Commentary

Make that the last State of the Union address
Commentary, Opinion
By NOLAN FINLEY The Detroit News 
Feb 25, 2026
DETROIT (TNS) — A solid indicator of the state of the union could be found in who was and who wasn't in the Capitol when President Donald Trump arrive...
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Getting (sort of) serious on the national debt
Commentary, Opinion
Feb 25, 2026
Is reality finally settling in on Capitol Hill? The nation can only hope. As the national debt rushes toward $39 trillion, and Social Security and Med...
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End the filibuster — or stop pretending to govern
Commentary, Opinion
By FRANK MIELE RealClearPolitics 
Feb 24, 2026
So what has Congress done for you lately? Big Beautiful Bill? Sure. I’ll give you that one. And it covered a huge amount of ground, from tax cuts to b...
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Our View: Why we love sports in the USA
Commentary, Opinion
Feb 24, 2026
Some people tend to think of sports as a diversion, and plenty others don’t think much of them at all. Maybe, for many not interested in athletic spec...
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Despite ruling, the tariff case is not over
Commentary, Opinion
Feb 23, 2026
Not surprisingly, the Supreme Court on Friday struck down President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff agenda, ruling that the White House doesn’t have th...
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The Supreme Court just did Congress’ job on tariffs
Commentary, Opinion
By MARY ELLEN KLAS Bloomberg Opinion 
Feb 23, 2026
WASHINGTON (TNS) — The Supreme Court’s decision to strike down President Donald Trump’s sweeping global tariffs is a loud wake-up call for Congress. I...
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Trump running far tighter ship than first term
Commentary, Opinion
By NICHOLAS L. WADDY 
Feb 23, 2026
Memories tend to be short in American politics, but it was not so long ago that Donald Trump was a first term president and, if we're to be honest, a ...
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Facing scary, menacing times
Commentary, Opinion
By DEB WUETHRICH 
Feb 20, 2026
Have you ever noticed periods in life when certain words keep coming to mind? Sometimes, they are terms that have become popular in our culture. At th...
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America at 250: A miracle at Philadelphia
Commentary, Opinion
By GENE PISASALE RealClearPolitics 
Feb 20, 2026
“It appears to me, then, little short of a miracle, that the Delegates from so many different States … should unite in forming a system of national Go...
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Falling crime numbers a welcome development
Commentary, Opinion
Feb 20, 2026
Even good news generates controversy in these polarizing times. Violent crime is cratering in the United States, according to national statistics. Las...
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On Barack Obama and the aliens
Commentary, Opinion
Feb 19, 2026
We got a kick out of an old chestnut among conspiracy theorists — whether intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe and whether any of those a...
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The year of the independent
Commentary, Opinion
By ADAM BRANDON RealClearPolitics 
Feb 18, 2026
Nearly half of Americans now refuse to identify as either Democrat or Republican. According to a recent Gallup poll, independents make up a record 45%...
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Mamdani gets an important tax fact wrong
Commentary, Opinion
By BILL HAMMOND 
Feb 18, 2026
ALBANY — At a hearing in Albany last week, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani lobbied state lawmakers to help him balance the city’s finances with a 2...
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