Commentary

We hear a lot of talk these days about the relative merits of capitalism and socialism since, for some reason, Marxism is back in fashion in certain (...

I was saddened to hear of the passing of Father Dominic Monti; the Olean Times Herald had a very nice writeup on Thursday regarding his passing. The r...

In the classic novel, Don Quixote sees monsters with menacing arms on the horizon. They were harmless windmills, but he tilted his lance toward them a...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — The Trump administration is drafting a rule that would let qualifying married couples draw from the existing Child Care and Develop...

The Department of Homeland Security claimed to have saved $10.5 billion through cost-cutting measures led by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Effi...

Whenever artificial intelligence comes up — particularly the possibility that it could threaten humanity — someone offers the obvious: Just unplug it....

The quintessential image of up-and-coming musicians toughing it out in a squalid tour bus was far from reality in 2013, when the federal government sp...

NEW YORK (TNS) — Political polarization has become so extreme that when Democrats and Republicans find common ground on a single issue — like their sh...

WASHINGTON. (TNS) — The Roman poet Juvenal used the Latin phrase for “bread and circuses” to describe the distractions used by First Century Roman rul...

Cities and towns across New York are failing at one of their most fundamental tasks: They aren’t ensuring that their residents are being fairly taxed....

I think of my mother sometimes when I’m doing what I’m doing. During our long-distance conversations and occasional visits, she’d say, “I’m trying to ...

An economic impact study commissioned by the Firemen’s Association of the State of New York (FASNY) three years ago, “Tax Savings and Economic Value o...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — The next U.S.-China summit is scheduled for Sept. 24 in Washington, D.C., and expectations are low. It will be Chinese President Xi...

LOS ANGELES (TNS) — Earlier this month, as I was reporting a column about the unceremonious deportation to the U.K. of the immigrant-hating, right-win...

Editor's note: This column is the next in a series about the Six Principles of Harmony in Communal Life, first introduced by Richard Reilly , presiden...

With students returned to school, health experts from Tobacco-Free Chautauqua, Cattaraugus and Allegany (TF-CCA) are encouraging families to have conv...

NEW YORK (TNS) — Are Social Security benefits too generous? Some fiscal hawks and classic conservatives say the answer is yes, and see the upcoming de...

NEW YORK (TNS) — The healthcare affordability crisis is crushing everyone, but it has become downright calamitous for small businesses. Survey after s...