Commentary

The rebirth and spectacular rise of New York State’s wine and grape industry over the past generation — joined by, especially over the past decade, th...

I’m a guy who likes to travel the world. Unfortunately, I can do so only if I sit in front of the TV and watch celebrities like Stanley Tucci eat and ...

America will turn 250 years old next year, and taxpayers will fund one of the most expensive birthday gifts in history. President Trump’s “One Big Bea...

It’s the nightmare scenario few in Washington want to talk about — and even fewer are prepared to confront — and that is the use of illicit fentanyl a...

LOS ANGELES (TNS) — There were three television characters who really mattered to me as a kid: Michael, Leroy and Theo. In elementary school, "Good Ti...

The Trump administration promised that the $9 billion rescission package Congress passed this month on spending for foreign aid and government broadca...

An estimated 37% of Medicare patients received a “low-value” health care service in 2023, costing the federal government $5.9 billion. The numbers com...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — On a Parisian street corner in the 1780s, you'd be approached by a pamphleteer stoking the political rage that would culminate in t...

NEW YORK (TNS) — I grew up watching the tennis greats of yesteryear with my dad, but have only returned to the sport recently thanks to another family...

In the wake of the U.S. airstrikes against Iran last month, President Donald Trump called the operation a “spectacular military success” that “complet...

CHICAGO (TNS) — Every day, more than 3.5 million professional truck drivers keep America’s economy on the move. They haul more than 73% of the nation’...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (TNS) — If you’re a reader, and you’re on Instagram, chances are the algorithm has fed you posts promising that “this book will change ...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — The recently passed One Big Beautiful Bill Act signals a major shift in federal energy policy. Among its provisions, the law accele...

It seems I come across the same items every time I pull things out of my closets — old photos, cards and stacks of NASCAR and Oak Ridge Boys memorabil...

It’s funny how a presidential run changes a politician. Gov. Gavin Newsom, obviously aiming at the Oval Office in 2028, has flipped on oil drilling in...

It is good news that 10 Americans and U.S. permanent residents held captive in Venezuela have been freed. It’s a welcome outcome after months of negot...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Last weekend, a guy you never heard of died. He has as much to do with the way you live your life as your parents. Ed Feulner, one ...

NEW YORK (TNS) — The more you learn about PFAS — per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances — the worse it gets. Though improvements in monitoring and remedi...