abraham lincoln

Overcoming our modern-day house divided
Commentary, Nation World
DANIEL LIPINSKI RealClearPolitics 
Feb 12, 2025
With all the tumult surrounding the beginning of President Donald Trump’s second term, there is once again an uptick in talk of concern about the futu...
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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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Memories of Thanksgiving
Outdoors
WADE ROBERTSON Special to Olean Times Herald 
Nov 26, 2022
We just celebrated Thanksgiving and I hope yours was a good one with family, friends and good food. It’s also a holiday that should give us pause, a s...
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No, Liz Cheney isn’t Abraham Lincoln
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
RICH LOWRY 
Aug 19, 2022
“It’s a slip, not a fall,” Abraham Lincoln said after his loss in his legendary 1858 Illinois Senate contest against Stephen Douglas. Liz Cheney appar...
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Remembering the struggles of Ulysses Grant
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
LYNN SCHMIDT Tribune News Service 
May 01, 2022
On this anniversary of the birth of Hiram Ulysses Grant, 200 years ago Wednesday, he is remembered as the 18th president of the United States, command...
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National divorce is a poisonously stupid idea
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
RICH LOWRY 
Oct 09, 2021
Divorce usually isn’t a good idea, and that’s especially true of a nearly 250-year-old continental nation. A cadre of apocalyptic writers on the right...
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Are the classics racist?
RICH LOWRY 
Feb 10, 2021
It was only a matter of time before Cicero got canceled. The New York Times the other day profiled Princeton classicist Dan-el Padilla Peralta, who wa...
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Are the academic classics racist?
Local Columnists, Nation World
RICH LOWRY 
Feb 10, 2021
It was only a matter of time before Cicero got canceled. The New York Times the other day profiled Princeton classicist Dan-el Padilla Peralta, who wa...
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Biden’s splendid inauguration
Local Columnists, Nation World
JAY AMBROSE Tribune News Service 
Jan 23, 2021
It was a thing of beauty: a light blue, shining sky, a magnificent hymn, a powerful benediction, poetry, patriotic music and a speech in which Preside...
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Time for a new political party
Local Columnists, New York, Readers Turn To Write
BRUCE E. KENNEY Special to Olean Times Herald 
Dec 26, 2020
To Rep. Tom Reed, in the late 1980s, as a Democrat, I ran against state Sen. Jess Present. I was unsuccessful, but during the campaign and after, I ga...
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Vote for the party of Lincoln
Leters to the Editor
Nov 02, 2020
This presidential election on Tuesday is the most important one in American history. If we love God, family and our country, we must vote Republican —...
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How the election could test Mike Pence
LON JACOBS, Tribune News Service 
Aug 29, 2020
If Donald Trump loses the upcoming election, he is threatening to disregard the outcome. It will then fall to Mike Pence, as president of the Senate, ...
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Removing statues is … complicated
Commentary, Local Columnists, Nation World
Ron Grossman, Tribune News Service 
Jun 29, 2020
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is taking heat for not following the lead of other cities that removed their statues of Christopher Columbus in response ...
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Reflecting on Black History Month
Commentary, Lifestyle, Local Columnists
DELLA MOORE Special to the Olean Times Herald 
Feb 20, 2020
Because of its importance, black history is worthy to be thought about and celebrated throughout the year. But February, as Black History month, offer...
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Letter: ‘United we stand; divided we fall’
Commentary, Leters to the Editor
Jan 31, 2017
For Heaven’s sake, enough already! Abraham Lincoln said it best, “United we stand; divided we fall.” It’s time to stand together. There are too many p...
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