Commentary

AI is changing motherhood for the worse
Commentary, Opinion
By ABBY McCLOSKEY Bloomberg Opinion 
Oct 16, 2026
DALLAS (TNS) — Recent books and studies have begun to highlight the risks that AI poses to children. This is a good thing. Maybe we’re collectively re...
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Facing challenges with ‘grace for the race’
Commentary, Opinion
By DEB WUETHRICH 
Oct 14, 2026
How do you react when you know something is coming up that will challenge you? When you realize you will have to face something difficult? I’ve never ...
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GOP challenger really took it to Letitia James
Commentary, Opinion
By CHRIS CHURCHILL Times Union, Albany 
Oct 13, 2026
ALBANY (TNS) — To see why heavily favored incumbents so often avoid debating their challengers, check out the televised thumping that state Attorney G...
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It’s time for state lawmakers to rethink the mobile home
Commentary, Opinion
By EMILY HAMILTON Tribune News Service 
Oct 13, 2026
WASHINGTON (TNS) — Manufactured housing, colloquially known as the “mobile home,” has a reputation for low quality, but that stereotype is outdated. A...
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Harmony in communications
Commentary, Opinion
By AUDREY HAGER 
Oct 12, 2026
(Editor’s note: Audrey Hager is coordinator of the Southern Tier Sangha at Olean Meditation Center and assistant professor of psychology at St. Bonave...
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Why bowl together when you can scroll alone?
Commentary, Opinion
By ALLISON SCHRAGER Bloomberg Opinion 
Oct 09, 2026
NEW YORK (TNS) — Bowling has seen better days. Lucky Strike Entertainment Corp., the dominant player in the business, has lost nearly half of its mark...
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What America’s naval power bought the world
Commentary, Opinion
By JOHN DUFFY Los Angeles Times 
Oct 08, 2026
(TNS) — Commercial shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has collapsed. Before the war with Iran, approximately 125 commercial vessels passed ...
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The ‘intangible economy’ is making everyone miserable
Commentary, Opinion
By ALLISON SCHRAGER Bloomberg Opinion 
Oct 07, 2026
NEW YORK (TNS) — These are the best of times for Americans — at least economically and at least on paper (in the metaphorical sense of course, since n...
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Waste of the Day: No ICE plan for budget boost
Commentary, Opinion
Oct 07, 2026
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement “urgently” needs to “avoid further waste of taxpayer dollars” resulting from misguided purchases, according t...
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