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Opinion

A Better Reparations Model To Consider

Letters To The Editor

To The Reader’s Forum: Re: Cal Thomas, March 15, 16, 2025 column Mr. Thomas’ reaction of the reparations model offered by the Washington, DC city council is understandable. Among the proposals, many flaws, the chief one is that reparations be paid to “individuals”. Such a model is ...

Republican Immigration Policy Is Cruel, Inhuman

Local Commentaries

Republicans are coming for your neighbors. They will use unmarked cars, a highly armed police force answerable to no one local, grab them off the street, pull them out of stores or schools, and drag them from their homes, separate them from their children and families, send them to distant ...

It’s Time To Stop Funding Unicorns

Local Commentaries

U.S. taxpayers are now $36.5 trillion in debt, meaning every citizen, newborn or elderly, owes creditors (big banks controlled by those evil billionaires) $110,000. Death is the only escape, but when you die, you pass this burden to your children and grandchildren. The debt with which you are ...

Two Guys From Queens

Local Commentaries

There must be something in the water in Queens for it seems that, as to politicians, that Borough of New York City produces a certain breed of them. Two that come to mind are Andrew Cuomo and Donald Trump. Though neither now live in Queens, this is the place where they “cut their eye ...

Thoughts On A Beautiful, And Dispiriting, Memorial Day

Local Commentaries

Everyone agreed the parade was a singular improvement over parades in the recent past. Minutes longer. The vibe exuberant. Even mid-Lakeview Avenue hosted crowds. The nearer the cemetery, the larger, the noisier, the more boisterous the satisfied onlookers. Certainly, the sun had much to do ...

Breakthrough May Be Beginning At Chautauqua

Local Commentaries

CHAUTAUQUA—Well, well, well. Isn’t this encouraging? It may—may—be a new day at Chautauqua Institution. What has just happened is worth applauding. ♦♦♦ You, faithful reader of this column, know that Advocates for Balance at Chautauqua, or ABC, was formed in 2018. Its ...