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The power and potential of suffering
Local Columnists, Nation World
KATHRYN JEAN LOPEZ 
Apr 28, 2021
We live in a time when lawn signs tell us that lives matter. The isolation and fear of these pandemic times has led to an increase in suicide. People ...
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Invest in infrastructure
Local Columnists, Nation World
Mar 08, 2021
The decisions (or the lack thereof) that made Texas’ power grid vulnerable to the calamitous winter storm that left millions without heat and water ar...
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Other Voices: A terrible nation?
Oct 10, 2020
A quick question: If this is such a terrible, cruel, racist and unjust nation, why are there people from all over the world willing to risk their live...
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Who will join us at the table?
Commentary, Local Columnists
LEO WOLTERS TEJERA, Special to Olean Times Herald 
Sep 23, 2020
Editor’s Note: These commentaries are a collaboration between the Olean Times Herald and interviewer Marcia Kelly with area residents, in hopes of cre...
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RTW: The body-shaming double standard
Commentary, Local Columnists, Readers Turn To Write
EMILIE PRYOR, Special to the Olean Times Herald 
May 02, 2018
Over the weekend, comedian Michelle Wolf made headlines for her controversial and "vulgar" roast at the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner. She...
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Bruising times nothing new
Commentary, Local Columnists
PATRICK VECCHIO, Special to the Olean Times Herald 
Mar 01, 2017
A Facebook friend and I have been discussing America’s future in light of the tone of our times. It’s easy to predict nothing but gloom. Washington la...
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