Commentary

A drop of ‘Mercy’ on Thanksgiving
Commentary, Nation World
BRENDA M. HAFERA 
Nov 26, 2024
WASHINGTON (TNS) — The Founding Fathers had a lot to say about Thanksgiving. George Washington issued his Thanksgiving Proclamation in 1789 . His succ...
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Trump’s economic policy can’t be just nostalgia
Commentary, Nation World
ALLISON SCHRAGER Bloomberg Opinion 
Nov 25, 2024
NEW YORK (TNS) — President-elect Donald Trump’s economic legacy may well depend on whether he prefers the comparative form of an adjective. Specifical...
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Federal HHS goes all in on DEI
Commentary, Nation World
Nov 22, 2024
Under President Joe Biden, the Department of Health and Human Services has created a “diversity, equity and inclusion” infrastructure of dizzying comp...
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Democrats need their own Donald Trump
Commentary, Nation World
J. PEDER ZANE RealClearPolitics 
Nov 22, 2024
There may be five stages of grief, but there’s usually just one when it comes to political defeat — pretend to soul-search, then carry on as if nothin...
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Who’s VP-elect? Elon Musk or JD Vance?
Commentary, Nation World
JACKIE CALMES Los Angeles Times 
Nov 21, 2024
WASHINGTON (TNS) —The speaker of the House, the man second in line to the presidency — Rep.Mike JohnsonofLouisiana— had to photobomb the much-shared s...
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Unity, but not compromise, Is the path forward
Commentary, Nation World
FRANK MIELE RealClearPolitics 
Nov 20, 2024
It really happened. Donald Trump won convincingly, just as I predicted . So I don’t need to publish a retraction or correction today like we are due f...
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Remember those battling hunger this season of giving
Commentary, Local Columnists
ASHLEY GREELEY Special to Olean Times Herald 
Nov 19, 2024
( Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of op-eds by Olean Food Pantry board members in preparation for the Season of Giving.) As we approach t...
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The federal government’s rusty machinery
Commentary, Nation World
Nov 18, 2024
Elon Musk has wasted little time laying the groundwork for his job in the next Trump administration, overseeing the new Department of Government Effic...
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Worries about voter fraud were unfounded
Commentary, Local Columnists
NICHOLAS L. WADDY 
Nov 18, 2024
One thing that shocked me about this year’s presidential election campaign was how many of my fellow Republicans and conservatives expected to lose, b...
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