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    Bombs now or nukes later: The new moral dilemma
    Commentary, Opinion
    Bombs now or nukes later: The new moral dilemma
    By FRANK MIELE RealClearPolitics 
    Jul 01, 2025
    Every Philosophy 101 student knows the dilemma. If given the chance to kill Adolf Hitler years before his tyrannical ambitions unleashed death and des...
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    Immigration’s big cost to states
    Commentary, Opinion
    Immigration’s big cost to states
    Jul 01, 2025
    State and local governments spent an estimated $770 million in 2023 to incarcerate immigrants who had been in the country for less than three years, a...
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    To claim our independence again
    Commentary, Opinion
    To claim our independence again
    By DAVID E. FITZ 
    Jul 01, 2025
    My recent visit to the civic religious shrines and historical museums in Philadelphia highlights the threat executive power poses to democracy. In 177...
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    Commentary, Opinion
    NYC candidate for mayor could impact US politics
    Jun 30, 2025
    It’s difficult to determine who was more enthusiastic about the results of New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary last week, the party’s progressi...
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    Summer project No. 1: Reading list
    Commentary, Opinion
    Summer project No. 1: Reading list
    By SEN. TOM O'MARA 
    Jun 30, 2025
    The great American author Ernest Hemingway once wrote, “There is no friend as loyal as a book.” Once again this summer, I am happy to be joining my co...
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    No one can grasp trillions: Making sense of federal spending
    Commentary, Opinion
    No one can grasp trillions: Making sense of federal spending
    By IVO WELCH Los Angeles Times 
    Jun 30, 2025
    LOS ANGELES (TNS) — I’m a finance professor at UCLA, so let’s talk finance. Which numbers are more meaningful to you? Having $50 to $100 cash in your ...
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    Social Security, Medicare clocks tick
    Commentary, Opinion
    Social Security, Medicare clocks tick
    Jun 30, 2025
    As President Donald Trump and Congress fumble through his One Big Beautiful Bill on the budget for fiscal year 2025-26, they have been ignoring the ma...
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    Letter to the Editor: You’re welcome, Mr. Trump, it’s on us
    Commentary, Opinion
    Letter to the Editor: You’re welcome, Mr. Trump, it’s on us
    Jun 27, 2025
    At the Right Thinkers meeting on June 16, Ginger Schroder stated that every Democrat she's talked to is totally in favor of massive amounts of illegal...
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    Political violence must be stopped
    Commentary, Opinion
    Political violence must be stopped
    Jun 27, 2025
    In Minnesota, a deranged gunman broke into a legislator’s house and shot her and her husband, killing both of them. He also killed their dog. The alle...
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    Letter to the Editor: Medical aid in dying is about freedom of choice
    Commentary, Opinion
    Letter to the Editor: Medical aid in dying is about freedom of choice
    Jun 27, 2025
    "Medical Aid in Dying Goes Down a Dangerous Path" in Thursday's edition of the Olean Times Herald has it all wrong. The Medical Aid in Dying Act is on...
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    Mayor Mamdani in NYC? Elites shocked yet again
    Commentary, Opinion
    Mayor Mamdani in NYC? Elites shocked yet again
    By TOM WROBLESKI Staten Island Advance 
    Jun 27, 2025
    NEW YORK (TNS) — Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist assemblyman from Queens, is in prime position to be elected the next mayor of New York City. R...
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    Readers’ Turn to Write: If you voted for Donald Trump…
    Commentary, Opinion
    Readers’ Turn to Write: If you voted for Donald Trump…
    By RON MISSEL 
    Jun 26, 2025
    As the reality of President Donald Trump’s second term sinks in, many disillusioned voters are now saying, “This isn’t what I voted for.” The first fe...
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    All states need workplace heat laws
    Commentary, Opinion
    All states need workplace heat laws
    By TERRI GERSTEIN New York Daily News 
    Jun 26, 2025
    NEW YORK (TNS) — Much of New York was under a state of emergency this past week because of a blistering heat wave. State and local authorities made cl...
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    U.S. sovereignty over corporate profits every time
    Commentary, Opinion
    U.S. sovereignty over corporate profits every time
    By NICHOLAS L. WADDY 
    Jun 26, 2025
    Republicans, conservatives and Trumpers were horrified to learn earlier this month — in the wake of the pro-illegal immigration L.A. riots, no less — ...
