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A board-it-up election year
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RICH LOWRY 
Nov 03, 2020
There is one clear leading indicator pointing to President Donald Trump still having a chance to win the election — stores around America are fortifyi...
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Kavanaugh right about Wis. ballot deadline
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RICH LOWRY 
Oct 31, 2020
For now, Vladimir Putin has been supplanted as the chief threat to the integrity of the presidential election by an American in a black robe — Brett K...
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A night to howl and make believe
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DEB WUETHRICH - Special to Olean Times Herald 
Oct 31, 2020
What a strange year this has been as people and businesses have learned to carry on with life in the midst of a pandemic. At first, that meant a near ...
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Trump should deal with Putin on nukes
Local Columnists, Nation World
Oct 31, 2020
As the clock ticks toward the expiration of a major nuclear arms control agreement between the United States and Russia, negotiators have been discuss...
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The support for Trump you don’t see
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BYRON YORK 
Oct 29, 2020
WASHINGTON — Everyone can see President Donald Trump’s rallies. In the final days of the campaign, he is jetting from swing state to swing state, draw...
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Perspective on Pope Francis
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KATHRYN JEAN LOPEZ 
Oct 29, 2020
The Pope Francis documentary, “Francesco,” has certainly commanded some attention. Longtime pope followers like me know to take the hubbub with a grai...
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Some things to scream about
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JAY AMBROSE Tribune News Service 
Oct 27, 2020
You look at it, a copy of “The Scream,” the famous 1893 expressionist painting by the Norwegian artist Edvard Munch, and you ask yourself whether this...
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Now even Cuomo sees that travel quarantine is a joke
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TOM WROBLESKI Tribune News Service 
Oct 27, 2020
NEW YORK — Gov. Andrew Cuomo has finally had to admit what a lot of us have known for a long time: His coronavirus travel quarantine is utterly unenfo...
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Censorious Facebook
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Oct 26, 2020
Counter speech doctrine posits that the best remedy for negative or inaccurate speech is more accurate, positive speech. There are exceptions to this ...
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Is Google dam about to burst?
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NICHOLAS L. WADDY Special to Olean Times Herald 
Oct 26, 2020
Most people know that Google’s original motto was: “Don’t be evil.” Cute, right? Perhaps a more fitting summary of the company’s philosophy would have...
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Transparency equals confidence
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Oct 24, 2020
Scientists and researchers are racing to satisfy the world’s yearning for a COVID-19 vaccine. Typically, it takes years to accomplish such significant...
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There isn’t a Russian under every bed
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RICH LOWRY 
Oct 24, 2020
The Russians haven’t loomed so large as a sinister hand influencing the course of American society since the Red Scares of the 20th century. Then, it ...
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Health Matters: ACA is on the ballot Nov. 3
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Athena Godet-Calogeras, Special to Olean Times Herald 
Oct 23, 2020
Imagine our country with all of us having access to quality and affordable health care. Coverage would begin at birth. No one would ever have to avoid...
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Guest Comment: Americans are better together
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JAMIE MULLEN, Special to Olean Times Herald 
Oct 22, 2020
Pat McCumiskey is a local legend. Anyone who played high-school or town-team sports during the 1970s, ’80s and ’90s in Allegany County knows his mythi...
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