opinion

Have you ever grieved (or at least felt bad) over the demise of an animal? I don’t mean a beloved domesticated pet. Most of us experience such losses ...

The Attorney General’s office waited. And waited. The bell tolled on the appeal deadline, and as the bell struck, Attorney General Letitia James filed...

Los Angeles County, a bastion of left-wing politics, removed 1.2 million ineligible voters from its voter rolls in February — a move the Democrats fre...

In Wednesday’s edition of the Olean Times Herald, two letters to the editor in regard to the proposed city tax increase piqued my interest. Much of wh...

I have mixed feelings about many of Florida Sen. Marco Rubio’s policies, but he will always be a hero to me. I can’t help but admire his determination...

I was binge-watching an old TV series recently. The clothes the actors were wearing took me by surprise as I entertained thoughts such as, “Well, THAT...

I am writing today to implore residents of the city of Olean to contact their alderman about the 2023-24 budget proposal and the 6% tax increase on pr...

BOSTON (TNS) — A report that the COVID-19 virus leaked from a lab in China is the latest former right-wing “conspiracy theory” that’s gaining traction...

Note to politicians with presidential aspirations: Joining the Cabinet makes the path that much harder. Just ask Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigi...

ALBANY (TNS) — David Soares and I have had our differences and disagreements over the years, but I would certainly acknowledge that he’s worth hearing...

History isn’t kind to one-term presidents, at least in the short run. For most of the last 40 years, Jimmy Carter’s presidency has been widely remembe...

FTX was supposed to be a different kind of crypto currency exchange. Sure it was. It was new and safe and secure — really — and would allow even relat...

I saw a spider in the cellar the other day when I went down to run the washer. It was a BIG spider and quick. Too quick for me. The sighting shattered...

Elon Musk really likes bots — except, perhaps, when they’re cluttering Twitter. The also-CEO-of-Tesla likes them so much that he’s built “full self-dr...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — The Chinese balloon that floated across the United States this month, apparently on a mission to collect intelligence, began its jo...

Have you ever second-guessed a decision? Maybe you pondered the idea, made a pros and cons list and even prayed over it. Then you waited to feel confi...

ALBANY — Last month, the U.S. reached its debt limit, forcing the Treasury Department to take extraordinary measures as Congress debates potential act...

Gov. Kathy Hochul announced a “Cap and Invest” (C&I) plan during her State of the State address. This emission-reduction plan will charge high-emittin...