Commentary

NY GOP may have an Anthony Constantino problem
Commentary, Opinion
By CHRIS CHURCHILL Times Union, Albany 
Dec 01, 2025
AMSTERDAM (TNS) — On Nov. 24, Anthony Constantino gave away frozen turkeys and hooded sweatshirts to a crowd of hundreds standing in the cold. That wa...
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The cost of leasing cars for Congress
Commentary, Opinion
Dec 01, 2025
Taxpayers have spent $3.5 million since 2019 to lease cars for members of Congress and their staffers while also paying them up to $131,000 each for g...
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Europe is on the sidelines on Ukraine
Commentary, Opinion
Nov 28, 2025
In the contention over the United States’ peace plan for Ukraine, the Europeans are in their accustomed role — carping from the sidelines. Not only ca...
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The gender wars are heating up — on the right
Commentary, Opinion
By ABBY McCLOSKEY Bloomberg Opinion 
Nov 26, 2025
More than half a million women left the labor force this year. Many are mothers with young children. It's being called the next she-cession. This may ...
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Is Ukraine left at Russia’s mercy?
Commentary, Opinion
Nov 26, 2025
Fears that the Trump administration would leave the people of Ukraine to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s brutal intentions are still very much aliv...
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Contract cash flowed to Noem’s allies
Commentary, Opinion
Nov 25, 2025
The Department of Homeland Security paid a company — filled with Secretary Kristi Noem’s friends and allies — to create at least one of several politi...
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Good service gets our attention these days
Commentary, Opinion
By DEB WUETHRICH 
Nov 25, 2025
I heard the report in early November. On a business channel, Target stores announced a new internal training program for the coming holidays called “1...
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Burning up government’s credibility
Commentary, Opinion
Nov 24, 2025
Anyone who believes that the government can solve their problems needs to spend some time in Southern California. This month, Sens. Rick Scott, R-Fla....
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Gratitude makes good citizens and heals divisions
Commentary, Opinion
By REBECCA PRIMIS The Atlanta Journal-Constitution 
Nov 24, 2025
ATLANTA (TNS) — President Abraham Lincoln officially made Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863, during the Civil War that threatened the very exist...
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Letter to the Editor: Thinking beyond ourselves
Commentary, Opinion
Nov 24, 2025
I love Thanksgiving — mostly for the food — but have you ever noticed what a selfish holiday it can be? Go around the table asking each person to say ...
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AI thinks it’s smart. Chimps may beg to differ
Commentary, Opinion
F.D. FLAM Bloomberg Opinion 
Nov 21, 2025
NEW YORK (TNS) — For something so admired, so synonymous with merit, the concept of intelligence is remarkably poorly understood. Our society operates...
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