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Commentary, Leters to the Editor
Apr 18, 2016
As a lifelong resident of the Olean area, I was one of the first skaters when the Olean Recreation Center opened its doors in 1979. As a 10-year-old h...
Commentary, Readers Turn To Write
Apr 18, 2016
During the course of his presidential campaign, Bernie Sanders has proposed a number of new programs that would make life better for ordinary working ...
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...
Commentary, Leters to the Editor
Apr 11, 2016
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders turns some people off because he calls himself a “democratic socialist.” The reason he uses such language should be clear....
Commentary, Nation World
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 ...
Commentary, New York
Apr 06, 2016
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo signed an executive order Tuesday banning all non‑essential state travel to Mississippi after that state’s enactment of a law tha...
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...
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...
Commentary, Nation World
Apr 06, 2016
(TNS) The good news was that some pro-life and pro-choice groups had found common ground. The bad news was that it took Donald Trump threatening to pr...
Commentary, Nation World, New York
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...
Commentary, Nation World
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...
Commentary, Local Columnists
Apr 05, 2016
At Wednesday’s meeting of the Cattaraugus County Legislature’s Development and Agriculture Committee, Legislator Joseph Snyder of Ischua reminded fell...
Commentary, New York
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...
Commentary, New York
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 ...
Commentary, Leters to the Editor
Apr 05, 2016
April is National Donate Life Month throughout the United States. It includes organs and tissues. The act of donating an organ, as a living or non-liv...
Commentary, New York
Mar 29, 2016
The New York State Senate passed two bills Monday that help veterans with disabilities afford their homes and also guide the state in developing servi...
Commentary, Nation World
Mar 29, 2016
CLEVELAND — A specter is haunting the Republicans as the march toward their midsummer nominating convention here continues. Donald Trump is continuing...
Commentary, Nation World
Mar 29, 2016
(TNS) A viral video released in February showed Boston Dynamics’ new bipedal robot, Atlas, performing human-like tasks: opening doors, tromping about ...
