Commentary

I would like to advocate on behalf of the Olean Public Library and its capital project. I’m a word nerd from way back in the day. From my first “grown...

For more than two decades, the United States has employed every tool short of direct military action to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. S...

JERUSALEM (TNS) — While many are applauding President Donald Trump’s bold conduct in striking Iran’s nuclear arsenal, one wonders if there can really ...

DETROIT (TNS) — One of my early reporting assignments at The Detroit News was to wait for a couple of frigid January days in 1981 outside the Redford ...

Fraudsters stole an estimated $79 billion from the federal government using fake Social Security numbers during the Covid-19 pandemic. The crime was “...

As a former FBI agent who proudly hails from Allegany County, I have spent many years away from home but have consistently returned to my second resid...

Jenna Kelley is the ideal candidate for the position of Allegany County treasurer. As the supervisor of the town of West Almond, I have had the privil...

In any election, qualifications, experience and commitment matter — especially when the position holds responsibility for managing millions in taxpaye...

The Allegany County treasurer is an elected official who takes a sworn oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of th...

This past weekend, some 2,000 “No Kings” protests visited American cities in opposition of President Trump’s deportation efforts after violent riots e...

In small towns across America, such as ours here in Western New York, public opinion holds immense sway over local government. Close-knit communities ...

Protests staged across the country over the weekend — coordinated with similarly scripted anti-President Trump rallies and marches — proceeded mostly ...

Earlier this year, I read someone’s post online that said whenever she felt tempted to complain about everything that’s wrong with the world, instead,...

Sometimes I feel like a broken record when I talk about what’s happening in Albany — but the failures keep repeating. This year was no different. Whil...

Promising an apocalypse by the ayatollahs who were getting ever closer to obtaining a nuclear weapon to carry out that diabolical wish, Israel had eve...

Growing up, my family was destitute. If not for food stamps, we would have had little food — even so, there were times when our refrigerator was empty...

LOS ANGELES (TNS) — President Donald Trump is enforcing immigration law, and for the first time in many decades immigration enforcement does not resem...

The Olean Public Library is a tremendous community asset that is bursting at the seams. Our wonderful library is meeting the needs of so many segments...