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Liz Cheney for president?
Commentary, Local Columnists, Nation World
BYRON YORK 
Dec 06, 2023
Why would former Rep. Liz Cheney run for president? Is she nuts? Is she trying to sell a book? Why would a Republican whose last election was losing a...
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Sen. Schumer’s splendid moment
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CHRIS CHURCHILL Times Union, Albany 
Dec 06, 2023
ALBANY (TNS) — It is depressingly easy to find examples of politicians acting like, well, politicians. You know — pandering, getting fuzzy with the tr...
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Remember, shop small and buy local
Commentary, Local Columnists, New York
SEN. TOM O'MARA 
Dec 04, 2023
Since the annual Small Business Saturday holiday shopping campaign was launched in 2010, it has been a record-setting success, according to the Nation...
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Is Biden in trouble with Democrats over Gaza?
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DOYLE McMANUS Los Angeles Times 
Dec 04, 2023
WASHINGTON (TNS) — When Israel pounded Gaza with airstrikes after Hamas launched its Oct. 7 attack, it opened a dramatic divide among Democrats over a...
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The Grinch continues to steal hearts at Christmas
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JAMES PATTERSON Tribune News Service 
Dec 03, 2023
In December 1966, the CBS special “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” premiered. At the time, it was “the most expensive half-hour ever put on TV” due to...
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High schoolers running out of time
Commentary, Local Columnists, Nation World
Dec 03, 2023
America’s high schools face a growing crisis: Millions of students who entered ninth grade in the fall of 2020, at the height of the pandemic, are set...
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A military necessity: Clear thinking and terminology
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FORREST MARION RealClearPolitics 
Dec 03, 2023
Military history offers no shortage of examples in which imprecise thinking and terminology contributed to failure at some level; as well cases of cle...
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No, Henry Kissinger was not a war criminal
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RICH LOWRY 
Dec 01, 2023
Henry Kissinger, the great American statesman who has died at age 100, stands accused by his critics of many things, but perhaps the most outlandish i...
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NY needs to reset energy policy
Commentary, Local Columnists, New York
GARY ABRAHAM Special to Olean Times Herald 
Nov 30, 2023
New York no longer has the most forward-leaning and effective energy policy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. That award now goes to the Biden admin...
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Health insurance premiums dropped? Not so fast
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E.J. ANTONI 
Nov 30, 2023
WASHINGTON (TNS) — The latest Consumer Price Index report showed inflation slowing in October, due in part to a supposed 34% drop in the cost of healt...
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Holidays a poignant mix of ‘blues’ and joy
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DEB WUETHRICH 
Nov 29, 2023
Pretty soon, there won’t be a holiday left that doesn’t relate to a loss for me. Maybe it comes with age as we become more and more aware of losing fa...
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It’s past time scientists admitted COVID mistakes
Commentary, Local Columnists, Nation World
F.D. FLAM Bloomberg Opinion 
Nov 28, 2023
NEW YORK (TNS) — During the pandemic years, Americans’ trust in scientists fell, according to a Pew poll released this month. In 2019, only 13% of Ame...
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Was Napoleon really a simple dullard?
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RICH LOWRY 
Nov 28, 2023
The figure of Napoleon has long been an object of fascination, but the new Ridley Scott biopic makes one wonder why. The film, perhaps inadvertently, ...
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Alarm bells for the establishment elite
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NICHOLAS L. WADDY 
Nov 27, 2023
Recent events have underlined how little success the United States and global establishment is having in its efforts to mold public opinion and vilify...
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How to stop wind turbines from killing bats and birds
Commentary, Local Columnists, Nation World
LARA WILLIAMS Bloomberg Opinion 
Nov 27, 2023
NEW YORK (TNS) — Wind power may be having a difficult year, but it’s still many times cheaper than oil or gas and remains a core piece of the energy-t...
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It will take more than the Israeli military to beat Hamas
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TRUDY RUBIN The Philadelphia Inquirer 
Nov 26, 2023
PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — Is it possible that Israel could win a military victory in Gaza and still lose the war? I understand the reason for Israel’s inva...
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Kids are like guinea pigs on Big Tech’s platforms
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ROGER McNAMEE? Los Angeles Times 
Nov 26, 2023
LOS ANGELES (TNS) — After more than a decade of uncontrolled experiments by internet platforms on millions of users, there is an emerging possibility ...
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