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Opinion

Veterans day: Thanking brave freedom fighters

The OBSERVER’s View

On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day or the eleventh month 106 years ago, the hostilities of World War I came (for the most part) to an end. But though it was billed as the war to end all wars, American troops have continued to put their lives on the line for the rest of us and the world ...

State must reject calls to enable suicide

Commentary

Soon, Gov. Hochul may authorize medical professionals all across New York state to dispense, upon request, a deadly cocktail of poison to patients who are deemed “terminal.” Hopefully, Gov. Hochul will veto this bill. Although New York spends millions of dollars trying to prevent suicide, ...

Saluting unending service

Commentary

Being elderly is a tough thing to admit. At least for me. I’m quick to dismiss the reminders-countless wrinkles, nagging aches and pains, doctors appointments every week, forgetting words and names. The latter is particularly galling. Over half the people I run into say “Hi, Ray,” and I ...

ELECTION: Rural snobbery aided Democrats

The OBSERVER’s View

This should be a week of soul-searching for Chautauqua County Republicans — particularly those in the cities — after Democrats made gains in Jamestown and the Dunkirk area on the Chautauqua County Legislature and the Jamestown City Council. Surely national politics and their effect on ...

Who wants to be a part of socialist New York?

Commentary

We congratulate New York City for their astounding mayoral choice. Forget his sympathies for the perpetrators of 9/11 and his overt anti-Semitism – that’s ancient history. Let us focus on Zohran Mamdani’s real passion: Marxism. Mamdani is a self-proclaimed Marxist, just like the heads ...

Handling the SNAP crisis: County GOP underwhelming again

Commentary

What are we to make of Trump’s handling of the SNAP “crisis”—one of his own making? Because he hasn’t offered a logical explanation of why anyone would want their fellow Americans to go hungry when the government is sitting on the resources they need, we have to read the contextual ...