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Antibiotic resistance is a growing threat to public health. But before federal regulators place restrictions on antibiotics used in food-animal produc...

“Comprehensive strategy.” That’s the operative phrase that the Obama administration has employed in rolling out its new campaign to take on the Islami...

On Sept. 7, 1914, more than 200 Civil War veterans gathered on Court Street in Little Valley to dedicate the Cattaraugus County Memorial and Historica...

Many of my colleagues in Congress insist we should pass legislation to stop or dissuade corporate inversions. I agree. But as we do so, let us first b...

There’s an old “Seinfeld” episode where Jerry and Elaine are about to board a plane and the gate attendant tells them she can bump one of them into fi...

The Middle East has confounded outsiders for years, so it is no surprise that another U.S.-led project with a straightforward goal — destroying a mara...

Thank you to Shannon Pepper for her bravery in sharing her story, and to Kelsey Boudin of the Olean Times Herald for reporting it. I realize that shar...

The healthcare community has changed rapidly with the implementation of health information technology from electronic health records to health informa...

A recent op‑ed by McClatchy‑Tribune columnist John Crisp (“Move Against Islamic State by US Must Involve Iran,” Sept. 9, Olean Times Herald) persuasiv...

A few months after my mother’s 95th birthday, she fell at her home and hit her head, requiring stitches and blood transfusions. She has not been the s...

The gravest immediate threat to the West’s long-term security does not emanate from Vladimir Putin or from the militants of the Islamic State. Rather,...

Not much has gone right for loyal fans of the Buffalo Bills for more than a decade. Miserable teams, failed draft picks and questionable ability of co...

Many of you have likely had more than ample opportunity to see, listen and read hundreds of opinions regarding the domestic violence assault against J...

To begin with the remoteness of post-racial America, here are “14 Disturbing Stats About Racial Inequality in American Public Schools” from The Nation...

As Russian forces continue to make their presence felt in Ukraine, I think of the Czech student Jan Palach, who burned himself to death in a Prague sq...

Last month the Olean City School District administration proposed splitting its plan for parking on the West Sullivan Street side of the school from t...

Hours after a video of Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice, punching his then fiancee (now wife) and dragging her limp body out of a casino elevato...

Thirteen years after the Sept. 11 terror attacks, this was supposed to be a season of relief, with Iraq managing on its own and most U.S. troops final...