Commentary

Over the past several years, I’ve written numerous times about the concerns, the pitfalls, the shortcomings and the outright unaffordability set in mo...

America's schools need to develop intelligence in the classroom. It’s just not likely to come from AI. The artificial intelligence revolution is here,...

Does the world today make you feel like you are endlessly riding a roller coaster with no way to get off? I've never been a roller coaster fan. I like...

We want everyone to know how lucky we are to have Dr. Thomas Langon, vascular surgeon, in Olean. He is down to earth, explains everything to you and t...

Sorry to all the liberal pundits and progressive Democrats who have been excoriating the eight senators who cut a deal with Republicans to end the gov...

NEW YORK (TNS) — If owning a home is still the American dream, then it is increasingly out of reach for many young Americans. The average age of a fir...

We have lived through the longest period of time in history that our government was shuttered. Both parties blame one another for the loss and delay o...

As the latest and longest government shutdown ends, Congress will be left to tally the costs and repair the damage. One thing to be thankful for: The ...

Since Donald J. Trump emerged improbably victorious in the 2024 presidential election, there has been an unprecedented reckoning in the mainstream med...

ALBANY (TNS) — Andrew Cuomo's defeat in the New York City mayor's race has led to predictable questions about what the former governor does next and w...

NEW YORK (TNS) — A friend once complained to me that people would sigh and roll their eyes when she used a credit card to pay for her $3 coffee. This ...

I didn’t realize how much I missed having a lot of light in my house until recently. Like a lot of folks who are (ahem) navigating the senior years, I...

My wife and I are small farmers. Farming is hard: when everything goes well, prices are low; when it doesn’t, there’s nothing to sell. Like many small...

People often refer to the TV show “Seinfeld” as “a show about nothing.” The refusal of most Senate Democrats to fund the government produced a shutdow...

In a recent column in the Times Herald, a young writer — claiming a special understanding of Gen Z — questioned how Zohran Mamdani captured the imagin...

Recently Gov. Kathy Hochul announced that New York was joining 14 other states in a “nonpartisan initiative” (though all 15 states have Democratic gov...

I am a retired martial arts instructor in Olean, and I would like to congratulate the young man, Aiden Richardson of Portville, for his enthusiasm on ...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — By any metric, Tuesday’s elections were a blowout. Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani is the new mayor of New York City. The new D...