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GOP must realistically address debt ceiling
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Jan 11, 2023
When the same old thing seems no longer to be working, it could well be time to try something new. This kind of thinking has long been employed in man...
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Insurrection a tough charge to prove, prosecutors say
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
DOYLE McMANUS Tribune News Service 
Dec 27, 2022
WASHINGTON (TNS) — The 845-page final report of the House Committee on Jan. 6, which finally arrived late Thursday night, is an epic. Like “Moby Dick”...
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Best advice? Stay out of Russia
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
GENE LYONS 
Dec 16, 2022
If there’s one clear lesson from the Brittney Griner/Paul Whelan controversy that’s keeping partisans in America’s culture wars all worked up, it’s th...
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Iran protests overshadow nuclear issue — for now
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
DOYLE McMANUS Tribune News Service 
Dec 05, 2022
After more than a decade of U.S. policy focused on preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, arms negotiations have been shoved off center stage...
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NY health commissioner Mary Bassett to step down
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RACHEL SILBERSTEIN Times Union 
Dec 03, 2022
ALBANY (TNS) — New York State Department of Health Commissioner Dr. Mary T. Bassett will leave her post after serving one year as the state’s top heal...
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Xi caught in his own COVID trap
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
TRUDY RUBIN Tribune News Service 
Dec 01, 2022
PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — The video of “Chongqing Superman” has gone viral amidst the explosion of protests across China against the government’s “zero COV...
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The divided federal government dividend
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Nov 28, 2022
With Republicans gaining control of the House of Representatives, the federal government again will be “gridlocked,” as critics call it. Democrats sti...
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In quest to get Trump, secrecy strikes again
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
BYRON YORK 
Nov 24, 2022
Think back five years to the frenzy of news reporting and commentary over what was called Trump-Russia “collusion” — the allegation that the 2016 Trum...
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Semploinski concerned over COVID vaccine mandate for kids
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RICK MILLER Olean Times Herald 
Oct 28, 2022
Rep. Joe Sempolinski, R-Canisteo, expressed concern this week after the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended COVID-19 vaccin...
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Hochul not showing her work on Micron
Local Columnists, New York, Opinion
CAM MACDONALD Empire Center 
Oct 28, 2022
ALBANY — The governor says the state’s arrangement with Micron is a great deal for residents despite the price it will exact from the state’s taxpayer...
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Joe Biden’s ‘Jim Crow 2.0’ slander
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
BYRON YORK 
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...
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Limit the power of the governor
New York, Opinion
Oct 21, 2022
Time and time again during the pandemic, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his successor, Gov. Kathy Hochul, invoked special executive powers in the name of a hea...
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If Hunter Biden broke law, throw book at him
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Oct 16, 2022
For years, supporters of Donald Trump have alleged a vast news media conspiracy to cover up the alleged corrupt activities of Hunter Biden, President ...
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Show us the big money in elections
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Sep 30, 2022
Senate Republicans are bending over backward to block a bill that would tell the public who is giving large sums of money to groups that take out ads ...
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