social science

HOUGHTON — Houghton University will host Dr. Paolo Carozza, professor of law and political science at the University of Notre Dame, for the inaugural ...

Warm weather must be coming on because it was recently time for my sister-in-law and I to review the annual applications for the Gordy Wuethrich Memor...

ALBANY (TNS) — The state Commission on Judicial Nomination has released a new list candidates from which Gov. Kathy Hochul can select her nominee for ...

It’s been two decades since, on March 19, 2003, United States forces invaded Iraq. President George W. Bush ordered the invasion to neutralize what he...

Farmers know a thing or two about stewardship. If they don’t take care of their land, eventually it will cost them their livelihoods. Unlike farmers, ...

ALBANY (TNS) — New York is growing older at a faster pace than ever and as the number of impoverished elderly adults across the state has increased dr...

This is typical state thinking. Spend money at a record pace while making no attempt whatsoever to control spending or cut taxes. Then to get more rev...

WELLSVILLE — Saving the best for last, state American Legion officials visited the Morrison Hayes Post 702 Monday for the annual state visit and testi...

PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — It’s not an anniversary anyone wants to celebrate. Feb. 24 will mark one year since Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine — an act that ch...

Living in a changing climate, it does no good yelling at the sky. COVID’s work-from-home revolution is just such a climate change: Millions of employe...

ALBANY (TNS) — There’s a push in New York and across the country to raise the minimum wage for restaurant workers who receive tips as part of their co...

Donald Trump hasn’t been impressing anyone with his political acuity lately, but at least he is fully aware of one of his own vulnerabilities. His ear...

ALBANY (TNS) — The first step toward fixing a problem involves acknowledging it and talking about it openly. So we should be glad that Gov. Kathy Hoch...

ALBANY (TNS) — New York, we’re told, has embarked on a grand plan to embrace recreational marijuana, a supposed turn away from the “Just Say No” polic...

LOS ANGELES (TNS) — It’s not exactly news that the humanities are in decline and college students are turning toward skills-based and career-focused f...

OLEAN — The city’s Fourth Ward will see three candidates on the ballot Nov. 2. Sonya McCall will appear on the Democratic and Working Families lines, ...

Back in September, I wrote about how in the midst of the pandemic, there was a lot of good news that wasn’t getting much coverage. At the time, the po...

OLEAN — In sharing his spiritual path to Olean, Rev. John Adams prefers that the degrees behind his name are a side note, while the message of his sha...