If you saw a particular Sunday network-television-news program on Feb. 16, you heard the host say that in Germany, “free speech was weaponized to conduct a genocide.” Yes, you read that correctly: “free speech was weaponized to conduct a genocide.” Let’s think that one through. Do ...
Upheaval inside the walls of the New York state prison system is not something that occurred suddenly. Warning signs were beginning close to home at Collins Correctional Facility in the spring of 2023. That is when more than a dozen officers were injured at Collins Correctional Facility over a ...
County legislators took a good first step last week when they choose to discuss increasing the way a percent of the county’s sales tax is distributed. Chautauqua County’s sales tax rate is currently 8%. Every two years the county legislature must request the state Legislature give ...
To The Reader’s Forum: For the past few months, there have been articles and editorials in The Post-Journal about many of the nonprofit organizations in Chautauqua County. It’s important to be aware of these organizations, their missions, and the opportunities within many to ...
To The Reader’s Forum: There are many crises demanding our attention these days. I want to talk about just one. During the longest war the US was ever involved in, our military was supported by soldiers, translators, and workers of Afghan origin. When we left that country, these people ...
To The Reader’s Forum: Our own Lucille Ball Little Theater of Jamestown, hosts some extremely worthy and important plays for our cultural advancement. I recently attended the presentation of “12 Angry Men” – Great Production!!! The actors each certainly portrayed their characters ...