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Opinion

Moving On Is Both Hard And Essential

Local Commentaries

With Holy Week approaching, we turn to forgiveness. --- Think about it. Does this ring true to you? Most, if not all, of what is bad and false and wrong in this world has its roots in one or more of the seven deadly sins: Pride, greed, wrath, envy, lust, gluttony, and sloth. --- So ...

Policing Funds Are Major Factor In Budget Pinches

Editor's Corner

Officers of the Jamestown Kendall Club have made it their mission within the last month to become more vocal about what they perceive as a worsening crime situation in Chautauqua County’s largest municipality. In a commentary published March 1 in The Post-Journal, the Police Benevolent ...

Deficits, Energy Independence Must Remain Priorities

In Our Opinion

As time passes, the excesses of President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act become more and more clear. Recent analysis by the Competitive Enterprise Institute confirms that the cost projections for the law when it was passed were woefully — perhaps even deliberately — inadequate. The ...

Respect For Property Is In Eye Of The Beholder

Letters To The Editor

To The Reader’s Forum: The March 29-30 edition of the Post Journal featured comments by Mr. Bruce A. Piatz regarding the neighbor who did not pick up his dog’s feces when the dog did his business near a Vote for Trump sign. I quote Mr. Piatz: “So the gentlemen homeowner didn’t take ...

Our Opinion: The Wrong Way To Balance The Budget

In Our Opinion

We knew there would be pain when President Donald Trump said he was going to right-size federal programs in an attempt to bring the federal budget under control. The only way to get control of federal spending is through spending cuts. Of course, now we’re finding out just how dependent on ...