Commentary

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...

Cold weather has arrived for us residents of Upstate New York, and with it, so has HEAP season. The Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) can help eli...

The old conventional wisdom was that the U.S. couldn’t be too pro-Israel for fear of inflaming “the Arab street.” The new conventional wisdom will hav...

Make no mistake: The state Board of Regents is indeed moving to kill New York’s gold-standard “Regents Diploma” — once a guarantee that a high-school ...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — The world is waking up to a stark reality that could affect tens of millions of Americans: The federal government may be unable to ...

ALBANY — Young people in New York have a great knowledge of many subjects, but they have much to learn about personal finance. Many states have alread...

I can see it coming already. I am an early decorator and my cats were extremely interested the day the larger nativity appeared under the TV table. Th...

You’d think the Biden administration would have realized by now that enriching the Iranian regime is a dangerous mistake. You’d be wrong. Relaxed U.S....

The government announced Tuesday that the Consumer Price Index rose 3.2% in October from the same time last year. That is less than the 3.7% prices ro...

Fiscal responsibility has never been a hallmark of the current administration — and President Joe Biden isn’t much concerned about changing course. No...

NEW YORK (TNS) — West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin’s announcement that he won’t seek reelection means the end of years of liberal Democrats blaming hi...

Let the panic over Donald Trump’s immigration policy begin. The New York Times ran a piece the other day headlined, “Sweeping Raids, Giant Camps, and ...

My wife is a big basketball fan. She knows a lot more about it than I do, she cheers much harder than I do and she gets way more into it than I do. He...

It’s imperative that the United States stay at the forefront in developing military weaponry and defense systems that implement artificial intelligenc...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — As he battles criminal prosecutors and civil suits in four jurisdictions, former President Trump is relying on three tactics: denou...

Tuesday was a very good day if you support common sense in American politics. On both the right and the left, voters and politicians embraced candidat...

CHICAGO (TNS) — Automakers are now learning an important lesson: Not all car buyers are wealthy environmentalists. This should be obvious but apparent...