Internal Revenue Service data indicate that the top 1% of taxpayers pay about 45% of all income taxes in the United States. The same data indicate that 49% of the U.S. population contributes absolutely nothing. Yet we still hear the nonsensical “Tax the rich!” mantra on infinite replay ...

Many people in Western New York, the United States and in fact the World are familiar with Robert H. Jackson. Mr. Jackson was born in Spring Creek Township, Pa., in 1892 and moved to Jamestown when he was quite young. There, when he was only 18, he joined a general practice law firm. In ...

JAMESTOWN — Oh, Happy Day. Or maybe we can—under these special circumstances — take the liberty of putting that another way: “Annuntio vobis gaudium magnum.” Those are the words — “I announce to you a great joy” — with which a cardinal standing on the balcony of St. ...

It’s possible for two people to see or experience something and come away with totally different yet perfectly valid opinions. When it comes to Niagara Falls I very much enjoy the peace and serenity of Niagara Falls, N.Y., and the adjacent state park. The view might not be as sweeping as ...

My four-wheel Vespa was not one of their world-renowned motor scooters. It was a car. A really small car. I don’t think my mother ever forgave me. “That’s probably the dumbest purchase you have ever made.” I bought the little red car during my junior year of college. No longer living ...

Though I don’t completely understand it, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is here to stay. It is the latest permutation in our high-tech world and has taken over the stock market, if not our lives themselves. In a way, AI sort of crept on me. I didn’t think much about it when I began to ...