Commentary

The War of 1812, like the American Civil War, has been romanticized beyond the reality of the actual historical record. However, unlike the Civil War,...

The idea that paying people not to work might encourage unemployment seems like common sense. But during the pandemic, many Democrats argued precisely...

A new study from the Government Accountability Office estimated that the amount of fraud from pandemic-era unemployment insurance programs is likely b...

City governments used to stop crime by apprehending thieves. Chicago has a different strategy: Let the perps roam free while going after the companies...

There have been great strides in the fight against breast cancer in recent decades — the National Breast Cancer Foundation notes a 40% decline in brea...

For all the talk that has sometimes surrounded his presidential candidacy, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was never able to break through in the Democratic pri...

The following lead paragraph in one news story last week speaks volumes about where things have been and where we’re headed in New York government: ”A...

As another Twin Tiers EV owner, I appreciated Jamie Ervay’s article, “Dude, where’s my charger?” in Saturday’s edition of the Olean Times Herald. The ...

It doesn’t take long to read or listen to anti-Israel advocacy before the word “colonial” or “colonialism” is hurled at the Jewish state. After the sp...

It took nearly three years, but reality has finally intruded upon the Biden administration’s border fantasies. Thank two Republican governors for the ...

Just about a year ago, I jumped from my parked car to join the happy crowd celebrating the Heart of Olean mural at Jamestown Community College. I coul...

President Joe Biden, tireless and loyal friend and protector to “refugees” everywhere, promised us when he was running against diabolical fascist Dona...

Saturday’s Hamas terror onslaught from their stronghold in Gaza into Israel, murdering hundreds, was a sneak attack, just like the sneak attack by Egy...

I have an aversion to technology. This is no surprise to regular readers. It’s not that I dislike it. Inventions have brought wonderful marvels. Cell ...

Donald Trump is getting indicted and tried all the way into a third Republican presidential nomination, and perhaps a second term in office. Trump’s c...

America’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan is one of many blights on the Biden administration’s spotty record. The fact that this nation since then...

It’s hard to be positive about the state of the newspaper industry — or local journalism in general. It’s also hard to write a newspaper column about ...

NEW YORK (TNS) — President Joe Biden would never come out and say, “We value illegal migrants more than we do members of our military.” But considerin...