Commentary

A modest proposal: Performance reviews for senators
Commentary, Opinion
By FRANK MIELE RealClearPolitics 
Aug 14, 2026
It seems as though only one thing motivates Congress to act — the threat of elections. That’s why both the House and Senate have moved to pass a conti...
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Applauding Gen Z’s love of going to the movies
Commentary, Opinion
Aug 13, 2026
Movies are back! (Again.) There have been stories in the recent past about how going to the movies was becoming a thing again — see “Barbenheimer” in ...
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Americans making concessions on big-ticket buys
Commentary, Opinion
Aug 13, 2026
America’s affordability divide is increasingly visible in Americans’ biggest purchases. The wealthy may be doing just fine. It’s the Americans below t...
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This is the wrong way to handle daylight saving time
Commentary, Opinion
By SHELDON H. JACOBSON Tribune News Service 
Aug 12, 2026
Last month, the House passed the Sunshine Protection Act of 2025 with bipartisan support, as evidenced by a 308-117 vote. It will now move to the Sena...
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As Iran makes demands, tighten the squeeze
Commentary, Opinion
Aug 12, 2026
Donald Trump’s chief negotiating strategy consists of keeping the other party guessing about what he might do next. As this pertains to Iran, the pres...
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New York shouldn’t run from the data-center future
Commentary, Opinion
By CARL PAULUS The Center Square 
Aug 11, 2026
A 19th-century cartoon, “The Unrestrained Demon,” portrayed a terrifying sight: a skeletal monster racing through a city street, its skull-like head f...
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Empty pews, regulatory zoos and populist views
Commentary, Opinion
By PATRICK A. McLAUGHLIN Tribune News Service 
Aug 11, 2026
A quarter-millennium into the American experiment, some of our skepticism of big government has given way to populism and astounding numbers of regula...
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No one who works full time should be on Medicaid
Commentary, Opinion
By KATHRYN ANNE EDWARDS Bloomberg Opinion 
Aug 11, 2026
NEW YORK (TNS) — There are a lot of jobs in the U.S. economy that pay miserably low wages. And there are a lot that offer a reasonable hourly rate but...
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A balanced approach to Social Security
Commentary, Opinion
By PETER JENSEN Baltimore Sun 
Aug 10, 2026
BALTIMORE (TNS) — I landed my first real, albeit minimum wage job at the tender age of 15, and one of my lasting memories was how the paycheck came wi...
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Commentary, Opinion
By NOLAN FINLEY The Detroit News 
Aug 10, 2026
DETROIT (TNS) — Donald Trump is running out of time to find a genuine solution that spares Republicans from the consequences of his war with Iran. The...
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Commentary, Opinion
By J. PEDER ZANE RealClearPolitics 
Aug 10, 2026
There’s no mystery in why Dr. Anthony Fauci strove to silence discussion about the origins of COVID-19 — he was in full CYA mode because the agency he...
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Waste of the Day: SNAP for lottery winners
Commentary, Opinion
Aug 07, 2026
Maryland gave at least $319,000 in food stamps and other federally-funded benefits to prisoners, dead people, and a $2 million lottery winner. A July ...
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Commentary, Opinion
Aug 07, 2026
BOSTON (TNS) — The narrower than expected victory by the far left Democratic Senate candidate in Michigan, Abdul El-Sayed, could backfire on the party...
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