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Not all signs of the times are bad
Commentary, Nation World
JOHN M. CRISP Tribune News Service 
Apr 18, 2016
(TNS) The fact that we’ve reached a point where citizens can feasibly debate whether the leading candidate for the presidential nomination of one of o...
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RTW: Bernie best hope for the middle class
Commentary, Local Columnists
ROB WALK, Special to the Olean Times Herald 
Apr 11, 2016
Bernie Sanders is the only presidential candidate who seems to have a grasp of one of the most important issues that face Americans today. He has corr...
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Today’s heroin epidemic
Commentary, Local Columnists
JACQUELINE SHINE-DIXON Special to the Olean Times Herald 
Apr 11, 2016
We have all seen the headlines. It seems each day we read yet another story about a tragic death due to heroin or opioid drugs. Hospital emergency dep...
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Letter: Olean Library has been in good hands
Commentary, Leters to the Editor
Apr 11, 2016
April 10-16 is National Library Appreciation Week and I feel Olean has one of the best libraries around. There is wonderful programming going on all t...
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Next president must avoid nation-building trap
Commentary, Nation World
TRUDY RUBIN 
Apr 11, 2016
(TNS) Before taking office, the next president — whoever that may be — would benefit from reading a new book titled “Mission Failure: America and the ...
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Take pride in Hinsdale with town cleanup
Commentary, Leters to the Editor
Apr 06, 2016
The town of Hinsdale is planning a Town Cleanup Day for April 30, with a rain date of May 7. It’s time to take some pride in our town and do some clea...
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Letter: Nary a word against Tom Reed
Commentary, Leters to the Editor
Apr 06, 2016
The Southern Tier’s most favored politician, U.S. Rep. Tom Reed, has jumped on the Donald Trump bandwagon. That might be the biggest mistake he ever m...
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Sordid origins of wage law
Commentary, Nation World, New York
THOMAS C. LEONARD 
Apr 06, 2016
(TNS) When California legislators voted to raise the statewide minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2022, labor activists cheered. Discounting fears that a...
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Win or lose, Sanderism won’t go after election
Commentary, Nation World
ALBERT R. HUNT, Bloomberg View 
Apr 05, 2016
(TNS) Sen. Bernie Sanders is waging an improbable presidential campaign, but he won’t disappear after this election. Nor will his followers: Perhaps t...
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Exciting time as Olean invests in its future
Commentary, Local Columnists
LARRY SOROKES, Special to the Olean Times Herald 
Apr 05, 2016
At Wednesday’s meeting of the Cattaraugus County Legislature’s Development and Agriculture Committee, Legislator Joseph Snyder of Ischua reminded fell...
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Swimming upstream in the American education system
Commentary, New York
STUART E. SMITH Special to the Olean Times Herald 
Apr 05, 2016
In the final months of 2015 three events occurred on the national educational landscape. In September the College Board announced that the high school...
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Private property at risk in New York state
Commentary, New York
RONALD FRASER, Special to the Olean Times Herald 
Apr 05, 2016
James Madison declared way back in 1792 that in America, “Government is instituted to protect property of every sort … (and) … to secure to every man ...
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