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No, wearing a mask is not patriotic duty
Local Columnists, Nation World
TOM WROBLESKI Tribune News Service 
May 04, 2021
NEW YORK (TNS) — Just when you thought we were finally finding our way out of the COVID-19 pandemic, President Joe Biden tries to pull us back in. Bid...
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Biden, Democrats dragged to the left
Letters To Editor
May 01, 2021
President Joe Biden addressed Congress and the nation Wednesday night. This opera bouffe, complete with comic jumping jacks in the persons of Vice Pre...
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Consider a boycott of the Olympics in China
Local Columnists, Nation World
Apr 28, 2021
Despite mounting global opposition, China remains undeterred in its ongoing human rights abuses. The U.S. is increasing economic pressure, but to no a...
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What the US did right on COVID vaccinations
Local Columnists, Nation World, New York
Apr 23, 2021
America’s deeply flawed health-care delivery system ranks near or at the bottom when objectively compared to peers inBritain,France,CanadaandAustralia...
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Possible snow later this week amid a mix of weather
Cattaraugus County, Local News
CINDY WAGNER Olean Times Herald 
Apr 17, 2021
OLEAN – If you’re looking forward to spring, don’t let the weather early this week fool you – there’s snow in the forecast. Temperatures will be on th...
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Project strength, not fear, at Capitol
Local Columnists, Nation World
Mar 19, 2021
The sanctity and security of the U.S. Capitol has not been breached since that woeful day in January. But whispers and threats circulate in dark corne...
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Invest in infrastructure
Local Columnists, Nation World
Mar 08, 2021
The decisions (or the lack thereof) that made Texas’ power grid vulnerable to the calamitous winter storm that left millions without heat and water ar...
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The good and the ugly of Trump
Local Columnists, Nation World
JAY AMBROSE Tribune News Service 
Mar 05, 2021
He walked out on the stage and the crowd was cheering, the music was blasting “I’m proud to be an American,” and former President Donald Trump did loo...
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Sticking with the WHO
Local Columnists, Nation World
Jan 28, 2021
Within hours of taking office, President Joe Biden announced a resumption of funding for the World Health Organization as well as participation in the...
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Progressive Perspective: America is suffering from PTSD
Local Columnists, Nation World
CHRIS STANLEY Special to Olean Times Herald 
Jan 21, 2021
Whatever one thinks of the national news media, it seems clear that their insistence on reporting every detail of what President Trump has said or don...
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Time for a new political party
Local Columnists, New York, Readers Turn To Write
BRUCE E. KENNEY Special to Olean Times Herald 
Dec 26, 2020
To Rep. Tom Reed, in the late 1980s, as a Democrat, I ran against state Sen. Jess Present. I was unsuccessful, but during the campaign and after, I ga...
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