Opinion

One-man war March 9 marked the day when a one-man war was finally over for Hiroo Onoda. The Japanese soldier finally surrendered on March 9, 1974 — ne...

What a haul A trip to the public library is always worthwhile, but even more so when the used book sale is going on. During the past couple of weeks, ...

Coming around again Each week when I go through the archives for the Old Times Remembered, I continue to be surprised by how often the same topics fro...

Olympic curling I was looking to watch some reality TV on Peacock with my pug last week, and saw the Olympics were on at the top of the screen. To be ...

Polio could return CBS Sunday Morning featured a story last weekend that shocked me. Apparently, there are a handful of doctors out there who feel the...

Gone, not forgotten Only seven weeks into 2026, and there have already been a surprising number of deaths of beloved figures. Civil Rights leader Rev....

Preconceived expectations A year and a half ago, Sam Darnold, then considered a bust as the former No. 3 overall pick by the New York Jets, had no exp...

Disappearing landlines Landline phones seem like an ancient piece of technology these days. Traditional copper-based landline services are rapidly dis...

Support local business Last week, we ran an article on a new independent pharmacy opening in downtown Randolph, a community that went without its own ...

Deserve, or earn In season 5 of "The Wire," after committing her latest homicide on behalf of Marlo and his west side crew, Snoop was forced to addres...

Liquid Death While watching Super Bowl LX Sunday night, one commercial caught my attention — Liquid Death, a brand of canned mountain water (still, sp...

Super-sized supermarket It’s kind of crazy how big Walmart is. When the one in Olean expanded from the standard old design to the supercenter, its foo...

Super Bowl commercials The Super Bowl, the spectacle and everything that comes with it, is a long-standing American tradition. But one of life’s great...

Facebook chain letters One of my biggest pet peeves is the hoax messages I receive on my Facebook page that ask me to copy and paste them to pass them...

Oscar nominations History was made Thursday, Jan. 22, when Ryan Coogler’s period horror film “Sinners” received 16 nominations for the 98th Academy Aw...

Sports gambling Earlier this month, La Salle University was mentioned in a point-shaving federal indictment, as two fixers, including Jalen Smith and ...

Replacing Phil Groundhog Day is coming up Monday, and if the critter doesn’t see his shadow, it traditionally means we’ll have an early spring. Accord...

Rock history Another week down, another time to look back at what happened in rock history Jan. 22, 1969 – The Beatles move their rehearsal setup from...