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(TNS) Consider Saudi Arabia and Iran for a moment: Commuters riding to work on the Tehran metro recently were surprised when they glanced up from thei...

(TNS) As China and Russia have surged in power during the past 15 years, more and more people have started to wonder if democracy is really the best e...

I write this in response to Gov. Cuomo maintaining the ban on horizontal hydraulic fracturing in New York state. By doing so he is killing our greates...

T he main battle between the American hard left and the common-sense majority is being waged in New York City, and its outcome may predict the future ...

(TNS) —Neither the modest new proposals President Barack Obama outlined in his State of the Union speech, nor the well-crafted, reasonably well-receiv...

(TNS) —President Barack Obama’s sixth State of the Union address turned out to be pretty much as previewed in a series of strategic spoilers doled out...

When Barack Obama ran for president in 2008, intellectuals everywhere hailed him as one of their own. So closely was he identified with this elite tha...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. John McCain is waging another national campaign — this time, to define his legacy. After two unsuccessful presidential bids, th...

Olean and Cattaraugus County residents should be troubled by the secretive nature of Friday’s conference about economic development. The topic of econ...

A s everyone knows, our old SPCA building is held together with “chewing gum and baling wire” and filled with dogs and cats that must be fed and kept ...

While Europeans worry about those who have gone to Syria to train with ISIS, millions of Syrian children are at risk of becoming terrorist recruits. A...

President Obama’s announcement of his proposal to provide free tuition for 9 million community college students coincides with the start of the spring...

NEW YORK (AP) — The world burns enough oil-derived fuels to drain an Olympic-sized swimming pool four times every minute. Global consumption has never...

SYRACUSE (AP) — More than a million New Yorkers got a boost in their paychecks on Jan. 1 when the minimum wage went up. But for another 230,000 people...

C ivic spirit and initiative applied toward solving problems or improving the community can never be a bad thing. Elected officials and business leade...

OSLO, Norway — In my long nomadic life, I’ve been to both poles and most countries in between. I still remember when to be an American was to be envie...

The United States has the most potent military in terms of firepower and operational capacity in history. Our military overthrew Saddam Hussein and cr...

At Pittsfield Middle High School in southeastern New Hampshire, the students are individually and actively involved in their own learning. This enlive...