Commentary

Trump lawfare: The next stage begins
Commentary, Nation World
BYRON YORK 
Mar 28, 2024
Donald Trump was first indicted nearly a year ago, on April 4, 2023, when Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced charges against the former...
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Cuomo needs to show real contrition
Commentary, New York
Mar 28, 2024
Ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo has been laying the groundwork for a political comeback — most likely a run for mayor — by blasting current electeds for New York...
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Americans leave high-tax states
Commentary, Nation World, New York
Mar 27, 2024
Owning a business in states like California and New York has become a challenge — unless you’re running a U-Haul franchise. The Census Bureau this mon...
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The canaries in America’s coal mine
Commentary, Nation World
J. PEDER ZANE 
Mar 26, 2024
Joe Biden vs. Donald Trump is not the race America needs, but it is the one we deserve. A political system that has spit out a race few voters want is...
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PR lessons from Bona hoops debacle
Commentary, Local Columnists
KELSEY BOUDIN Special to Olean Times Herald 
Mar 26, 2024
Public relations can sometimes be a cushy job. Not easy, mind you, but generally stable. Write a fluff piece here, hype up an event there and then hop...
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US needs a 9/11 Commission for COVID
Commentary, Nation World, New York
F.D. FLAM Bloomberg Opinion 
Mar 25, 2024
NEW YORK (TNS) — During the third week of March 2020, with little public debate and less warning, Americans were told to stay in their homes indefinit...
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Public’s debt ‘unsustainable’ by 2050
Commentary, Nation World
Mar 22, 2024
The U.S. debt held by the public is expected to more than double during the next 26 years until it reaches an “unsustainable” amount, according to a n...
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The absurd four-day workweek
Commentary, Local Columnists
RICH LOWRY 
Mar 22, 2024
Karl Marx would be proud. Bernie Sanders has proposed taking another step toward the philosopher’s envisioned utopia by proposing to mandate a four-da...
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The crossed paths of Irish and Black American heritage
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ARTHUR G. AUSTIN JR. Special to Olean Times Herald 
Mar 22, 2024
Irish American Heritage Month follows African American History Month on the American history calendar. African American history celebrated in February...
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NIL madness: From dumpster fire to raging inferno
Commentary, Nation World
JIM JACKSON Lexington Herald-Leader 
Mar 21, 2024
FRANKFORT, Ky. (TNS) — Now that we are in the dark, dank trenches of Name, Image, Likness, there is no denying the chaos it unleashed within collegiat...
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Latest James lawsuit all sizzle and no steak
Commentary, New York
CHRIS CHURCHILL Times Union, Albany 
Mar 21, 2024
ALBANY (TNS) — Three years ago, the world’s largest producer of beef promised to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2040. Last month, New York Attor...
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Are we ready for third-party candidates?
Commentary, Nation World, New York
Mar 21, 2024
Barack Obama and Donald Trump have starkly different political beliefs, but they are similar in one fact — they both rose to popularity and ultimately...
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Pet antics can prove exhausting
Commentary, Local Columnists
DEB WUETHRICH 
Mar 21, 2024
What was I thinking? When I brought not one but two cats home from the SPCA, it stemmed from a notion they would entertain and keep each other company...
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Joe Biden’s ‘lawfare’ joke
Commentary, Nation World
BYRON YORK 
Mar 20, 2024
Why do so many Democrats and their allies in the media desperately want former President Donald Trump to stand trial before Election Day? The answer i...
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Gruesome crime again highlights failed bail reform
Commentary, Local Columnists, New York
SEN. TOM O'MARA 
Mar 19, 2024
Plenty of us have said it time and again over the past several years since former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Gov. Kathy Hochul and a State Legislature under a...
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Chilling overreach on free expression
Commentary, Nation World
Mar 19, 2024
Progressives insist that Donald Trump will turn the United States into an authoritarian state if voters return him to the White House. They should pay...
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