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It seems that, having exhausted all rational and pseudo-rational arguments — without having made even a small dent in Republicans' support for Preside...

I’ve asked people, and have been asked, “Are you a glass half full or half empty person?” For many of us, I think our response depends upon the day or...

NEW YORK (AP) — As Donald Trump's party came together, a 28-year-old liberal activist ousted top House Democrat Joe Crowley in the president's hometow...

One of the core tasks of government is to promote the common good. Pope John XXIII defined “the common good” as “the sum total of social conditions wh...

There’s a cynical saying in politics that goes something like: Never let a good crisis go to waste. We’ve certainly seen that tenet applied as politic...

Congressman Tom Reed is running a television ad stating his support for mental health, but as thousands of children were being forcibly separated from...

Graduation time always makes me just a little wistful. Sometimes I “wist” I could be 18 again, entering college with new hopes, dreams and a fresh sla...

Shortly after 5 p.m. on Nov. 9, 1965, lights began flickering here in Olean. One 230-kilovolt transmission line near Ontario, Canada, had been tripped...

No doubt, when President Trump announced in March his administration's intention to place tariffs of 25 percent on $50 billion in Chinese imports, man...

Seven of the 11 counties in New York state’s 23rd Congressional District have lost private sector jobs — and thus lost numbers of people who used to l...

Some years ago a young man walked into the newsroom to fill out the form to have the birth of his girlfriend’s baby put in the paper. At the time, the...

I’ve heard so many people over the years say, “There’s nothing to do around here.” But I beg to differ. I find there are many different things to do w...

Gov. Andrew Cuomo leads Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro 56-37 percent, according to a Siena College poll of likely New York state general elec...

The recent meeting of the G-7 leaders in La Malbaie, Quebec ended dramatically, with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau harshly criticizing U.S. t...

Unless you are a descendant of the Native Americans, you or your family came to this continent as immigrants. The United States is a nation that was b...

When I have to deal with “bad traffic,” it usually involves having to wait for several vehicles as I try to pull out of my home street of Grossman Ave...

I don’t know why I sign the HIPAA papers on medical privacy and security. I’m going to tell everybody my personal stories anyway! I was recently ponde...

The question of illegal immigrants continues to be a controversial and divisive topic. Let’s try to deal in facts and reality. First, the issue became...