Local Columnists

I love the Green New Deal. It’s been a long time since we’ve had elected leadership willing to make bold, progressive proposals to solve the climate p...

Hoda Muthana left college and her family ties in Alabama four years ago to join the Islamic State. Three husbands later — two of them dead — with ISIS...

Anyone who follows politics surely is aware that newspapers in this country are under attack and that the assailant-in-chief is Donald J. Trump. Odd f...

The State of the Union addresses that President Donald Trump has delivered have two things in common: first, Trump struck a conciliatory, bipartisan, ...

Our family has been amazed in recent weeks with an outpouring of caring and love as we journey through a season of bereavement after several losses. F...

In the last six months we have witnessed two high-profile stories about public figures who were accused of engaging in inappropriate or even illegal a...

Super Bowl Sunday means super entertainment to most people, but years ago the famous day of national competition turned out to be my Dad’s last earthl...

Consumers of the drivel produced by the mainstream media will be well aware that, according to the New York Times, President Trump allegedly discussed...

When a large-scale wind turbine project was proposed for the town of Allegany several years ago, I wrote a column arguing against it. My main objectio...

I saw a Facebook post of my nephew, Luke, with his little dog, Pixie, camped out in a chair with him. This was Pixie’s usual pose, except when she was...

We are honored and excited to serve as chairs for the 2019 Appeal in support of Catholic Charities. We have been involved with Catholic Charities for ...

This year’s holiday presence at the Olean Center Mall — our SPCA PAWtique — successfully concluded its annual run due to the enormous support of our a...

This year’s holiday presence at the Olean Center Mall — our SPCA PAWtique — successfully concluded its annual run due to the enormous support of our a...

Most readers of the Times Herald probably assume that all progressives are in favor of legalizing recreational use of marijuana in New York state. I, ...

Since June 2016, when the British people voted 52 percent to 48 percent to leave the European Union, establishment British politicians have been grapp...

My heart is broken. In the past week, three people I’ve loved have passed on. About two weeks ago, our family experienced a loss of a cousin, so that’...

First of all I thank Kathleen Kellogg for her column on the town of Farmersville (“Residents Should Direct Future of Their Town”) in the Jan. 13 editi...

RENSSELAER — Human trafficking is an insidious underground industry that profits from the exploitation of vulnerable individuals whom traffickers ensl...