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Opinion

Staying the course in transformation

Commentary

For nearly 200 years, higher education has been a cornerstone of life in Fredonia. From the original Fredonia Academy to today’s vibrant SUNY Fredonia campus, we have collectively shaped lives, strengthened communities, and contributed to the prosperity of New York state and beyond. That ...

NATION: Deficits, energy must be priorities

The OBSERVER’s View

As time passes, the excesses of President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act become more and more clear. Recent analysis by the Competitive Enterprise Institute confirms that the cost projections for the law when it was passed were woefully — perhaps even deliberately — inadequate. The ...

Moving on is both hard, essential

Commentary

With Holy Week approaching, we turn to forgiveness. ... Think about it. Does this ring true to you? Most, if not all, of what is bad and false and wrong in this world has its roots in one or more of the seven deadly sins: Pride, greed, wrath, envy, lust, gluttony, and sloth. ... So what to ...

Policing a major factor in budget pinches

Editor's corner

Officers of the Jamestown Kendall Club have made it their mission within the last month to become more vocal about what they perceive as a worsening crime situation in Chautauqua County’s largest municipality. In a commentary published March 1 in The Post-Journal, the Police Benevolent ...

COUNTY: Legislators stuck in mud on lake

The OBSERVER’s View

Chautauqua County legislators have finally taken a firm position on the state’s Freshwater Wetlands Regulations. Let’s be clear from the outset that legislative resolutions carry no weight and, for the most part, do absolutely nothing. We hold no illusion that the state would have ...

Hochul keeps sinking while being at the top

Commentary

Gov. Kathy Hochul may not be dumb. However in my experience of New York state governors, from Tom Dewey to the present she is the most incompetent in that time. She makes bad decisions followed by more bad decisions. For an early example of her leadership style, we need to go to her days as ...