Commentary

ALBANY — Gov. Kathy Hochul is hingeing a big chunk of her budget — and the state’s health care system — on a politically fraught gambit: asking the Tr...

President Donald Trump prudently backed off from his Greenland invasion threat this week, perhaps signaling that he’s ready to again turn his attentio...

A record 45% of American adults now identify as political independents, according to new Gallup polling — up from 33% in 1990. That’s a big change. As...

NEW YORK (TNS) — I have a confession, shameful as it may be for someone who has spent decades studying retirement policy and advising individuals and ...

We’ve reached the point in America’s polarization story where not even churches are sacred spaces. Protesters angry about the fatal shooting of Renee ...

One of the most unsettling things is to find that your home has been invaded by pests. Pests can be rodents, big or small, somehow finding a way into ...

Rep. Nick Langworthy says no to extending ACA (Affordable Care Act) subsidies and Americans are beginning to feel the pain. Soaring health care costs ...

There is nothing inherently wrong with President Donald Trump’s pursuit of Greenland. But threatening to seize the island through military force is ri...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (TNS) — When Ronald Reagan looked at America, he saw a country rooted in liberty, anchored in the rule of law and sustained by a faith...

ALBANY (TNS) — I've had Ben Sasse on my mind. He's a former U.S. senator from Nebraska, and he recently announced that he's been diagnosed with advanc...

It’s no surprise that Gov. Kathy Hochul opened last week’s State of the State message to the Legislature with a focus on affordability. “I am proud to...

It may seem astonishing today, but the most famous line in Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1963 speech delivered on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial — o...

By any measure, Rep. Nick Langworthy is right about one thing in his recent newsletter: fraud and graft corrode public trust and drain resources meant...

The recent whirlwind of international events — from Ukraine to Venezuela to Iran — has pushed the Gaza conflict off the front pages. But while circums...

Politicians all along the ideological spectrum are in agreement on the big issue currently animating Americans. Stuff is too expensive. President Dona...

BOSTON (TNS) — Democrats have to bring more to the table in 2028 than a robust hatred for Donald Trump and animosity for Republicans in general if the...

Over and over again, we’re told to be outraged. An individual is detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). He is later released. And befo...

NEW YORK (TNS) — Prominent Republicans insist on treating President Donald Trump like a child or a clueless old man, telling Americans that he does no...