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In the absence of credible, strong political leadership, paranoia about disease can go viral. We’ve seen this happen around the world with a wide rang...

It’s hard to imagine a more bedrock American right than being free to live according to your religious convictions. The very idea of being forced to v...

There are lots of rumors swirling around out there and we want the public to know what’s real and what isn’t. First, we are remaining a no-kill animal...

Town government in Lyndon has witnessed continuous conflict since the start of this year. At the first board meeting in January, the newly elected sup...

EDITOR'S NOTE: The writer is addressing the question, “Has the Obama administration botched its response to the ongoing Ebola crisis?” BLOOMINGTON, In...

EDITOR'S NOTE: The writer is addressing the question, “Has the Obama administration botched its response to the ongoing Ebola crisis?” ARLINGTON, Va. ...

Two years ago, President Obama was striding the beaches of New Jersey and spearheading the federal response to the damage wrought by Hurricane Sandy. ...

Deng Xiaoping is back … but only on television. This year — the 110th anniversary of his birth — Beijing is sparing no expense to commemorate the form...

In a letter to the editor in Wednesday’s edition of the Olean Times Herald, Barry Gan argued that trade deals such as the North American Free Trade Ag...

I have noticed several "photo ops" of Rep. Tom Reed serving coffee, posing as a restaurant server, etc. These activities were billed as "Tom on the jo...

Parenthood should be affordable in this country, but the cost of raising a child from birth to adulthood is now a quarter of a million dollars and pro...

Stop blaming nurses for the potential spread of Ebola. In the nationwide hysteria over the Ebola virus, many people are pointing fingers at two of the...

In a recent letter to the editor, a local resident used support of free-trade policy to persuade readers not to vote for the incumbent representative ...

Rep. Tom Reed has always worked hard to support the farmers he represents; he has held nearly 150 town hall meetings and dozens of roundtables to addr...

Now that a new school year is well underway there is once again chatter about the utility of the Common Core. I worry that with all the noise we will ...

I am sick of the barrage of distortions and misleading statements that afflict us, especially during election time. Naturally, then, as a grateful rec...

Last year Rep. Tom Reed kept insisting that he was eager to pass a farm bill to help the farmers in our area. Yet he and his Republican colleagues ref...

Midterm elections are coming, and both parties are lobbing grenades over health care. Despite the furious rhetoric, the two sides are more alike than ...