Editorial
Feb 04, 2014
I would like to extend my heartiest thanks to Paula Snyder and all the other members of the Cattaraugus County Republican Party for their appointment ...
Editorial
Feb 02, 2014
The Olean Times Herald article in Tuesday’s edition, “Vets’ Exemption Up for Discussion in A-L District,” has prompted me to examine my vacillation on...
Editorial
Feb 02, 2014
Glenn Beck, a former cornerstone of Fox News, made a return to the conservative media giant’s soundstage for an interview with Megyn Kelly last week. ...
Editorial
Jan 31, 2014
I am truly disappointed in the Olean Times Herald’s lack of coverage of an important community event. The dismal coverage of the Dr. Martin Luther Kin...
Editorial
Jan 31, 2014
On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Surgeon General’s first report on health hazards of cigarette smoking, the office released a repor...
Editorial
Jan 30, 2014
People who care, vote. People who care more, vote more. Me? I vote early and often, as the joke goes. I’ve always been a political news junkie since o...
Editorial
Jan 30, 2014
Ray Donnelly, his wife, Teresa, and their family have been an important part of my life for a very long time. Unable to return home to honor Ray and l...
Editorial
Jan 30, 2014
I read with dismay the article in the Olean Times Herald that Cuba-Rushford Central School District is considering sanctioning an after-school trap sh...
Editorial
Jan 29, 2014
That co-worker who often falls back on the small-talk staple of “Cold ’nuff for ya?” can perhaps get a pass from the cliché police this week. Because ...
Editorial
Jan 29, 2014
As I remember it, Barry Goldwater once described Hubert Humphrey as “Hubert Horatio Wind, who speaks at the rate of (several hundred) words per minute...
Editorial
Jan 26, 2014
It is somewhat surprising that Gov. Andrew Cuomo, usually so measured and calculating in everything he does, would allow himself to become enmeshed in...
Editorial
Jan 23, 2014
Budget time on any government level can be a lot like putting together a Christmas wish list — some things one will get, some things might not be unde...
Editorial
Jan 23, 2014
Last week, the acting surgeon general of the United States released his report on tobacco use in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of former SG Lu...
Editorial
Jan 22, 2014
In 1960, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the pill for contraceptive use, effectively disconnecting sex from its biological purpose. Wit...
Editorial
Jan 21, 2014
O ne of my earliest memories of misery was fighting a bad case of influenza as a child. As my siblings were also sick, my grandmother came to our aid ...
Editorial
Jan 20, 2014
There’s this photograph. It hangs in a small corner on the west wall at the State King. Couldn’t even venture a guess how long it’s been there. It’s o...
Editorial
Jan 19, 2014
Taking a look at the headlines from the past week, the Olean Times Herald is passing out the “thumbs up” or “thumbs down” on selected stories. We hope...
Editorial
Jan 18, 2014
During the holiday season the staff at Olean General Hospital knew it was especially difficult for patients to be in hospital. The kids, especially, w...
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