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Local Commentaries

What Could Be Worse Than Kings?

Pennsylvania Democrat Senator John Fetterman told his party to stop with the Nazi and fascist rhetoric. That clearly went out the window at the recent “No Kings” protest. In Jamestown alone, signs labeling the president and MAGA as Nazis and fascists could be spotted everywhere you looked ...

This Is A Dark Time In America

To The Reader’s Forum: I was disgusted by a recent commentary by a member of the bar on Trump’s extrajudicial murders of suspected drug smugglers. Is this what justice in America has become? A single man following his violent, vengeful instincts while presenting no justification, no ...

Room To Improve With Executive

Tom Carle, Democratic candidate for Chautauqua County executive, has reason to be proud of his accomplishments in the private sector. Throughout his years of running large and small businesses in the United States and Canada, his decisions were driven by finding results that benefited ...

The Federal Estate Tax is Nearly Dead

For those who have a gut feeling that the richest Americans are getting richer while the rest of us are getting poorer or just treading water, the evidence is that they are right. Not since the start of the modern Federal Estate Tax in 1916, has there been a better time to be wealthy in ...

Speaker Programs Need Diversity Of Thought

CHAUTAUQUA—Let’s pick up where we left off last week. Chautauqua Institution began the 2025 season with a hopeful sign that renewed enthusiasm for diversity of thought was in the air. That continued during the 2025 season. ♦♦♦ Meanwhile, an organization annually invites a ...

Some Prescription Drug Prices Will Drop

Question: I paid so much for my Eliquis this year, will I have to pay that much next year too? Answer: The good news is no, seniors will not pay as much for Eliquis as well as nine other common medications in 2026. Remember that Centers for Medicare Services (CMS) announced that in 2026 there ...