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Hegseth misses the boat in D-Day anniversary address

To The Reader’s Forum: Self-proclaimed Secretary of War Pete Hegseth outdid himself last Saturday when he sought to link the D-Day anniversary with Europe’s current “invasion” by immigrants. He berated our European allies for permitting immigrants to “invade” their nations--- as if immigrants willingly elected to leave their families and friends, take long and dangerous trips over land and water to deliberately and negatively impact European societies. In many cases they had few options other than death. Much the same could be said for those immigrants seeking ...

UPMC Ready To Respond After Facility Closures

To The Reader’s Forum: The health needs of a community can change over time, especially in rural areas. What matters most is making sure people can get care close to home, when they need it. You may have seen that Bradford Regional Medical Center recently closed its inpatient and emergency department services. Changes like this can be difficult for patients, families and the community — and can raise questions about where to turn for care. At UPMC, our focus is to make sure care remains accessible, reliable, and easy to navigate. We are committed to supporting ...

Wealth Inequality Is A Problem Worth Addressing

To The Reader’s Forum: Wealth inequality in the United States has reached levels that should concern every American. While millions of working families struggle to afford housing, healthcare, childcare, and higher education, a small percentage of the population continues to accumulate enormous wealth at a historic pace. Hard work should provide stability and opportunity, yet many full-time workers live paycheck to paycheck. At the same time, large corporations and the wealthiest Americans often benefit from tax loopholes and economic policies that widen the gap between ...

Local Theater Deserves Better Than Copy-Paste AI

To The Reader’s Forum: A recent post from the Jamestown Lucille Ball Little Theater has created a lot of buzz regarding the use of AI in the theater’s promotion and marketing. While the post was meant to explain the “minimal use” of AI in its content, it feels quite tone deaf coming from a community that supposedly promotes local artistic expression. To be fair to the theater, it can be difficult to find volunteers, but rather than use AI as a solution, perhaps the board should look internally at why they cannot find people to give their time to the local arts. Many ...

A CAFO By Any Other Name

When I hear the words, ‘dairy farm’, the mental image from childhood is a green, wide-open pasture, white fences, blue sky, a red barn and some black and white cows scattered about. The news of the plan to build a new dairy farm in Cherry Creek was not objectionable, at first. The proposed farm is to be built on 45 acres and support 7,000 cows, according to news reports. That seems like a lot of cows. I did a little research and found that a common planning guideline is that a cow typically requires about 1.5 to 2 acres of average-quality pasture for a full grazing season. To get ...

Readers’ Forum

SAVE America Act Will Infringe On Constitution, Disenfranchise Voters To The Reader’s Forum: The SAVE America Act will undermine American citizens’ voting rights, not help to effectuate their constitutional right to vote in federal elections. Historically, state laws requiring proof of citizenship to vote in statewide elections, like in Arizona and Kansas, for example, have blocked more eligible voters than noncitizens from exercising their right to vote. Proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections will likewise do the same. The SAVE America Act would deny American ...