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As bad as Ukraine is, it’s likely to get worse
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DOYLE McMANUS Tribune News Service 
Mar 07, 2022
Last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin spent 90 minutes on the phone with French President Emmanuel Macron, who asked him to declare a cease-fire...
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Has Joe Biden’s presidency been transformed?
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BYRON YORK 
Mar 03, 2022
Russia’s war on Ukraine comes at a moment of political weakness for President Joe Biden. His job approval rating is low, low enough to drag down his p...
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Della Pia locks up Democratic endorsements in 23rd
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RICK MILLER Olean Times Herald 
Mar 03, 2022
It looks like the political battle lines have been drawn in the new 23rd Congressional District, with Democrat Max Della Pia stepping up to face Rep. ...
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The (ongoing) border crisis
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
BYRON YORK 
Feb 24, 2022
These days, the news is dominated by reporting on the Russian threat to Ukraine, by increasing fatigue with COVID restrictions across the United State...
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A San Francisco lesson in common sense
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Feb 19, 2022
Recall elections are blunt instruments, channeling voter anger against incumbents before their terms are up. New York doesn’t have that option, but Ca...
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Yes, they spied on Trump
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BYRON YORK 
Feb 17, 2022
One of the most contentious claims Donald Trump ever made was his insistence that he had been the target of spying. He made the charge in several diff...
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John Durham’s righteous probe
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
RICH LOWRY 
Feb 16, 2022
From the perspective of several years ago, it’s the stuff of an implausible political thriller or a conspiratorial YouTube account. One presidential c...
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Unify on competing with China
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Feb 15, 2022
Under the shadow of growing tensions with Beijing, the U.S. House of Representatives has approved a bill that would help the United States remain econ...
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GOP backward or forward?
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BYRON YORK 
Feb 10, 2022
There is a wrenching debate going on inside the Republican Party over the simplest of questions: Should the party look backward or forward? Just becau...
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New York’s Democratic gerrymander
Local Columnists, New York, Opinion
Feb 04, 2022
Gerrymandering is an old enough practice that it was named for a Founding Father, Elbridge Gerry, but henceforth in New York it should be spelled jerr...
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Salamanca mayor shares ‘State of the City’ for 2021
Cattaraugus County, News
KELLEN M. QUIGLEY kquigley@oleantimesherald.com 
Feb 03, 2022
SALAMANCA — Mayor Sandra Magiera shared a State of the City address with those in attendance of the Common Council’s regular meeting Jan. 26 as a refl...
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Coercing the unvaccinated threatens everyone’s rights
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KATHERINE DRABIAK / Tribune News Service 
Feb 01, 2022
A recent Rasmussen Reports poll revealed a significant percentage of the public agrees with punitive actions for people who decline COVID-19 vaccines,...
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