Commentary, Local Columnists
April 13, 2020
Prior to the arrival of the corona virus, the federal budget deficit for 2019-20 was on track to exceed a trillion dollars due to the massive tax cuts...
Olean Times Herald
Commentary, Local Columnists, New York
March 19, 2020
Around 165 AD, an unknown epidemic swept through the Roman Empire, killing 5 million to 10 million people in a 15-year span. The illness devastated th...
Commentary, Local Columnists, Nation World
February 11, 2020
By CHRIS STANLEY Special to the Olean Times Herald Lovers of the U.S. Constitution should be concerned — very concerned — about the arguments that Pre...
Commentary, Local Columnists
January 7, 2020
Imagine that a distant relative died and left you $1 million. What would you do with it? Most of us would begin by paying off our bills, but then what...
Commentary, Local Columnists, Nation World
December 3, 2019
If there is one thing that supporters (and even many detractors) of President Trump agree on, it’s that he deserves credit for maintaining a strong ec...
Commentary, Local Columnists
October 3, 2019
Professional political pundits have to speak cautiously and hedge their bets when predicting the outcomes of elections because their careers and incom...
Commentary, Local Columnists
August 11, 2019
In two recent editorials I examined some of the reasons why so many (predominantly white) Evangelical Christians support Donald Trump and why other Ev...
Commentary, Local Columnists, Nation World
July 27, 2019
In a previous column I explored why 80% of white Evangelical Christians voted for Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election, and why most of thos...
Commentary, Local Columnists, Nation World
July 14, 2019
In the 2016 presidential election, 81% of white Evangelical Christian voters chose Donald Trump, a man whose personal history and treatment of others ...
