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COVID-19 put White House incompetence on display
Commentary, Local Columnists, Nation World
DOYLE McMANUS Tribune News Service 
Oct 13, 2020
Every political campaign hopes for an October surprise to shift the November election their way. President Donald Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis and hospi...
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Home Again: Similarities between trees and troubles
Commentary, Local Columnists
DEB WUETHRICH - Special to Olean Times Herald 
Sep 19, 2020
We are accustomed to the occasional strong winds and elements here in Western New York, but events of the past couple weeks took many by surprise. The...
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How can Reed support Trump?
Commentary, Leters to the Editor, New York
Sep 12, 2020
Can Rep. Tom Reed tell me why he so strongly supports President Trump? Is it because he has been trying to dismantle the Affordable Care Act, includin...
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Home Again: Our times heighten anxious thoughts
Commentary, Local Columnists
DEB WUETHRICH - Special to Olean Times Herald 
Aug 01, 2020
Anxiety can be a funny thing. It’s defined as “a feeling of worry, nervousness or unease, typically about an imminent event or something with an uncer...
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Cuomo ducks serious questions on nursing homes
Commentary, Local Columnists, New York
BILL HAMMOND Empire Center 
Jul 11, 2020
ALBANY — The report this week from the state Health Department tries to deflect blame for thousands of coronavirus deaths in the state’s nursing homes...
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D.C. statehood bill is dubious
Commentary, Local Columnists, Nation World
ZACK SMITH Tribune News Service 
Jul 06, 2020
“DC should be a state. Pass it on.” That’s the message supporters of D.C. statehood pushed on social media late last week as the U.S. House of Represe...
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Kim Yo Jong is a sordid example of a female leader
Commentary, Local Columnists, Nation World
NATALIE GONNELLA-PLATTS and CHRIS WALSH Tribune News Service 
Jun 27, 2020
As rumors of Kim Jong-un’s death circulated in April, some speculated that his sister and confidant, Kim Yo Jong, might soon succeed him as North Kore...
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‘Defund police’ sends wrong message
Commentary, Nation World
ANN McFEATTERS, Tribune News Service 
Jun 15, 2020
Oh come on, Democrats. Words matter. “Defund” police? Really? Do you WANT four more years of Donald Trump as an arbitrary, dangerous, cruel ruler? No ...
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Home Again: Still sharing space with wild things
Commentary, Local Columnists
DEB WUETHRICH - Special to Olean Times Herald 
Jun 13, 2020
I think Lucy, my cat, is becoming annoyed with me. I’m a pretty good kitty mom, even though we do use the leash she grew up on in a busier community. ...
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Guest Comment: We need more leadership, and less rhetoric.
Commentary, Local Columnists, New York
JEFFREY MURPHY and PATRICK D. PHELAN, Special to Olean Times Herald 
Jun 13, 2020
During times of chaos and division, uncertainty and unrest, tension and suffering, we look to our leaders to help guide the ship. We look to our leade...
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Racial grievance is the lifeblood of American left
Commentary, Local Columnists, Nation World
NICHOLAS L. WADDY Special to The Olean TImes Herald 
Jun 06, 2020
Politicians all over the political spectrum are coming around to the commonsensical conclusion that, regardless of how unwarranted, scandalous and ill...
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Home Again: Familiar objects may have unusual uses
Commentary, Local Columnists
DEB WUETHRICH - Special to Olean Times Herald 
Jun 06, 2020
What can you do with a rolling pin? Does every household even still have one? These wooden cylindrical items with flexible handles were made to roll o...
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What ‘experts’ got wrong about coronavirus
Commentary, Nation World, New York
TOM WROBLESKI Tribune News Service 
Jun 01, 2020
NEW YORK (TNS) — Here’s what we’ve been told as the deadly COVID-19 pandemic has kept the U.S. in lockdown and shuttered the economy: Trust the expert...
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Home Again: There’s nothing like a human voice
Commentary, Local Columnists
DEB WUETHRICH - Special to Olean Times Herald 
May 23, 2020
Has anyone else who lives alone been talking to themselves? Oh. Me neither. Wait. I’ll be honest — when you live alone there are times you want to hea...
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