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How to make sense of the dispute between Japan and China over some half a dozen uninhabited islets in the East China Sea known as the Diaoyu to the Ch...

Bringing blacks, Jews and the Constitution back into the Republican Party, Rand Paul is intently looking ahead to the 2016 presidential election, repo...

At a time when we are reflecting on the lessons from the Cold War amid growing concern about the current U.S.-Russia relationship, we should be lookin...

Sympathy is easy. You see someone in pain, you measure the depth of their anger by the fire in their eyes, you gauge their despair by the piercing ton...

It is a time-honored tradition in American politics: Whenever the president turns unpopular, he fires someone and brings in a tried and tested veteran...

It was harder to send our son Sam off to college than I thought it would be. We had literally worked as a family, essentially since his birth, to prep...

Whether one agrees with or is outraged by a grand jury decision not to charge a Ferguson, Mo., police officer with nearly emptying his pistol magazine...

“Sometimes rebels want to know if I will join the fight. I always tell them no … I can either be in a position to deliver tens of thousands of dollars...

This week’s announcement that negotiations with Iran over its nuclear power program will be extended is both good and bad news. The good news is that ...

O n Tuesday morning I dressed in two pairs of socks, yoga pants, dress slacks, a thermal shirt, a sweater, a hooded sweatshirt, a rain-resistant jacke...

With the peak months of flu season quickly approaching, all adults and children are strongly encouraged to receive an influenza vaccine. The elderly p...

You don’t have to look far to see what a wonderful and special region we live in. On Nov. 15, the Olean Times Herald published an article about the Re...

THUMBS UP: Cattaraugus County law enforcement, emergency services, fire and public works personnel have pitched in to do what they can to help their b...

Did President Obama exceed his constitutional authority by announcing on Nov. 20 his intention to limit legal action against 5 million undocumented im...

President Barack Obama, who was once a seemingly laid back, autocratically minded, economically confused, deceptive, politically klutzy, often naïve B...

Editor's Note: The writer is addressing the question, “Are too many federal regulations stifling economic recovery?” WASHINGTON — How do regulations s...

Residents of the Southern Tier have plenty of experience with rough winter weather, but even the hardiest here have to be grateful we have not been sm...

Editor's note: The writer is addressing the question, “Are too many federal regulations stifling economic recovery?” WASHINGTON — In the last couple o...