I know many residents like me are fellow business owners in Jamestown and we are all in agreement that the state of public safety in our city is bad. If you were to canvass or survey the businesses in the city, I am confident that the number one issue would be crime. Crime comes in many forms. ...

Here’s a subject new to this column: The Fourth Amendment. The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits “unreasonable searches and seizures.” Before the U.S. Supreme Court in Barnes v. Felix is the issue of how one determines whether a seizure is reasonable. No matter who ...

Rice is not only a whole grain but it is easily digested. I remember my grandmother who had stomach issues choosing rice to eat. It is not only inexpensive, but it is nutritious and tasty. For those of you who are watching your food budget, you can mix rice with many things to enhance the ...

I thought I had seen it all with Donald Trump, but his atrocious behavior in bullying the President of Ukraine in the White House went beyond the pale. Can you imagine George Washington or Abe Lincoln, or any other President we have had, ever doing anything like this? If it were done in ...

If you’re reading this, you’re likely not a billionaire. If you are, congratulations: Trump and the Republican majority in Congress–including Rep. Nick Langworthy–have your back. Last week, Langworthy and company voted to advance Trump’s “big, beautiful” budget bill. It’s big, ...

We’ve been reading a lot in these pages about a new scourge haunting the lunatic right, Marxo-Fascism. I’ve even been called a Marxo-Fascist myself, but I’m really more of a Groucho-Marxist. I’m not even sure what a Marxo-Fascist is. I googled it and didn’t find much. Even my AI ...