To The Reader’s Forum: I learned some interesting facts at the recent rally and since there were no reporters present, I thought I’d mention a couple. The first was that Jamestown’s school system receives $1.4 million from the Department of Education and much of that goes to help ...
To The Reader’s Forum: My older brother Dan returned from Vietnam with a Bronze Star, a Silver Star, and a Purple Heart. My younger brother, Bob, served as the XO on a nuclear submarine. My son is a combat veteran and former officer in the U.S. Army. He was awarded the Bronze Star for ...
To The Reader’s Forum: So, is MAGA thrilled that over 1500 criminals, that is, those who agreed to having committed crimes against the U.S. or were convicted of crimes currently in the U.S. criminal code by juries of their peers, have been pardoned by Donald Trump? Is MAGA similarly ...
Recently on March 15, the American Legion celebrated its 106th birthday and is heralded as the oldest and largest veterans’ group in the USA. The organization was formed in 1919 by a group of veterans who had served in World War I and returned home to discover that many soldiers were ...
There has always been an isolationist streak in American politics. Among others, our first President, George Washington, in his farewell address, cautioned the new nation about becoming entangled in the affairs of other nations. But, the history of our country and the world changed. Whether ...
Watching the recent fires in California was frightening, as were the fires in Hawaii last year, but the firefighters there were heroic. None of us want to believe something like that could ever happen to us. However, if it did we would certainly want people like those we saw coming to the ...