Commentary

Democrats have ridden an abortion rights platform to outperform expectations in recent elections. Do Republicans have a similar opportunity when it co...

As lousy as New York’s business climate is, it can get worse. Democrats in Albany are reminding businesses of this by passing legislation that would b...

PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — Is it possible that Israel could win a military victory in Gaza and still lose the war? I understand the reason for Israel’s inva...

LOS ANGELES (TNS) — After more than a decade of uncontrolled experiments by internet platforms on millions of users, there is an emerging possibility ...

Millions of us will engage in the mind-numbing process of looking for a parking spot this holiday season. We’ll circle shopping mall lots, heads on sw...

NEW YORK (TNS) — In my military career, I was frequently deployed on the U.S. Navy’s massive nuclear-powered aircraft carriers into combat and on more...

NEW YORK (TNS) — Now that congressional Democrats have relaunched an effort to ban legacy admissions at top U.S. universities, virtually everyone can ...

Sixty years ago this week, Americans of all stripes were shocked when Walter Cronkite told them, wiping away tears, that John F. Kennedy had been shot...

On Nov. 7, voters went to the polls to elect various representatives to serve on local town, village and county boards and other official positions. C...

The political world spends a lot of time discussing former President Donald Trump’s lead over the Republican field in national polls — currently at 45...

History, the chronicle of humanity’s power struggles, oftentimes moves with agonizing slowness taking decades, generations and centuries for events to...

When it comes to spending other people’s money, the Biden administration has only one setting: more, more, more. Lost amid recent world events and the...

The Pilgrims were, to use the hostile term applied to Israelis in the debate over Palestine, unquestionably “settler colonialists.” As such, they are ...

ST. LOUIS (TNS) — It is time for Republicans who care about foreign policy, are hawkish on national security or who want to win back the White House t...

In my role as Corps Officer of The Salvation Army in Olean, I never know what the day is going to bring. However, there are some consistent themes day...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — In a world beset by wars in Gaza and Ukraine, it’s good news when two superpowers step back from frictions that increased the dange...

Fifty years ago this week, legislation authorizing construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline passed both houses of Congress and was signed into law by...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Tired of Congress’ repeated partisan standoffs every time a big fiscal deadline approaches, like this week’s? Weary of the breathle...