Editorial
Dec 30, 2012
While gasoline prices have fallen the past few weeks, analysts tell us to enjoy it while it lasts. Increases in world oil prices and other factors are...
Editorial
Dec 29, 2012
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...
Editorial
Dec 27, 2012
Last week, I saw something that really annoyed me at a board meeting. Don’t get me wrong — there are lots of things that annoy me. I hate the smell of...
Editorial
Dec 25, 2012
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 ...
Editorial
Dec 25, 2012
Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, John Boehner and a number of other American politicians hold great power. I would imagine that these individuals have acce...
Editorial
Dec 25, 2012
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 ...
Editorial
Dec 24, 2012
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...
Editorial
Dec 23, 2012
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...
Editorial
Dec 22, 2012
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 ...
Editorial
Dec 22, 2012
Unfortunately, my schedule didn’t allow me to attend the first meeting on the North Union Street project. Everything I’ve heard or read about the proj...
Editorial
Dec 22, 2012
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...
Editorial
Dec 21, 2012
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...
Editorial
Dec 21, 2012
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...
Editorial
Dec 21, 2012
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...
Editorial
Dec 21, 2012
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...
Editorial
Dec 20, 2012
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 ...
Editorial
Dec 20, 2012
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...
Editorial
Dec 20, 2012
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 ...
