State Constitution. The ballot summary states that the amendment would “protect against unequal treatment based on ethnicity, national origin, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, ...

Government Should Focus On Solving Basic Problems

Currently, over half of our states have so-called ‘right to work’ (RTW) laws in place. According to the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), an independent non profit think tank, anti-union RTW laws damage state economies and result in lower wages than non-RTW states. These laws restrict ...