Commentary

NEW YORK (TNS) — The decision to attend college was a no-brainer during the second half of the 20th century. It almost assured higher earnings and job...

NEW YORK (TNS) — President Donald Trump has always been just insider-enough to placate the Republican establishment and just outsider-enough to excite...

President Donald Trump is clearly frustrated that his economic agenda isn’t resonating with Americans. According to polling aggregation by RealClearPo...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — In almost every election cycle, politicians toot their own horn when it comes to rising wages, pointing to higher paychecks as proo...

Most parts of New York remain less populated in 2024 than they were in 2020 as the state struggled to recover from COVID-19, according to an analysis ...

Democrats see an opportunity to hammer Republicans and the White House on “affordability,” counting on voters to forget that inflation soared to 9% in...

DETROIT (TNS) — Losing the competition with China is not an option — but it could become a reality without greater investment in America, the American...

We’ve all come to dread checking the mail. And not just when property taxes are due. Most of the year, the only post we get is bills, which are depres...

The key adjective in the phrase “affordable housing” is “affordable” — as in, cost efficiency should be the guiding design principle. Democratic Sens....

Approaching a new legislative session in January, we unfortunately continue to face the same set of challenges and setbacks many of us have fought to ...

NEW YORK (TNS) — There are two big worries when it comes to the rapid advances in artificial intelligence. The first is that it will lead to robot ove...

President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency — famously helmed by Elon Musk — has been decentralized, its functions transferred to the...

The integrity of the United States military is not measured by the strength of its weapons but by the discipline of its commanders. Last month’s repor...

AMSTERDAM (TNS) — On Nov. 24, Anthony Constantino gave away frozen turkeys and hooded sweatshirts to a crowd of hundreds standing in the cold. That wa...

Taxpayers have spent $3.5 million since 2019 to lease cars for members of Congress and their staffers while also paying them up to $131,000 each for g...

We recently got word that consumer confidence is plumbing new depths, and in fact the numbers have long been stuck at a level of despondency that usua...

November is a month known for gratitude. For nurses, gratitude starts with their initial admission into nursing school. Nurse educators love to ask nu...

OLEAN — The latest federal government shutdown — and the looming threat of more to come — shook our community to its core. It shook pretty much everyo...