Editorial

After reading Sam Wilson’s article in the Christmas Day edition of the Olean Times Herald, about people working on Christmas, I felt compelled to writ...

After the waitress took our order for a juicy sirloin steak dinner that promised to be the best in the area, we waited for our salads to be brought ou...

This is for Hal Harmon of Bradford, Pa. — indeed the Grinch of the Twin Tiers. I think your heart is two sizes too small. You do not see the moral of ...

Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, John Boehner and a number of other American politicians hold great power. I would imagine that these individuals have acce...

In this business, when a column is written using a holiday as a hook, we usually call them clichés. Hence I’ve never written one ... until today, and ...

Perhaps if a very angry man, on a beach on Staten Island after Hurricane Sandy, were to be seen looking up at the sky and shouting, “God, how could yo...

The unassuming envelope that landed on my desk held an even more unassuming mailer from the Olean Food Pantry. At first, I wasn’t sure what the mailer...

Maybe citizens of Allegany County are looking for some way to give back to their community this holiday season. I have a solution. Hands down, one of ...

Like millions of Americans, I watched the news reports from Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., and was horrified. There are no words to e...

Years ago Olean was touted as the little city with the widest main street in America. Some genius came up with the idea of spending a small fortune to...

Call me a Grinch if you want, but what does it teach to an irresponsible child if someone steps in and replaces money lost by carelessness? A valuable...

Israel not only has a right to defend her people from acts of terror, the nation has an inherent moral obligation to protect them from those who are h...

Tuesday’s Olean Times Herald contained an account of Congressman Tom Reed’s reaction to the Sandy Hook Elementary School murders. The story quotes him...

As a man raised in the Internet Age, I’ve been seeing trends in the online world. Everything moves fast — often times, I think, too fast. The debates ...

The tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School appears to have finally started a national debate regarding mental health issues and young people. As I ha...

The winter solstice — the date at noon in the Northern Hemisphere at which the sun is at its lowest altitude above the horizon — is tomorrow. Perhaps ...

Our country was shaken once again by the violence that occurred at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. In reflection many questions are...

When a U.S. senator from West Virginia with an A-rating from the National Rifle Association says it’s time to again ban assault weapons, a tipping poi...