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Outdoing Bunny Love At Super Bowl

Local Commentaries

Following the Super Bowl halftime show, support for ICE has skyrocketed to 99%, according to the Babylon Bee, known for “fake news you can trust.” Speaking of which, the NFL plans to have next year’s show feature Iranian mullahs speaking in Farsi leading fans in chanting “Death to America” to express the league’s full commitment to the mush of modern tolerance and hyper-inclusive multiculturalism. Bad Bunny’s sign at the end of his performance saying “The only thing more powerful than hate is love” compels the morally-confused NFL to provide Iran’s mullahs a ...

Most Severe Punishment Isn’t Enough In Child Death Cases

In Our Opinion

Two Jamestown men will go to prison after pleading guilty to killing infants in a fit of rage within two weeks of each other in April 2024. Matthew Nuttall, 27, will be sentenced this year after throwing a child into a Pack-and-Play portable crib because he was frustrated the baby wouldn’t stop crying. The child’s spinal cord was severed, which caused the child’s death. In December, Sean Thomas pled guilty to first-degree manslaughter just before his jury trial was scheduled to begin after admitting to causing the death of eight-month-old Aniyah Turk. Thomas intentionally ...

At Moment, Rural Red Has Grip On Congress

Editor's Corner

Do not expect a level playing field when it comes to the races for U.S. Congress in this region that spans two states. Both incumbents Nick Langworthy of New York and Glenn “G.T.” Thompson of Pennsylvania appear to have plenty of support in their highly Republican districts. Langworthy ...

Innovation Now Needed Because Nuclear Power Demands Grow

In Our Opinion

As America’s energy demands grow exponentially, the country won’t be able to keep up without more nuclear power. For decades, the climate-friendly industry has been held back by overly burdensome regulations, but that’s beginning to change. In the 1960s, plants took about four years to build, and they cost, in today’s dollars, about $1,500 per kilowatt of electricity generated. Now the idea of building a reactor in less than a decade is unheard of, and the cost of construction is six times greater. The Energy Department took steps this month to exempt certain advanced ...

Securing Our Elections Hinders Cheating

Local Commentaries

Let’s suppose. Let’s suppose you went into a bank and tried to open an account or take out a loan without proving your identity. Let’s suppose you tried to get a hunting or fishing license without proving your identity. Let’s suppose you tried to buy a gun legally without proving your identity. And the list goes on and on. Let’s suppose that, without proving your identity, you tried to: • Start a new job. • Get a marriage license. • Get a driver’s license. • Rent a vehicle. • Lease a vehicle. • Buy a vehicle. • Register a vehicle. • Get ...

Water’s Fine For Chautauqua Lake Fishing

In Our Opinion

We all should be able to acknowledge that Chautauqua Lake needs work if it is to return to the type of hub for summer activities that many south county residents remember. But it was interesting to read about the opinions of DEC Fisheries officials after a recent presentation to the Chautauqua Lake Watershed and Management Alliance board meeting regarding the lake’s fish populations. We’d have loved to be able to report on the DEC officials’ presentation in person, but alliance meetings have been closed-door affairs for more than a year. But we digress. Jim Markham and Justin ...