Local Columnists

One of the most unsettling features of the Trump administration is its contempt for truth. That’s why the president could lie about the size of his in...

I remember the day quite clearly. Well, mostly. My youngest brother, Dale, followed me to the second floor of the house in Portville I wanted to look ...

The United States of America is, among many other things, a nation, and the left has long made clear its contempt for nationalism, patriotism and othe...

(TNS) What’s the main value in a free press? To hear the press tell it — as in many of the 350-plus editorials published in coordination last week in ...

Since my husband and I moved back to the area four years ago, I’ve read this section of the paper everyday and wondered if I’d ever be emboldened by a...

In my commentary a couple weeks ago, I noted that Congressional Republicans have been more honest than Democrats in highlighting the looming financial...

(TNS) “I don’t think this is some massive, massive crisis,” said Cardinal Donald Wuerl, the Catholic archbishop of Washington, D.C., in a statement th...

While developing the plan for a permanent farmers market, the immediate problem was to establish a home for our nomadic farm stands. We wanted a locat...

It seems just the other day we were hearing forecasts about sustained humidity. That was in June and I ran right out and bought an air conditioner. On...

Our country seems to have a complicated relationship with mental illness and how to appropriately treat those who suffer with it. On the one hand, we ...

A petition effort has emerged to ask the city to stop plans for building a permanent farm market structure in Lincoln Park. Chris Crawford, one of the...

A jumble of thoughts tumbled together as I thought about a column topic. They didn’t come as one cohesive theme, but I think are related. I’m always l...

In a commentary in the July 31 edition of the Times Herald, David Shribman, executive editor of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, called attention to the “...

It is a truism on the left that Donald Trump is the epitome of a braggart and a bully: prickly, juvenile and keen on smearing his enemies. While no on...

My son Ben said something the other day that, to some, might sound preposterous: “Summer’s over after the Fourth of July.” What? Summer doesn’t offici...

Sometimes it’s hard to just sit back and enjoy summer and the weather it brings. While I’m still getting over my battles with bats wanting to come int...

Imagine Vladimir Putin honoring President Trump with a “Freedom Medal” for being such a vigorous champion of a free and independent press. That’s just...

It was the kind of news that sends a chill through the newspaper industry — yet also the kind of news that has become all too familiar. The New York D...