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Letters To The Editor

Trump Campaign Remains About Legal Issues, Not The Issues

To The Reader’s Forum: You can tell when the facts presented in the latest indictment of Donald Trump resonate with reality among his supporters. For example, Julie Kelly, a Trump apologist on Twitter simply wrote, “Btw this indictment is poorly written and nothing more than a rehash of ...

Lovin’ Our Libraries Road Trip Was A Gas For Local Residents

To the Readers’ Forum: We would like to thank the Chautauqua Cattaraugus Library System for their Lovin’ Our Libraries CCLS Road Trip running from June 1 to August 31, 2023. We have currently visited over two-thirds of the 38 libraries in the two counties. What a good time we have had, ...

Lamenting Why Area Residents Are Unhappy Misses Chance For A Happier Future

To The Reader’s Forum: “Why are Americans Not Happy?) (Larson, July 29/30, 2023) offers evidence for an unsubstantiated claim. The judge has a litany of reasons from religious participation to cable TV. Many highly religious countries are terrifying and many irreligious ones quite ...

Op-Ed Writer Captures The Charm Of Print Newspaper

To the Readers’ Forum: The Post-Journal may be overwhelmed with requests for copies of the Saturday-Sunday newspaper (July 1-2, 2023). Gerald E. Scorse wrote so beautifully regarding the nearly “old way”of reading the newspaper. Some of us exposed to the “new way” of grabbing ...

Can County Afford The Pay Raises It Is Approving?

To The Reader’s Forum: I am really so very happy for the labor leaders of Chautauqua County who have negotiated a huge payday increase over the next four years for our county rank and file unionized workers. As for County Executive PJ Wendel who continues to freely give away the ...

America Deserves Sensible Gun Legislation

To the Readers’ Forum: “There’s nothing more we can do.” The above comment can be credited to John Cornryn, Republican senator from Texas. Cornryn made that comment following the gun deaths of three school children and three adults in Nashville recently. Cornryn and fellow ...