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President Trump’s greatest test yet
Commentary, Local Columnists, Nation World
NICHOLAS L. WADDY Special to The Olean TImes Herald 
Jun 05, 2019
In April I suggested that President Trump consider gradually escalating tariffs against Mexico to compel that country to end the flow of illegal immig...
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The flag of Massachusetts is ‘racist’? Who knew?
Commentary, Local Columnists
NICHOLAS L. WADDY Special to The Olean TImes Herald 
May 31, 2019
A new front has opened up in America’s culture wars, and specifically in the Left's ongoing effort to stigmatize even the most innocuous elements of o...
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The reparations boondoggle
Commentary, Local Columnists, Nation World
NICHOLAS L. WADDY Special to The Olean TImes Herald 
Mar 02, 2019
Incredibly, three major Democratic candidates for president have voiced their support for reparations, compensation to the descendants of slaves and t...
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Letter: Celebrating Black History Month
Commentary, Leters to the Editor
Feb 11, 2019
In 1926, Dr. Carter G. Woodson, an educator, originated “Negro History Week.” Fifty years later it became “Black History Month.” Dr. Woodson chose Feb...
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Letter: Is it time for Trump to go?
Commentary, Leters to the Editor
Dec 27, 2018
Regardless of political party, President Donald Trump is no longer suited to lead our nation. The economy is on track for the worst December since the...
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Letter: Thankful for turnout at memorial
Commentary, Leters to the Editor
Nov 12, 2018
I thank the outpouring of support we received at the program last Friday at Temple B'nai Israel, honoring the victims of the Pittsburgh synagogue shoo...
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Remembering 100 years since end of World War I
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
KELLEN M. QUIGLEY kquigley@oleantimesherald.com 
Nov 11, 2018
Following the end of World War I — called at the time the “war to end all wars” — and the Allied nations’ victory over the Central Powers, President W...
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RTW: The dangers of self-righteousness
Commentary, Local Columnists, Readers Turn To Write
BARBARA CASEY, Special to the Olean Times Herald 
Sep 26, 2018
I was glad to see psychological “projection” mentioned in Dr. Nicholas Waddy’s column (Aug. 7, 2018), “Is Trump the grown-up in the room?” Another phe...
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Finger Lakes wine region makes big ‘Boom!’
News, Western New York
Julie Sherwood, Daily Messenger/TNS 
Sep 07, 2018
CANANDAIGUA — Just in time for the fall grape harvest and one of the region's busiest seasons for visitors, a nationwide poll ranked the Finger Lakes ...
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Putin cannot be blamed for Trump’s base
Commentary, Local Columnists, Nation World
GEORGE PAYNE, Special to the Olean Times Herald 
Jul 30, 2018
For the record, I am against foreign interference in free elections. Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election is an assault on democracies everywher...
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Letter: Abortion is America’s genocide
Commentary, Leters to the Editor
Jul 23, 2018
For 45 years, nine unelected men and women on the U.S. Supreme Court have played God with innocent human lives. They have invented laws that condemned...
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