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I awoke early Friday morning to the terrible news from Christchurch, New Zealand, where 50 Muslims were gunned down and killed while at prayer, while ...

The words “shocking” and “stunning” have been used to describe news that wealthy parents bribed, cajoled and consorted with shady characters to get th...

Although the titanic struggle in the Democratic Party between its moderate and liberal/socialist wings has yet to be decided, one thing is certain: th...

It must be the week for thinking about careers and dreams. This morning, I saw a post of my grandniece and grandnephew headed for their school’s caree...

Where does your food come from? If you’re like many Americans, the answer is the grocery store. And frankly, that disturbs me. The grocery store isn’t...

On Aug. 10, I attended a city of Olean Zoning Board of Appeals hearing in which St. John’s Roman Catholic Church was requesting a religious exemption ...

The federal government is empowered to declare a state of emergency during disaster, civil unrest or armed conflict. Uncommon in democracies unless ou...

“If you know your party’s extension, you may enter it now.” “For a directory, press one.” “If you need to pay a bill, press two.” And on it goes. I’m ...

In her 20 years serving in Albany, Cathy Young has fought the good upstate vs. downstate fight. She’s opposed ever more taxes and over-regulation, the...

Incredibly, three major Democratic candidates for president have voiced their support for reparations, compensation to the descendants of slaves and t...

A serious but often overlooked result of climate change is the shifting of weather patterns. It’s the patterns that determine the day to day weather. ...

On the exterior, Kimberly Young didn’t come across as a rock star: quiet, unassuming, humble. She was intensely private, consummately professional. Sh...

Back when the North Union Street project was already a “done deal,” I wrote regarding long-term ramifications, and here I am again now that a farmer’s...

On Jan. 24, Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed into law several pieces of legislation that will improve accessibility to voting for all citizens in New York. On...

Friends, I urge you to support the New York Health Act for universal single-payer (government-paid) healthcare for every New Yorker, with no deductibl...

Pain is no stranger to any of us. Whether we suffer a searing headache, a broken bone, recovery from surgery, the contractions of childbirth, or numer...

When news moved over the wire that New England Patriots owners Robert Kraft had been charged with soliciting prostitution in Florida, I guffawed a lit...

A friend’s Facebook post this week from somewhere in Florida launched me on another sentimental journey. She and her husband were pictured on a deck w...