Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Oct 02, 2022
Joe Biden’s highly touted political comeback is failing to live up to the hype. He’s up from his midsummer trough of an approval rating that averaged ...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Aug 02, 2022
Congress has never cared much about truth-in-labeling, but even by its standards, “The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022” is laughably absurd. The deal ...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Jan 25, 2022
The New York Times reports that President Joe Biden: “Will retreat from the tangle of day-to-day negotiations with members of his own party that have ...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Nov 17, 2021
Joe Biden was never exactly a colossus bestriding the Earth, but he’s been getting smaller by the day. A Washington Post poll over the weekend suggest...
Local Columnists, Nation World
Jul 31, 2021
Teddy Roosevelt fervently believed that the president of the United States should be at the center of the political universe, constantly attracting at...
Local Columnists, Nation World
Feb 22, 2021
When Joe Biden launched his campaign for the presidency in 2019, his economic proposals were relatively modest updates of the middle-class-oriented ag...
Local Columnists, Nation World
Jan 16, 2021
President Donald Trump finally did what the foremost metaphor associated with his political rise would have suggested — he plowed his plane into the g...
Local Columnists, Nation World
Dec 31, 2020
We have not heard much from the 44th president of the United States during the last four years. Now he has reappeared. The occasion is the publication...
Commentary, Local Columnists, Nation World
Sep 28, 2020
For many progressive opinion-makers, the only way to save the Supreme Court is to destroy it. They believe the best response to the Republican-held Se...
Commentary, Local Columnists, New York
Mar 27, 2020
If the Republicans want to win the presidency in November, they should nominate Dr. Anthony Fauci as their candidate. If the Democrats want to guarant...
Commentary, Local Columnists, Nation World
Feb 11, 2020
By CHRIS STANLEY Special to the Olean Times Herald Lovers of the U.S. Constitution should be concerned — very concerned — about the arguments that Pre...
Commentary, Local Columnists, Readers Turn To Write
Jan 11, 2019
As we witness the chaos in Washington continue to wreak havoc on our political system, I’m reminded of quotes from the past. Founder James Madison, al...
Commentary, Nation World
Apr 18, 2018
(TNS) With the official publication on Tuesday of former FBI Director James B. Comey’s memoir, “A Higher Loyalty,” another round opens in the Washingt...
Commentary, Local Columnists, Nation World
Apr 09, 2018
Dear Mr. President, Let me first congratulate you on a long list of achievements in your first 15 months in office. I will not be exaggerating when I ...
Commentary, Nation World
Mar 09, 2018
President Obama did a lot of bad things, but pound for pound, one of the worst was the January 2014 "Dear Colleague" letter sent jointly by his Educat...
Commentary, Nation World
Jan 17, 2017
(TNS) As we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday, I wonder what MLK would think about the country for which he dedicated his life to fighting r...
Allegany County News, Cattaraugus County, Local News, ...
Jan 04, 2017
Don’t expect Democrats to be a rubber stamp for President-elect Donald Trump, new Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said in his first...
Local Columnists, Opinion
Nov 11, 2016
I’m not mad. I’m calm and more watchful. Donald Trump beat the system he repeatedly alleged was “rigged” — despite flaws that would’ve crushed any oth...
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...
