commentary

"Let us render the tyrant no aid; let us not hold the light by which he can trace the footprints of our flying brother." — Frederick Douglass If there...

The 1991 Gulf War saw only 100 hours of ground fighting as U.S. forces entered Kuwait to end the Iraqi occupation, but echoes of that conflict have li...

One major privilege of working for a newspaper is the opportunity to meet interesting people doing interesting things. That’s how I characterize featu...

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — As the U.S. Congress passed a new set of sanctions on North Korea this week, South Korea shut down the last symbol of in...

(TNS) Feminists my age and older — I’m in my late 50s — have been shocked to find how few young women are as excited as most of us by the prospect of ...

The South Carolina Hillary Clinton-Bernie Sanders debate was very informative and revealing in some crucial ways in deciding which personality we want...

BEIRUT (AP) — Faced with a cash shortage in its so-called caliphate, the Islamic State group has slashed salaries across the region, asked Raqqa resid...

(TNS) Ignored and belittled for decades by Republicans and Democrats, the white working class is, for the moment at least, enjoying the sweet taste of...

I have stated before that I am into politics way too deep. Normally my thoughts, interests, research and evaluations correspond closely with what most...

Drug spending in the United States approached $300 billion in 2014, up by more than $30 billion over the previous year. That jump in spending didn’t g...

In September and October, Justice Antonin Scalia told audiences at two different law schools that it would not surprise him if the death penalty were ...

BEIRUT (AP) — Across a narrow strip of border territory near the Euphrates River, a ferocious battle with huge implications for Syria's civil war is p...

(TNS) Super Bowl 50 is history, and now our great national game drifts off into a short, fitful hibernation. This post-football calm is an opportunity...

President Barack Obama closed his speech at last week's National Prayer Breakfast with a prayer for forgiveness. "I pray that my failings are forgiven...

As a volunteer at the SPCA of Cattaraugus County, I appreciate Marcia Kelly’s informative and uplifting articles that appear periodically in the Times...

A news article earlier this month indicated that the Salamanca City School District would conduct another capital project vote in 2017. The article re...

EDITOR'S NOTE: A look at political claims that take shortcuts with the facts or don't tell the full story. WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump delivered a ...

In one of my first columns for this newspaper, I shared stories of critter encounters I’ve had since living in the “wilds” of Portville. There’ve been...