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    Medical Aid in Dying goes down a dangerous path
    Commentary, Opinion
    Medical Aid in Dying goes down a dangerous path
    By SUSAN THOMAS syracuse.com 
    Jun 25, 2025
    SYRACUSE (TNS) — Earlier this month the state Senate passed the deceptively named Medical Aid in Dying Act, which had passed earlier in the Assembly. ...
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    Asking for help can be hard
    Commentary, Opinion
    Asking for help can be hard
    By DEB WUETHRICH 
    Jun 25, 2025
    You don’t realize how much you depend on your back for daily tasks until you’re dealing with an injury or pain. I suppose it’s the same for arms, legs...
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    Pataki at 80: A legacy of leadership, lasting impact
    Commentary, Opinion
    Pataki at 80: A legacy of leadership, lasting impact
    By DAVE CATALFAMO 
    Jun 25, 2025
    It’s hard to believe that it’s nearly two decades since Gov. George Pataki left office in 2006 — the last New York governor to do so not because he ha...
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    NY’s push for electric school buses seems to be losing power
    Commentary, Opinion
    NY’s push for electric school buses seems to be losing power
    By CAM MACDONALD 
    Jun 23, 2025
    ALBANY — Last month’s local school district votes were notable for what was missing from most ballots — propositions to purchase zero-emission school ...
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    Finally, U.S. chooses action over appeasement of Iran
    Commentary, Opinion
    Finally, U.S. chooses action over appeasement of Iran
    By NOLAN FINLEY The Detroit News 
    Jun 23, 2025
    DETROIT (TNS) — One of my early reporting assignments at The Detroit News was to wait for a couple of frigid January days in 1981 outside the Redford ...
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    Guest Comment: Allegany County treasurer weighs in on office’s function
    Commentary, Opinion
    Guest Comment: Allegany County treasurer weighs in on office’s function
    By TERRI ROSS 
    Jun 19, 2025
    The Allegany County treasurer is an elected official who takes a sworn oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of th...
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    Dan Horn Pharmacy named a Founder’s Award recipient by HomeCare & Hospice
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    Dan Horn Pharmacy named a Founder’s Award recipient by HomeCare & Hospice
    Kellen Quigley kquigley@oleantimesherald.com 
    July 1, 2025
    ALLEGANY — The Board of Directors of Community Care of Western New York will honor Dan Horn Pharmacy of Olean as one of its 2025 recipients of the pre...
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    Randolph graduates 64 in the Class of 2025
    Cattaraugus County, High School, Local News
    Randolph graduates 64 in the Class of 2025
    By DEB EVERTS news@oleantimesherald.com 
    July 1, 2025
    RANDOLPH — Sixty-four members of the Randolph Central School Class of 2025 received their diplomas during commencement exercises Friday at the high sc...
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    Business Spotlight: A dream of ice cream at Fattie’s Creamery & Grill in Limestone
    Business, Local News, News
    Business Spotlight: A dream of ice cream at Fattie’s Creamery & Grill in Limestone
    By SAVANNAH BARR news@oleantimesherald.com 
    July 1, 2025
    LIMESTONE — For husband and wife team Jay and Tracy Little, the goal has always been to own a restaurant of their own serving the community that they ...
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    Poll: Hochul leads all potential challengers for governor
    Local News, News, NY State News
    Poll: Hochul leads all potential challengers for governor
    By JIM ECKSTROM jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com 
    July 1, 2025
    The race for New York governor begins in earnest in 2026, but in early summer 2025 Gov. Kathy Hochul leads each of three potential Republican challeng...
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    Hochul signs gun violence office into state law in rebuke to Trump
    Local News, News, NY State News
    Hochul signs gun violence office into state law in rebuke to Trump
    By DAN CLARK Times Union, Albany 
    July 1, 2025
    ALBANY (TNS) — New York has a permanent state office dedicated to combating gun violence in what Gov. Kathy Hochul describes as a rebuke to President ...
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    No OTH edition Friday; Weekend Edition will print Thursday
    Local News, News
    No OTH edition Friday; Weekend Edition will print Thursday
    July 1, 2025
    There will be no edition of the Olean Times Herald printed for Friday due to the Fourth of July federal holiday. So that OTH news and sports staffs ca...
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