Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Dec 18, 2022
So far, Donald Trump is having the worst campaign launch since Beto O’Rourke. Like almost everything else he’s done lately, his early announcement of ...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Nov 21, 2022
Sunday was Joe Biden’s 80th birthday. Our first octogenarian president is two years older than Ronald Reagan was when his presidency ended in 1989. Bi...
News
Nov 09, 2022
WASHINGTON — Control of Congress hung in the balance early Wednesday, with both parties notching victories in some of the most competitive races in a ...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Oct 26, 2022
Early voting began in Georgia several days ago. There is, of course, intense interest in both the state’s Senate race, with University of Georgia foot...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Oct 24, 2022
Joe Biden wants voters to focus on abortion rights. Last week, just three weeks before the midterm elections, the president said that if Democrats do ...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Oct 12, 2022
Republicans always believe the polls are slanted against them. That belief has sometimes caused them to misread big political races. In 2012, for exam...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Sep 09, 2022
Who’s using the culture war to distract from the economy now? Democrats have long believed — going back at least to the famous 2005 Thomas Frank book,...
Sep 09, 2022
Who’s using the culture war to distract from the economy now? Democrats have long believed — going back at least to the famous 2005 Thomas Frank book,...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Aug 24, 2022
There has been a surge of optimism among Democrats lately when it comes to November’s midterm elections. The short version of the thinking is: Maybe w...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
May 01, 2022
U.S. gross domestic product shrank 1.4% in the first quarter at the same time inflation continued to soar. For older Americans, that combination conju...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Mar 23, 2022
While much of the political world focused on the confirmation hearings of Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson, across town in Washington on Mo...
Local Columnists, Nation World
Sep 11, 2021
Texas Republicans just handed back to Democrats the mid-term election advantage President Joe Biden has spent all year squandering. By effectively mak...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Sep 08, 2021
After President Joe Biden’s tragic spectacle of administrative incompetence, pundits said Afghanistan was going to be the chief issue in the midterm e...
Local Columnists, Nation World
Apr 29, 2021
A president’s first 100 days are an arbitrary benchmark, a point of measurement journalists are fond of because it allows us to draw comparisons betwe...
Commentary, Local Columnists
Jan 11, 2019
Fascism is a radical form of authoritarian ultranationalism that is characterized by dictatorial power, suppression of opposition and regimentation of...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
Dec 31, 2018
With anxieties riding high across the U.S., it’s no surprise localized stories about national topics sparked huge interest in 2018. The rise of metham...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
Dec 04, 2018
LITTLE VALLEY — Elections officials reported that more voters went to the polls this year than in any recent midterm election. In Cattaraugus County, ...
Commentary, Nation World
Apr 12, 2018
WASHINGTON (AP) — The "resistance warriors" are coming. Hundreds of liberal candidates, most running in state and municipal elections this fall, are s...
Local News, News
June 14, 2025
OLEAN — The first protest Nevin Oliphant took part in was in 1967 in Los Angeles. He was a young teenager protesting the Vietnam War. In 2025 his caus...
Obituaries
June 14, 2025
Cathy Briggs, memorial service OLEAN — A memorial service for Cathy Briggs will be held Thursday (June 19, 2025) at Guenther Funeral Home, 1303 E. Sta...
Obituaries
June 14, 2025
William S. Clemens ALLEGANY — William S. “Bill” Clemens, 74, of Allegany, passed away Wednesday (June 11, 2025) at Mercy Hospital in Buffalo, surround...
Obituaries
June 14, 2025
John R. Cornwall, loving husband, father and brother FREEDOM — John R. Cornwall, 75, of Freedom, passed away Wednesday (June 11, 2025) at his home, su...
Obituaries
June 14, 2025
Dennis L. Holliday, loving husband, father and grandfather LIMESTONE — Dennis L. Holliday, of Nichols Run Road, passed away Tuesday (June 10, 2025). D...
