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Commentary

Lots vulnerable to mobile betting

“We Know Who They Are”, said New York Council on Problem Gambling, Executive Director, Jim Maney. “We know who is losing $120 million in just two weeks in New York to Mobile Sports Betting. The question is how much do we care?” If we had a registry of those who were struggling with ...

State’s climate act has dark consequences

With great fanfare in 2019, state Gov. Andrew Cuomo celebrated passage of the so-called Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA). With much hype around escaping climate doom, and with absolutely no debate on the reality of the doom, the feasibility of CLCPA, or even its ...

Reservoir backers want accountability

The commentary, “Save Our Reservoir effort costs village,” (July 27-28) is ironic in so many ways. “I am not interested in having people who were not elected or who were defeated in the election make decisions for our village,” the writer says. Does she forget that a defeated trustee ...

Trump needs to heed his own advice

CHAUTAUQUA—Let’s pick up where we left off last week. When we look beyond our shores, challenges abound for the United States. Yet they also abound at home. If liberalism is what you want, you’ll like the Democrats’ 2024 ticket of Kamala Harris and Tim Walz. It’s Democrats’ ...

A life of great escapes to Cape Cod

We have just returned from what will probably be our last vacation on Cape Cod. My wife and I are no longer kids and that 570-mile trip we used to make in one day now feels like and is a two day slog. Over the last 70 years traffic volume getting on and off the Cape has increased ...

Olympics are a fortnight of amazement

One doesn’t have to be a Francophile to have enjoyed the Paris goings-on during these two weeks. As I write this, four more days of excitement await. For me, it’s truly breathtaking… I have to calm down after the evening races just to get to sleep. The television coverage certainly ...