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Olean native Andrew McCarthy announced plans in April to run for Congress in the current 23rd Congressional District, where Rep. Tom Reed had announce...

So here’s my question: Let’s say you’re Attorney General Merrick Garland. Filing a criminal indictment against former President Donald Trump should be...

The only legitimate reason to stage an official anniversary commemoration of the Jan. 6 Capitol riots would be to issue a call to unity and urge the n...

When it comes to prognostication, my favorite philosopher has always been the eminent Lawrence Peter Berra. “It’s tough to make predictions,” Yogi fam...

It’s an election year — and Americans will be voting sooner than many people may realize. The first primary election is in Texas on March 1, fewer tha...

On the one-year anniversary of the attack on the U.S. Capitol Thursday, U.S. Rep. Tom Reed said it was “one of the darkest days of my congressional ca...

For the last year, we’ve heard one commentator after another tell us that American democracy is in crisis. The source of that crisis, we are told, is ...

The fullness of time, and now the omicron wave, have made it obvious how preposterous the chief lines of criticism against Donald Trump were during th...

Technological achievements throughout human history have been met with skepticism and condemnation. While most people ultimately laud such achievement...

Twelve months ago, Americans could indulge in optimism. For a bright, shining moment, 2021 promised to be a year of recovery. The first vaccines for C...

“All we needed was a competent president; one who was willing to listen, willing to lead, take responsibility, have a plan, do their job,” said then-S...

Former President Donald Trump, in exile at Mar-a-Lago, isn’t acting much like a retiree. A week ago, he announced that his proposed media venture, Tru...

One theme of Democratic control of Washington has been frustration, especially among the party’s progressive wing and its cheerleaders in the media, t...

Diplomats from Iran, the United States and five other powers gathered in Vienna last week to try to revive President Barack Obama’s 2015 deal limiting...

Every time I hear somebody say that America’s contemporary political climate is uniquely violent, I wonder, “Where were you during the Nixon years?” T...

Republicans have a chance to take back the Senate after what was for them a disastrous 2020-21 that saw control of the chamber go to the Democrats. To...

There’s a crisis afoot in the land — people are being rude to President Joe Biden. The trend of anti-Biden protestors chanting or holding signs saying...

A specter haunts the Democratic Party — the possibility of a Glenn Youngkin victory in the Virginia gubernatorial race. The former businessman and pol...