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Avoiding Cheesy Decisions

Local Commentaries

Life is a long sequence of decisions, from the simplicity of brewing the morning coffee to the complexity of major milestones. In each moment, we strive to choose the clarity of wisdom over impulsivity. According to the pros, the best way to navigate decisions is through a step-by-step process: identify the problem or goal, gather the facts, and brainstorm your options. Then, you weigh the pros and cons, pick the best option, and implement it! Just remember to take some time for reflection to see if the outcome was what you desired—that’s how you evaluate and learn for the next time; ...

Readers' Forum

Letters To The Editor

SAVE America Act Will Infringe On Constitution, Disenfranchise Voters To The Reader’s Forum: The SAVE America Act will undermine American citizens’ voting rights, not help to effectuate their constitutional right to vote in federal elections. Historically, state laws requiring proof of citizenship to vote in statewide elections, like in Arizona and Kansas, for example, have blocked more eligible voters than noncitizens from exercising their right to vote. Proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections will likewise do the same. The SAVE America Act would deny American ...

County Not Leading On Chautauqua Lake

Local Commentaries

We are disappointed, actually appalled, that our County Legislature and Executive did not have the courage to represent its constituents against the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s (NYSDEC) ill-conceived and rushed new wetlands regulations. They took no action as those terribly flawed regulations were imposed on all of us. Fortunately, through no effort of the County, those regulations have now been annulled by a State Supreme Court decision. It was left to two local non-profits, the Chautauqua Lake Property Owners Association (CLPOA) and the Chautauqua ...

Idaho Law Address Sex, Not Gender

Local Commentaries

BOISE, Idaho — Think of this. If you’re more than, say, 30 years old: ● What do you suppose the reaction would have been—from coaches and fellow pupils—when you were in high school if a boy wanted to play on a girls’ sports team? ● What do you suppose the reaction would have been—from coaches and fellow students—when you were in college if a man wanted to play on a women’s sports team? That’s right. Such an idea would have been not only dismissed out of hand but also rejected with disbelief that anyone would suggest such a thing. Why? Because this isn’t ...

Public, Private Sector Rift Keeps Escalating

Editor's Corner

Chautauqua County is well known for its north-south divide that has been evident for more than a century. It is a tiresome and defeatist attitude that residents in Dunkirk-Fredonia and Jamestown cannot work as one more often. In recent decades, efforts by the CHQ Chamber, the Chautauqua ...

Congress Must Act To Stop The Abuse Of Redistricting

In Our Opinion

Florida was supposed to be the finale of this year’s race to the bottom on redistricting. Yet a cacophonous encore is now playing across the South after a Supreme Court ruling last week. The GOP started it in Texas last summer. A back-and-forth ensued, with Democrats redrawing maps in California and Virginia while Republicans did so in Missouri, North Carolina and Ohio. Simultaneously, a long-running constitutional dispute over the Voting Rights Act came to a head last week when the high court limited the consideration of race while designing districts in Louisiana v. ...