Commentary

Editor’s note: Richard Reilly is president of the Olean Meditation Center and founder of the Center of Solitude. This column is the last of a series o...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — It's a longstanding truism of modern American politics: The next presidential race begins as soon as midterm elections end. That no...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Votes were still being counted in their party’s worst midterm defeat in a half-century when top Republicans looking toward 2028 beg...

The stunning results of last week’s midterm elections hold important lessons for both parties. They should stop crowing and crying and start facing up...

The Senate has advanced a permitting reform bill. But its future in the House remains murky. It would be a mistake, however, for lawmakers to miss the...

NEW YORK (TNS) — The big message from the midterms is that Americans are struggling with the cost of living. In case anyone missed it, they need relie...

The 2026 midterms were a drubbing for Republicans at nearly every level of government. But there’s an overlooked upshot of the Democrats’ sweep that c...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — “The reason we lost is the war,” declared Vice President JD Vance in a lengthy post on X. And, he’s right. The 2026 midterm electio...

Europe may regulate its own market. It should not set the world’s technology rules by default. America was born in rebellion. Maybe that’s why Europe ...

NEW YORK (TNS) — The unprecedented investment boom to build out the infrastructure for artificial intelligence is projected to reach more than $10 tri...

“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protecte...

President Donald Trump wasn’t on the ballot Nov. 3, but he asked voters to pretend that he was. And they did. What resulted were crushing defeats acro...

On Tuesday, a historic event happened in America. A national rejection of Trumpian extremism, in an effort to restore our democratic republic and pull...

Amid the drubbing Republicans received in midterm elections on Tuesday, one point shouldn’t get lost: Voters have summarily rejected the president’s t...

DETROIT (TNS) — Michigan elected Abdul El-Sayed to a six-year term in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday. Don’t be surprised if he doesn’t finish it. El-Sayed...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Donald Trump long ago promised Republicans that, with him as their leader, there'd be so many wins, they'd tire of winning. He didn...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Ever since Donald Trump emerged on the political scene and started to say and do outrageous things, his opponents have wondered wha...

After a big loss, there’s always plenty of finger-pointing. Well, get ready because I have eight fingers (and two thumbs) to point. Republicans who bo...