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Local Commentaries

Working To Strengthen Chautauqua Institution’s Roles

Chautauqua Institution is known around the world as a place for civil dialogue and conversation. Closer to home, here in Chautauqua County, the Institution is known as a stronghold for financial support to the area. In Chautauqua County alone, $233 million in total economic impact is generated, ...

The World Through A Windshield

There is a country song about a trucker on the road who is “looking at the world through a windshield.” It has made me think, over the years, that in actuality...we all see life through a windshield. The way we were brought up, what we were taught, where we were born—all of it is a ...

Trump’s Immigration Policies Weaken Jamestown, America

I am an immigrant. There was no doubt in my mind that I would be entering 2025 with anything other than fear for what the new administration would mean for the over twenty million non-US born individuals living in the United States, many of my loved ones included. What I hadn’t been able to ...

Are You Serious, Nick Langworthy?

“I can say confidently that under the Trump Administration we are witnessing the renewal of the American Dream” The office of MAGA cheerleader, Congressman Nick Langworthy, releases a weekly newsletter to his constituents in Western New York’s 23rd Congressional district. The district ...

Skrmetti Matters Beyond ‘Treatment’

Let’s pick up where we left off last week. Sex and gender differ. Organisms that reproduce sexually—as opposed to asexually—have two sexes: Male and female. Males are he; females are she. Gender, by contrast, is a construct of language. Masculine nouns are he, feminine nouns are ...

Ways To Avoid Late Enrollment Penalties

Question: I signed up for Medicare, and evaluated my options and signed up for additional insurance, but now I received paperwork telling me I have a Late Enrollment Penalty and have to pay more money for my premiums? What should I do? Do I have to pay this? Answer: The steps for getting onto ...