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Opinion

Government Can’t Create Jobs, Except Its Own

In Our Opinion

Debate over goals and objectives and performance measures for the Chautauqua County Department of Planning and Development.during last week’s Chautauqua County Legislature should have been pretty mundane. For the record, the goals are: - to improve the quality of life for all county ...

Release The Epstein Files

Letters To The Editor

To The Reader’s Forum: There’s a lot of news lately about the “Epstein Files.” The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), no “liberal rag” mind you, reports that Trump’s name is in the “Epstein Files” to which Trump has sued the WSJ. Just having Trump’s name in the files does not mean ...

The 100-Year Shadow Of The Scopes Monkey Trial

Local Commentaries

“At the present time there exist upon the earth five races… each very different from the other. The first is the Ethiopian or Negro type originating in Africa and finally . .. the highest type of all, the Caucasians, represented by the civilized white inhabitants of Europe and America.” ...

Critical Need For Job Training

Local Commentaries

Wells, the ice cream maker, formerly known as Dunkirk Ice Cream, told the newspapers recently that Wells almost did not commit to its current $425,000,000 investment in Dunkirk due to a concern over a lack of labor force here. Wells anticipates needing 270 more workers because of its ...

The Downside Uncertainty Of Tariffs

Local Commentaries

The Trump administration’s levying of tariffs is a form of taxation, essentially a tax hidden from public view. They are imposed before the final sale of a product. In essence, tariffs are a pre-sales tax, levied at a port-of-entry on goods coming into the country. They are included in the ...