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Opinion

When Is America Actually Great Again?

Local Commentaries

How do we make America great and what does that mean? Is America great because it has good values? Is America great because our vision of the world is positive? I don’t really know how to interpret “Make America Great Again.” Could it be that we are a Christian nation because we say ...

Immigration And The American Dream

Local Commentaries

I am a third-generation American citizen. My grandfather was born here, to immigrant parents who came from Alcamo, Sicily to the United States, looking for a better life. As an Italian-American and a Roman Catholic, he experienced job discrimination and prejudice, as the culture of the day ...

Executive Orders Sidestep Necessity Of Compromise

In Our Opinion

Our concerns about the second Trump Administration’s executive actions on immigration are twofold: First, the White House should employ a greater focus on illegal immigration specifically and, second, executive orders violate the principles of our republic. As we noted in our editorials ...

Power Points: Testing The Waters Not Enough With Renewables

Editor's Corner

Chautauqua County legislators came out of their slumber right before groundhog Dunkirk Dave and decided to take a bold stance in late January. In voting at the monthly meeting to oppose the placement of wind turbines in Lake Erie, members in attendance were unanimous in their sentiment. State ...

Unsatisfied With New York School System

In Our Opinion

It’s a fair question, because the person leading the state’s school system is getting a $155,000 a year raise to oversee a state educational system that spends the most in the nation — with raises like hers it’s easy to see why, by the way — while attaining middling educational ...