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Long wait that wasn’t with election

The presidential election is over and with luck we won’t hear any rumblings about the next one for at least a year, I hope. However, in the last few days I did hear a talking head on one of the cable news channels utter words that sent a chill down my spine when they queried, “Do you think ...

Time for one person, one vote

There have been five U.S. Presidents who received the popular votes for U.S. president and didn’t end up winning the election. In both 2000 and 2016 Al Gore and Hillary Clinton won the popular vote and lost the presidency through the Electoral College, a system that first came about during ...

At last, the election has a winner

It seems like eons ago when Joe Biden was still a candidate, and the election seemed over. After the June debate, it was clear that he could no longer articulate and lead a campaign for the Presidency. Biden eventually stepped aside, and endorsed his Vice President, Kamala Harris, to be the ...

1503 and other inconvenient truths

For many years, Western Civilization (Western Tradition) has been under assault from the Marxist Left – in schools, colleges, the media, woke corporations, etc. Why? Simply because the foundations of the Western Tradition (dating to around 1750) assume the individual’s right to “Life, ...

Resident has praise for early voting

I have not been a fan of the idea of early voting, but I must admit the early voting here in Chautauqua County was quick and easy. My wife has Parkinson’s disease, is in a wheelchair, and has reduced motor skills, which adds a little challenge to when and where we go. We went to the ...

Save historic Jamestown church

JAMESTOWN — As a choir warms up in Saints Peter and Paul Roman Catholic Church in Jamestown, the choir’s voices begin to fill the air. One can hardly help wondering whether this is what Heaven sounds like. Or looks like. In this historic sanctuary, images of faith abound. Along the ...