politics

Trump, Musk are upending a broken status quo
Commentary, Nation World
SUSAN SHELLEY The Orange County Register 
Feb 18, 2025
LOS ANGELES (TNS) — A screeching effort has failed to stopTrump White HouseadvisorElon Muskfrom seeing the government’s books and flagging waste, frau...
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Remembering the great Frederick Douglass
Commentary, Nation World
Feb 18, 2025
Frederick Douglass, born into slavery in 1818, never knew the precise date he was born, but later choseFeb. 14as his birthdate. We urge all Americans ...
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What’s best for America and its military
Commentary, Local Columnists
ARTHUR G. AUSTIN JR. Special to Olean Times Herald 
Feb 14, 2025
My military service saw my allegiance to six different presidents over almost 40 years in uniform. I didn’t always agree with them or align with any p...
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Universal basic income fails another test
Commentary, Nation World
Feb 14, 2025
There’s a reason that ideas from the progressive ivory tower need to be tested. Often, the grandest theories fall apart when exposed to the rigors of ...
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Concern over Trump’s tariffs is real
Commentary, Nation World
Feb 13, 2025
If we are to takeDonald Trumpseriously, we are to believe that he truly believes that tariffs are vital for the economic well-being of Americans. If w...
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Overcoming our modern-day house divided
Commentary, Nation World
DANIEL LIPINSKI RealClearPolitics 
Feb 12, 2025
With all the tumult surrounding the beginning of President Donald Trump’s second term, there is once again an uptick in talk of concern about the futu...
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Olean Senior Center announces events schedule
Cattaraugus County News, Local News
Feb 11, 2025
OLEAN — The Olean Senior Center, 112 N. Barry St., in the John J. Ash Community Building, announces its schedule for the week of Feb. 17. The center i...
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No, DOGE isn’t ‘unprecedented’
Commentary, Nation World
HANS VON SPAKOVSKY and SETH LUCAS 
Feb 11, 2025
WASHINGTON (TNS) — Like spoiled children finally told “no” by their parents, bureaucrats and beneficiaries of wasteful government largesse are howling...
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