Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Jan 06, 2023
Will Rogers famously said: “I belong to no organized political party. I’m a Democrat.” He would have to dig deeper to find a gibe suitable for today’s...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Dec 11, 2022
This holiday season, working families across America are struggling through the worst bout of inflation in decades. A typical household has lost more ...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
May 15, 2022
Inflation is likely to be the most powerful issue working for Republicans in this year’s congressional elections. Public concern over it has been risi...
Feb 11, 2022
PITTSBURGH (TNS) — At one point during EQT Corp.’s fourth quarter earnings call, its CEO Toby Rice said that “the answer is the Marcellus.” He was tal...
Local Columnists, New York, Opinion
Jan 21, 2022
In crafting the $216 billion budget she released Tuesday, Gov. Kathy Hochul faced a “dilemma” every pol dreams of: an insane gusher of cash thanks to ...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Jan 04, 2022
Prices have been increasing at the fastest rate in decades, but we haven’t been having a debate about inflation. We’ve been having five. We might do a...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Nov 27, 2021
If you’re worried about the direction of the nation, the state of the economy or the sharp rise of price inflation, you’re not alone. A recent Associa...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Nov 22, 2021
“Many of the great disasters of our time have been committed by experts,” the economist Thomas Sowell once said. Looking at the way prices are rapidly...
Allegany County News, Cattaraugus County, News, ...
Nov 20, 2021
Earlier this month, Rep. Tom Reed was subjected to partisan anger and even threats after he joined a handful of House Republicans to vote for the Demo...
Local Columnists, Nation World
Jul 03, 2021
So far, the bipartisan infrastructure deal is going through the normal life cycle of such proposals — alive, dead, revived, uncertain. For Republicans...
Local Columnists, Nation World
Jun 16, 2021
Joe Biden isn’t known for his austerity, except when it comes to the nation’s defense. As part of his welcome emphasis on competition with China, the ...
Local Columnists, Nation World
May 29, 2021
Groucho Marx isn’t often hailed as a political oracle. But you can’t tell me he wasn’t channeling the future Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky in 1932,...
Allegany County News, Cattaraugus County, News
May 19, 2021
OLEAN — Residents of the Olean City School District approved a $43.68 million budget for the 2021-22 year by a 506-83 tally. The proposed budget is a ...
Local Columnists, Nation World
May 07, 2021
The Biden administration is promoting its American Jobs Plan as an “infrastructure” proposal. In reality, it’s a gargantuan tax-and-spend package that...
Local Columnists, Nation World
May 06, 2021
Whether you call them member items, community projects or earmarks, it’s all fundamentally the same thing: pork-barrel spending. And it’s coming back ...
Local Columnists, Nation World
May 05, 2021
If Joe Biden wanted to spend massively in response to a nearly unprecedented public health emergency, he was elected too late. The conventional wisdom...
Local Columnists, Nation World
May 03, 2021
Once upon a time, Joe Biden’s spending proposals would have launched mass demonstrations in opposition. Little else would have been talked about in co...
Local Columnists, Nation World
Apr 05, 2021
So far, the defining word of the Biden era is “trillion.” The Joe Biden who portrayed himself as a moderate, old-school, bipartisan dealmaker during t...
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...
