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NY Democrats’ partisan games continue
Commentary, Opinion
May 22, 2026
When news broke last week that a judge had overturned the state campaign finance board's decision to deny public matching funds to Republican gubernat...
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AI anxiety won’t be eased by universal basic income
Commentary, Opinion
By KATHRYN ANNE EDWARDS Bloomberg Opinion 
May 21, 2026
NEW YORK (TNS) — There is a palpable fear among American workers that AI is coming for their jobs. The answer to that fear, as I’ve argued, is to make...
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A fix for gerrymandering both parties could love
Commentary, Opinion
By MARY ELLEN KLAS Bloomberg Opinion 
May 21, 2026
NEW YORK (TNS) — America’s political landscape has become a stinking mess. More and more states are joining the race to the bottom to gerrymander away...
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Half-steps on climate law changes won’t fix it
Commentary, Opinion
By SEN. TOM O'MARA 
May 20, 2026
Details on the still-unfinished state budget have been few and far between over the seven weeks now that it has been late, but once Gov. Kathy Hochul ...
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In this job market, women have the upper hand
Commentary, Opinion
By ALLISON SCHRAGER Bloomberg Opinion 
May 20, 2026
NEW YORK (TNS) — America is fast becoming a country with two economies: a stagnant one for men and a growing one for women. So far this year, the U.S....
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The 82-year-old woman who keeps beating Trump in court
Commentary, Opinion
By ROBIN ABCARIAN Los Angeles Times 
May 19, 2026
LOS ANGELES (TNS) — In 2019, during President Trump's first term, New York magazine published an excerpt of advice columnist E. Jean Carroll's memoir,...
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Commentary, Opinion
May 18, 2026
Democrats and Republicans don’t agree on much these days, but you can bet the house that they both share an aversion to political suicide. Consider la...
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By targeting dairy farmers, ESG wants to decide your milk
Commentary, Opinion
By SAMANTHA FILLMORE RealClearPolitics 
May 18, 2026
It starts with a letter in the mail. A dairy farmer opens it to find new requirements from their milk processing plant. Herd data, energy usage, emiss...
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You can’t go home again, but love stays
Commentary, Opinion
By MARCIE SCHELLHAMMER 
May 15, 2026
Thomas Wolfe wrote that you can't go home again. There comes a time in life when one feels that to their very core. For me, it came on Mother's Day. T...
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‘Tax the rich!’: It’s not that simple
Commentary, Opinion
By NICOLAS S. ROHATYN Bloomberg Opinion 
May 14, 2026
NEW YORK (TNS) — “Tax the Rich” is a catchy, intuitive and politically potent slogan. In a period of rapid wealth creation alongside rising costs and ...
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It’s Military Appreciation Month
Commentary, Opinion
By REBECCA BURGESS RealClearPolitics 
May 14, 2026
May is National Military Appreciation Month in the United States. Unlike many government-designated days and months of appreciation, this has a surpri...
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