Americans elect their leaders on the premise that those individuals will be capable of making the right decisions on difficult, as well as easy, issues. An issue on which members of Congress might have to render a decision, possibly in the early weeks of the new legislative session, is the ...
It’s good to have goals. In the next few weeks, we’re going to be hearing a lot about our elected officials’ goals in the form of various agenda-setting addresses at the city, county, state and federal levels. The first such effort came from Pierre Chagnon, R-Ellery and chairman of the ...
I agree with President-elect Donald Trump on most things as most of you probably already realize. However, I find myself in total disagreement with his suggestion that the United States impose permanent year round Standard Time and do away with Daylight Savings Time. Permanent Standard Time ...
Lost in the 12-team College Football Playoff are the other bowl games that added a bit of pride and reward for a successful season in Division 1. Some invites have gone too far with 6-6 teams showing up for some of these contests. Others, who had fantastic turnarounds, were much more ...
America lost an icon this past week ... Jimmy Carter. In many ways, he was an anomaly in our national politics—a peanut farmer who came from nowhere to win the Presidency. When I say “nowhere,” I do not mean to disrespect the people of Plains, Georgia. But, even people from Plains would ...
We have no doubt that the New York Power Authority has its reasons to increase hydropower rates charged to customers like the city of Jamestown. But NYPA’s proposed 2025 to 2029 rate increase that would nearly triple rates charged to customers cannot be approved by the state Public Service ...