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New York City Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani speaks at the Islamic Cultural Center of the Bronx mosque in New York on Friday, Oct. 24, 2025.

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Commentary, Opinion

November 6, 2025

Triumph of wishful thinking over reality

H.L. Mencken wrote, “Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserv...

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BonaGany volunteers back at it in community

December 9, 2025

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Long Island county exec running for governor, setting up GOP clash with Stefanik

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE and PHILIP MARCELO - Associated Press

December 9, 2025

Bruce Blakeman, a Republican county official in New York's City's suburbs, announced Tuesday that he's running for governor, setting up a primary clas...

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An old-fashioned cure for fading trust in government

By CLIVE CROOK Bloomberg Opinion

December 9, 2025

NEW YORK (TNS) — Across much of the industrial world, trust in government is low and declining. Why is this happening and why, exactly, does it matter...

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Dems fight to preserve fraud-riddled subsidies

December 9, 2025

A new audit reveals how Democrats shut down Washington in October to preserve a temporary subsidy program that is likely rife with fraud and abuse. Th...

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Commentary, Opinion

Wine in NY supermarkets? Maybe, but let’s be honest about the impact

By CHRIS CHURCHILL Times Union, Albany

December 9, 2025

ALBANY (TNS) — "There are no solutions. There are only trade-offs." That quote from economist Thomas Sowell is a maxim worth remembering, particularly...

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