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In honor of Fashion Week, which as I write is underway in New York City, let me describe how I prepare in the morning for another busy day at the word...

In his 1988 book “Seductions of Crime,” UCLA sociologist Jack Katz devotes an entire chapter to what he calls the “ways of the badass.” “In many youth...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The first President Bush had one, so did President Bill Clinton, and the second President Bush had two. Now, President Barack Obama ...

I was happy to read that the armed robbery suspects from the McDonald’s incident in Wellsville were in jail. A traumatic event, I’m sure, for the two ...

The progressive constitutional revolution of the New Deal has proved itself to be an economic, political and institutional failure insofar as it is no...

At the start of World War I, a century ago last month, the Pacific Ocean was flecked with little islands whose only means of communication with the la...

WASHINGTON (AP) — For years, President Barack Obama berated Republicans for putting their own political interests ahead of good policy on immigration....

As we mark the 13th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, alarming gains by the terrorist group known as the Islamic State, along with continued...

In the 1960s civil rights demonstrators in Selma, Alabama and elsewhere faced local police officers armed with hand-held batons, fire hoses, attack do...

U.S. Rep. Tom Reed is a bright guy and, in some ways, a dedicated congressional representative. The question remains, whom does he represent? Does not...

(Thousands of fast-food workers across the country took to the streets last week to rally for a $15-an-hour minimum wage and the right to form a union...

H alf a large maple tree fell today on King Street during the storm that came suddenly around 5 p.m. Tuesday. That tree had been the discussion of nei...

I found the article, “A Fungus Among Us,” in Saturday’s edition of the Olean Times Herald, somewhat less than informative. I know that I am perhaps no...

President Barack Obama’s first-term foreign policy was epitomized by success in fulfilling his campaign promise to end the U.S. role in Iraq and by th...

The Islamic State is not just the terror group de jour. It is a hugely successful movement with an apocalyptic, nihilistic philosophy. When its member...

In the op-ed “Black Town, White Power” by Jeff Smith (The New York Times, Aug. 18), we learn that, since 2010, the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson is 67 ...

S ome observations on a few issues: In June, congressional candidate Martha Robertson replied to my request that she sign the pledge to repeal the NY ...

The assessment scores for the English language arts and math grades three through eight are in. I have the breakdown of the scores for here in Western...