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It’s not 2003 again
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
RICH LOWRY 
Apr 08, 2022
On Ukraine, the neo-isolationists of the right are fighting the last war. They warn of a return to the belligerent mood that led to the U.S. invasion ...
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Russian people should replace Putin
Apr 03, 2022
President Joe Biden learned the hard way Saturday about the dangers of going off script at the end of a speech heavily criticizing Russian leader Vlad...
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Why a free press matters
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Mar 25, 2022
Russia’s war on Ukraine is also a war on truth and the journalists who report it. This should alarm freedom-loving people everywhere. In Ukraine, four...
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Putin exposed as pitiful
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Mar 22, 2022
We always knew that Vladimir Putin was evil. He ordered the murders of dissidents and journalists in Russia, and he caused countless other deaths in C...
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Pawn on Putin’s chess board
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Mar 08, 2022
Russian President Vladimir Putin has threatened to imprison journalists who dare to report truthfully about Russia’s merciless invasion of Ukraine. Hi...
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What Putin knew
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
RICH LOWRY 
Mar 08, 2022
There are forgivable intellectual and policy errors, and then there’s the self-delusion that has driven the West into its dependence on Vladimir Putin...
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Gasoline price jumps to nearly $4.40/g in Olean
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Jim Eckstrom jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com 
Mar 08, 2022
The price for gasoline in Olean jumped another 20 cents Monday to nearly $4.40 per gallon for 87 octane, while the statewide average rose nearly 47 ce...
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As bad as Ukraine is, it’s likely to get worse
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
DOYLE McMANUS Tribune News Service 
Mar 07, 2022
Last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin spent 90 minutes on the phone with French President Emmanuel Macron, who asked him to declare a cease-fire...
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We need a $1 trillion defense budget
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
RICH LOWRY 
Mar 04, 2022
U.N. General Assembly resolutions feel good. Twitter hashtags are nice. Cutting off corporate services is better than the alternative. But the situati...
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Put Putin through hell
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Mar 03, 2022
Russia is now under an elevated state of nuclear readiness in response to unexpectedly strong Ukrainian resistance and an overwhelming global outcry a...
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Russian forces seize key Ukrainian port, pressure others
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JIM HEINTZ, YURAS KARMANAU, MSTYSLAV CHERNOV and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press 
Mar 03, 2022
KYIV, Ukraine — Russian forces battled for control of a vital energy-producing city in Ukraine's south on Thursday and also gained ground in their bid...
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China faces a stark choice
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Mar 03, 2022
Delegate after delegate came up to the rostrum Monday at a special session of the United Nations General Assembly and condemned Russia’s invasion of U...
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Countering Putin is our fight
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Mar 02, 2022
Russian President Vladimir Putin is a corrupt and ruthless dictator who has resurrected the former Soviet Union’s ambition to be the dominant force in...
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