Opinion

Kellen’s Pressing Issue
News, Opinion
Salamanca Press 
May 22, 2025
As we come to Memorial Day weekend, we remember those who gave the ultimate sacrifice while serving our country during military conflict. Besides the ...
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Deb’s Pressing Issue
News, Opinion
Salamanca Press 
May 22, 2025
Streetcars once existed in cities all over America until the automobile came along. A recent piece on “CBS Sunday Morning” covered the streetcars of N...
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Deb’s Pressing Issue
Opinion
Salamanca Press 
May 08, 2025
The Seneca Allegany Event Center hosted the Ohi:yo’ Art Market last Saturday. The public event featured more than 50 of the finest Native American art...
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Kellen’s Pressing Issue
Opinion
Salamanca Press 
May 01, 2025
As someone who loves movies, it should come as no surprise that I also love a bag, a bowl and even a bucket of popcorn to snack on while I watch them....
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Deb’s Pressing Issue
Opinion
Salamanca Press 
May 01, 2025
I’ve been searching for a new TV stand because my old one is too small. I need to take some time to hit the yard sales or possibly be creative and con...
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Kellen’s Pressing Issue
Opinion
Salamanca Press 
Apr 24, 2025
Pope Francis died Monday at age 88, ending a remarkable and hope-filled 12-year papacy that preached love, mercy, humility and service in a time when ...
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Deb’s Pressing Issue
Opinion
Salamanca Press 
Apr 24, 2025
Sometimes you just have to laugh at yourself. I did, the other day, when something very funny and kind of embarrassing happened to me while taking a s...
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A doomsday clock is ticking
Opinion, opinion/columns
Apr 17, 2025
If the federal government wants to keep Medicare and Social Security intact for the next 75 years, it will need an extra $78.2 trillion in cash that i...
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Kellen’s Pressing Issue
Opinion
Salamanca Press 
Apr 17, 2025
Now’s the time to get out and get those hands dirty with some planting and pruning, which is exactly what my partner and I have been doing on the warm...
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Deb’s Pressing Issue
Opinion
Salamanca Press 
Apr 17, 2025
Earlier this month, the American Dairy Coalition urged people to contact their state senators to sign on as sponsors for the “Whole Milk for Healthy K...
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Trump’s most vital job is the nation’s morale
Opinion, opinion/columns
DONNIE COLLINS The Times-Tribune, Scranton 
Apr 16, 2025
SCRANTON (TNS) — In November, Donald Trump won the presidency with 49.8 percent of the popular vote. That was up three percentage points from his 2020...
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Striving for ‘Made in America’
Opinion, opinion/columns
JIM SPENCER 
Apr 16, 2025
As the newly appointed regional administrator for the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Mid-Atlantic Region, I am excited about the future of Ameri...
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Lexington and Concord at 250
Opinion, opinion/columns
WILLIAM ANTHONY HAY RealClearPolitics 
Apr 16, 2025
This April marks the 250th anniversary of the famous shots fired at Concord, Massachusetts, that set off the American Revolution. Capt. Levi Preston, ...
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Kellen’s Pressing Issue
Opinion
Salamanca Press 
Apr 10, 2025
Rather than my usual look back at rock history on this day, I’d like to share some random bits of rock trivia from a book I recently received as a gif...
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Deb’s Pressing Issue
Opinion
Salamanca Press 
Apr 10, 2025
The last few months, I’ve been watching videos posted on Facebook by the Bear League, an animal protection organization in California. Every January, ...
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Kellen’s Pressing Issue
Opinion
Salamanca Press 
Apr 03, 2025
Based on how often we see them, one would think New York’s state mammal would be the deer or the squirrel or maybe even the raccoon. But no, it’s an a...
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