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A poll question currently on the Olean Times Herald website asks, “Are you getting used to the roundabouts on North Union Street?” The choices for ans...

ALBANY — New York’s middle class is struggling to afford basic necessities as retirement is becoming an illusion for them, with Generation Xers even w...

(TNS) There is something quintessentially American about political bumper stickers. They are blunt, dogmatic, occasionally witty and always provocativ...

I’ve always loved a good conference. Some people go to conferences because they are work-related and it’s mandatory for what they do. I really like a ...

(TNS) Mike Pence went into the Farmville, Va., vice presidential debate as a lame-duck, one-term governor and left two hours later as the favorite for...

There's a "memoricide" happening in the Middle East, as the presence of Christians there diminishes to the point of potential extinction. Reading a re...

(TNS) Let’s suppose you’re teaching a current-events class about terrorism, and a student says that Muslims should be banned from the United States. W...

If a dangerous street hoodlum demands and then flees with your wallet, the police will call that robbery. But, if a police officer seizes your cash, c...

What if Hillary Clinton were to court conservative Republicans by publicizing the following stories? Hillary brags about paying no federal income taxe...

Olean’s Gordon Baldwin is running for First Ward alderman again after his initial try fell short last year. He got involved in order to better help hi...

For some time I have been concerned that the Olean Times Herald is a subsidiary to editorial columnists of the Washington Post. Now there is further p...

(TNS) Here’s another test for the Democratic Party: How firmly can it reject the irresponsible accusation by former Democratic National Committee Chai...

(TNS) Even if Libertarian Party presidential candidate Gary Johnson had better than a Creamsicle’s chance in Death Valley of winning this November — w...

(TNS) The Federal Reserve has held interest rates at near zero for so long that many have forgotten that near-zero rates are not normal. And when we f...

Round 1 goes to Hillary Clinton. Anyone who watched the debate Monday night clearly saw Donald Trump, who had maintained a relatively solid footing fo...

(TNS) America has found itself at a crossroads, further embroiled in divisive tensions between law enforcement officials and the local citizens they a...

(TNS) A rude, rambling, evasive and mendacious Donald Trump got his rear end soundly kicked Monday night on the debate stage at Hofstra University. By...

(TNS) For an hour and a half Monday night, Donald Trump sniffled and bickered his way through a highly contentious debate. With all the talk of health...