united states of america

Biden thinks there’s only one American way
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
KATHRYN JEAN LOPEZ 
Sep 06, 2022
“I voted for Obama twice and Hillary once. But I’ll tell you, I’m going to vote for that knucklehead Donald Trump again.” My Uber driver made that dec...
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National divorce is a poisonously stupid idea
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
RICH LOWRY 
Oct 09, 2021
Divorce usually isn’t a good idea, and that’s especially true of a nearly 250-year-old continental nation. A cadre of apocalyptic writers on the right...
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What heroes can stand?
Local Columnists, Nation World
Dec 21, 2020
The school board in Falls Church, Va., has voted to rename two schools bearing the names of Thomas Jefferson and George Mason. The vote was unanimous,...
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‘We the People…’
Local Columnists, Readers Turn To Write
GEORGE P. EVANS, Special to Olean Times Herald 
Nov 12, 2020
“We the People. …” That phrase has endured for 244 years as the pillar of the U.S. Constitution, which has stood as America’s triumphant experiment in...
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Trump, Biden clash over the raging virus, climate and race
Nation, News
JONATHAN LEMIRE, DARLENE SUPERVILLE, WILL WEISSERT and MICHELLE L. PRICE, Associated Press 
Oct 23, 2020
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden fought over how to tame the raging coronavirus in Thursday's final 2020 ...
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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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Sports won’t save us, but we need a galvanizing force
Columnists, National Sports, Olean, ...
RON COOK Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (TNS) 
Jun 01, 2020
There has been rioting in the streets in many American cities, including Pittsburgh. Property has been ruined, needlessly and senselessly. Monuments h...
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Fly the Betsy Ross flag with pride
Commentary, Local Columnists, Nation World
NICHOLAS L. WADDY Special to The Olean TImes Herald 
Jul 13, 2019
Americans were rightly bewildered to learn that, in the eyes of Colin Kaepernick and the Nike Corp., the “Betsy Ross flag” that flew over the young Un...
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Progressive Perspective: Trump and the separation of powers
Commentary, Local Columnists, Nation World
MARTHA TILLINGER Special to the Olean Times Herald 
Jul 08, 2019
As we celebrate the Fourth of July in the U.S., we celebrate our ancestors who won independence from British rule. We also celebrate our Constitution ...
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Ramadan: the holy month of fasting
Local Columnists, Olean
DR. NAHEED HILAL Special to the Olean Times Herald 
Apr 26, 2019
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الصِّيَامُ كَمَا كُتِبَ عَلَى الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ — 2:183 o’ believers, f...
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Letter: Calling for Trump to resign
Commentary, Leters to the Editor
Jan 11, 2019
The following I recently sent as a letter to the President Donald Trump: As a loyal and deeply concerned citizen of the United States of America I dem...
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From the Right: Why so many leftists reject America
Commentary, Local Columnists, Nation World
NICHOLAS L. WADDY Special to The Olean TImes Herald 
Aug 29, 2018
The United States of America is, among many other things, a nation, and the left has long made clear its contempt for nationalism, patriotism and othe...
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Thompson looking forward to inauguration
Special Report
Eric Hrin ehrin@thecourierexpress.com 
Jan 17, 2017
DuBOIS – U.S. Rep. Glenn “GT” Thompson, R-Howard, Pa., will have a prime seat when Donald Trump is sworn in as the next president of the United States...
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