donald trump

Former Smethport resident receives Presidential Air Medal
Local News, News, Online Features
DANIELLA GRIESBAUM Era Reporter bradford.era.daniella@gmail.com 
Jul 07, 2018
U.S. Navy Lt. Emily S. Cona, a Smethport native, received the Air Medal, First Strike/Flight Award, on July 3 for her commendable actions while servin...
Read More...
The Tawdry and Dumb Nazi Charge
Opinion, Сolumns
RICH LOWRY 
Jul 05, 2018
The Nazi analogy has long been recognized as the crudest and dumbest form of argument, but it is enjoying a renaissance. Former CIA Director Michael H...
Read More...
Reporting the news a calling that won’t die
Editorial, News, Online Features
Jim Eckstrom jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com 
Jul 02, 2018
W hen I looked at the faces and read the bios of the people who were killed in the senseless attack on the Capital Gazette in Annapolis, Md., I could ...
Read More...
Legislators respond to immigration crisis
Local News, News, Online Features
DANIELLA GRIESBAUM Era Reporter bradford.era.daniella@gmail.com 
Jun 21, 2018
It appears that no matter whether political views fall on the right or the left, when it comes to current immigration policies and child detention cen...
Read More...
The Russia temptation
Opinion, Сolumns
RICH LOWRY 
May 22, 2018
Sen. Amy Klobuchar, the Democrat from Minnesota, uttered a forlorn sentiment at a Center for American Progress conference. She said Democrats can't sp...
Read More...
Politically Uncorrected
Editorial, News
G. Terry Madonna & Michael L. Young 
May 18, 2018
Five takeaways that will still matter in Nov. They call it a primary election for a reason — maybe a couple of reasons. One is its priority. It comes ...
Read More...
Donald Trump’s Jerusalem triumph
Opinion, Сolumns
RICH LOWRY 
May 16, 2018
In the second century A.D., Jewish rebels who had stunned the Romans and liberated a portion of Judea overstruck imperial coins with images and a mess...
Read More...
Of agents and hostages
Nation & World, News
KATHLEEN PARKER 
May 15, 2018
WASHINGTON — There he was, the president of the United States, greeting the three American hostages who had just stepped back on U.S. soil after being...
Read More...
Donald Trump, man of his word
Opinion, Сolumns
RICH LOWRY 
May 12, 2018
The instant analysis on cable TV of President Donald Trump's decision to dump the Iran deal had a weary resignation to it: He said he would do this. I...
Read More...
Hold the Nobel Peace Prize
Opinion, Сolumns
RICH LOWRY 
May 04, 2018
Who would have guessed that a Trump crowd 15 months into his presidency would be chanting, "Nobel! Nobel! Nobel!" As in Alfred Nobel, the Swedish inve...
Read More...
National Day of Prayer observed in Smethport
Local News, News, Online Features
FRAN DE LANCEY Era Correspondent delancey401@yahoo.com 
May 04, 2018
SMETHPORT — Members of various religious denominations gathered on the steps of the McKean County Courthouse at noon Thursday to observe the 67th annu...
Read More...
Congressional candidate Boser visits St. Marys
Local News, News, Online Features
AMANDA JONES Era Correspondent amandajonesera@yahoo.com 
May 03, 2018
ST. MARYS — A Democratic candidate, disappointed by President Donald Trump’s election and looking to win the newly formed 15th Congressional District ...
Read More...
Judges for the #resistance
Opinion, Сolumns
RICH LOWRY 
Apr 28, 2018
There is a lawlessness rampant in the land, but it isn't emanating from the Trump administration. The source is federal judges who are making a mocker...
Read More...
Trump’s trickle-down decency deficit
Opinion, Сolumns
RUTH MARCUS 
Apr 28, 2018
WASHINGTON —The nation's capital today suffers from multiple deficits: The budget deficit, a failure to match resources to appetite, measured in hard ...
Read More...
The prig vs. the president
Opinion, Сolumns
RICH LOWRY 
Apr 20, 2018
James Comey did it, naturally, for the children. Why does anyone in Washington take advantage of the most opportune moment to make a mint off publishi...
Read More...
The last special counsel
Opinion, Сolumns
RICH LOWRY 
Apr 17, 2018
Donald Trump shouldn't fire Robert Mueller, but Mueller should be the last special counsel. The Mueller probe just took a Ken Starr turn with its lurc...
Read More...
Local & Social