Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Apr 11, 2022
If you are a true conservative — and I use the term not as Ted Cruz might, but in its literal sense, as in conserving what is of value in the modern w...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Mar 15, 2022
Like most Americans, I’ve spent the last few weeks contemplating the implications of Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, including those that ext...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Mar 02, 2022
Russian President Vladimir Putin is a corrupt and ruthless dictator who has resurrected the former Soviet Union’s ambition to be the dominant force in...
News, NY State News
Mar 01, 2022
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer called for American unity on Tuesday in his first floor speech since Russia invaded Ukraine, and condemned the “b...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Feb 15, 2022
Under the shadow of growing tensions with Beijing, the U.S. House of Representatives has approved a bill that would help the United States remain econ...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Feb 09, 2022
In an ideal world, it wouldn’t be hard for the Republican Party to do two things. The first is to acknowledge that former President Donald Trump’s cla...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Feb 04, 2022
The Affordable Care Act, which not that long ago appeared doomed by Republican determination to kill it, has quietly become an integral and accepted p...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Jan 31, 2022
In the wake of Justice Stephen Breyer’s retirement, an odd controversy has swirled around President Joe Biden’s campaign pledge to appoint a Black wom...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Jan 19, 2022
A second civil war seems far-fetched. But do we ignore the possibility at our peril? Or do we turn it into a self-fulfilling prophecy by talking about...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Jan 14, 2022
Americans have a lot to worry about. Soaring inflation. A pandemic that refuses to go away. Locked-down schools that keep the kids at home while you h...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Jan 13, 2022
As life returned somewhat to normal last year after the pandemic shutdowns of 2020, America’s briefly reduced greenhouse gas emissions have started cl...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Dec 11, 2021
No CPAC invitation will be in the offing anytime soon, but Vladimir Putin has picked up admirers on the populist right, here and abroad, that he doesn...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Dec 09, 2021
The death of former Sen. Bob Dole at age 98 — a full quarter-century after he was the unsuccessful Republican presidential nominee — inevitably raises...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Dec 07, 2021
Prosecutors in the Michigan school shooting by a 15-year-old student that left four dead also have filed manslaughter charges against the shooter’s pa...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Dec 06, 2021
There was a prevailing feeling of optimism as I stood outside the Supreme Court with the sun warming us on a brisk late fall day as oral arguments in ...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Nov 27, 2021
Every time I hear somebody say that America’s contemporary political climate is uniquely violent, I wonder, “Where were you during the Nixon years?” T...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Nov 26, 2021
Remember when Joe Biden ran for president in what commentators called the “centrist” lane of the Democratic primaries? The idea was that a “moderate” ...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Nov 23, 2021
Democrats should leave in place a cap on deductions that wealthy taxpayers can claim based on their state taxes — the one good part of the Republicans...
Local News, News
June 14, 2025
OLEAN — The first protest Nevin Oliphant took part in was in 1967 in Los Angeles. He was a young teenager protesting the Vietnam War. In 2025 his caus...
Obituaries
June 14, 2025
Cathy Briggs, memorial service OLEAN — A memorial service for Cathy Briggs will be held Thursday (June 19, 2025) at Guenther Funeral Home, 1303 E. Sta...
Obituaries
June 14, 2025
William S. Clemens ALLEGANY — William S. “Bill” Clemens, 74, of Allegany, passed away Wednesday (June 11, 2025) at Mercy Hospital in Buffalo, surround...
Obituaries
June 14, 2025
John R. Cornwall, loving husband, father and brother FREEDOM — John R. Cornwall, 75, of Freedom, passed away Wednesday (June 11, 2025) at his home, su...
Obituaries
June 14, 2025
Dennis L. Holliday, loving husband, father and grandfather LIMESTONE — Dennis L. Holliday, of Nichols Run Road, passed away Tuesday (June 10, 2025). D...
