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When taking a recent Obamacare victory lap, the president said, “We didn’t make a hard sell. We didn’t have billions of dollars to spend on commercial...

Here’s the real Benghazi scandal: Republicans have turned the deaths of four brave Americans into a campaign tool to galvanize their base. Eight congr...

Dear Mom, I don’t know how you did it. Your life wasn’t easy and I’m not sure you actually liked being a mother. I’m not making a rebuke; after all th...

Back in the late 1970s, Ted Hoffman, who had a plan to develop West State Street, was the alderman in the west end. At the time, West State Street had...

As a young lad prior to World War II, I was taught never to forget phrases such as, “The shot heard ’round the world,” “The midnight ride of Paul Reve...

An exhausted Hillary Clinton crying on the New Hampshire primary trail; Bill Clinton’s heart attack; Jimmy Carter equating religious persecution with ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: 2014 is a year of auditioning, positioning, networking and just plain hard work for people who might run for president in 2016. There's...

It was with some sense of irony that I read "Olean Public Library Asks for More Help" (May 3 edition of the Olean Times Herald). The library sought ta...

On May 5, 1984, President Ronald Reagan delivered a proclamation designating the first full week in May as National Correctional Officers Week to hono...

(Editor's Note: The writer is addressing the question, “Did the Obama Administration treat Israel fairly in the recent Mideast peace talks?”) COLUMBUS...

(Editor's Note: The writer is addressing the question, “Did the Obama Administration treat Israel fairly in the recent Mideast peace talks?”) WASHINGT...

There’s no way around it. The Clintons, as everybody and her mother has pointed out, have baggage. Lots of it. More than any other American political ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: 2014 is a year of auditioning, positioning, networking and just plain hard work for people who might run for president in 2016. There's...

I was able to get one of the last seats Sunday night to the last performance of “Camp David,” a play about the 13-days of talks at the presidential re...

The New York State Index of Consumer Sentiment increased 0.5 points in April, while the nation’s index increased 4.1 points, according to the latest p...

My husband and I are climate change disaster survivors. Following our federal scientists’ work on Third National Climate Assessment, we want to share ...

As he was traveling in Asia last week, President Barack Obama let loose with a broadside against critics who say his foreign policy is too weak. “Why ...

Upon reading Carl L. Snyder's letter (“What’s in Place is Not Yet Broken”) in Tuesday's edition of the Olean Times Herald, I wonder if he is aware tha...