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Commentary

High court an important campaign issue

Let’s pick up where we left off last week. In whatever action or case particularly catching their attention, judicial activists tend to want the U.S. Supreme Court to base its decision not on the law but on their will. Judicial activism previously held more sway in the high court than it ...

A concert grand piano produces grand concerts

I had a love affair with a piano. A great big piano. For 11 fascinating years, I was the executive director of the award-winning, historic Struthers Library Theatre here in Warren. One of my best takeaways is how much I learned on that terrific job. And I got to know our piano – a splendid ...

Simpler times were close to home

I got to thinking a while back about growing up in a small town in the Mohawk Valley back in the 1950s. Looking back on it I realize that it was a very different world from the world I live in now. But that’s alright because I enjoy living in these times with flat screen high definition ...

Should military service matter?

There is much chatter about military service by presidential candidates, most of it to deflect from Democrat VP Candidate Tim Walz’s false claims of rank and position in the Guard. But more distressingly, Walz’s claims reveal him to be a phony and a narcissist. No real leader would abandon ...

Being on Trump’s mailing list

I just received my fourth mailing from former President Trump asking for money. This one included a certificate hoping I would join him in a new “Lyin’ Kamala Harris and Crooked Joe Biden Target List.” This list would be “my badge of courage and honor” which I could frame, if I want ...

Remote clinic a community benefit

On behalf of the entire community-led Steering Committee for the first Remote Area Medical (RAM) event held in Chautauqua County at Jamestown Community College’s Jamestown campus; we extend our sincere gratitude to our community for the tremendous support that made this clinic a resounding ...