Commentary

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...

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...

OLEAN — The latest federal government shutdown — and the looming threat of more to come — shook our community to its core. It shook pretty much everyo...

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...

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 ...

The abject failure of New York’s criminal justice reform has been evident for years. For example, “Raise the Age,” which calls for many cases involvin...

Fears that the Trump administration would leave the people of Ukraine to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s brutal intentions are still very much aliv...

Maybe you’re one of the lucky people who has a good, employer-paid health insurance plan, or you are Medicare eligible. If not, you are stuck in the m...

As the holiday season begins, Main Streets across America are coming alive with lights, decorations and the energy of small businesses preparing for o...

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...

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...

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....

ATLANTA (TNS) — President Abraham Lincoln officially made Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863, during the Civil War that threatened the very exist...

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 ...

When ACCORD put out a call for help, Allegany County answered with heart. In response to the recent delay in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program...

NEW YORK (TNS) — For something so admired, so synonymous with merit, the concept of intelligence is remarkably poorly understood. Our society operates...

ATLANTA (TNS) — When President Donald Trump was booked and fingerprinted at the Fulton County Jail in 2023, there was just one elected official there ...

The recent pause on the implementation of New York state’s 2023 All-Electric Buildings Act provides an important opportunity for practical reflection....