Commentary

Commentary, Opinion
Feb 24, 2026
Some people tend to think of sports as a diversion, and plenty others don’t think much of them at all. Maybe, for many not interested in athletic spec...
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Commentary, Opinion
Feb 23, 2026
Not surprisingly, the Supreme Court on Friday struck down President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff agenda, ruling that the White House doesn’t have th...
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Commentary, Opinion
By DEB WUETHRICH 
Feb 20, 2026
Have you ever noticed periods in life when certain words keep coming to mind? Sometimes, they are terms that have become popular in our culture. At th...
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America at 250: A miracle at Philadelphia
Commentary, Opinion
By GENE PISASALE RealClearPolitics 
Feb 20, 2026
“It appears to me, then, little short of a miracle, that the Delegates from so many different States … should unite in forming a system of national Go...
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Falling crime numbers a welcome development
Commentary, Opinion
Feb 20, 2026
Even good news generates controversy in these polarizing times. Violent crime is cratering in the United States, according to national statistics. Las...
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On Barack Obama and the aliens
Commentary, Opinion
Feb 19, 2026
We got a kick out of an old chestnut among conspiracy theorists — whether intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe and whether any of those a...
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The year of the independent
Commentary, Opinion
By ADAM BRANDON RealClearPolitics 
Feb 18, 2026
Nearly half of Americans now refuse to identify as either Democrat or Republican. According to a recent Gallup poll, independents make up a record 45%...
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Commentary, Opinion
By JOHN M. CRISP Tribune News Service 
Feb 18, 2026
To be honest, I’d never heard of Bad Bunny until this year’s Super Bowl. And I had carelessly confused Kid Rock with Chris Rock, so I was mildly surpr...
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Mamdani gets an important tax fact wrong
Commentary, Opinion
By BILL HAMMOND 
Feb 18, 2026
ALBANY — At a hearing in Albany last week, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani lobbied state lawmakers to help him balance the city’s finances with a 2...
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NY principal bought lobster with school funds
Commentary, Opinion
Feb 17, 2026
Most New York public school lunches consist of room-temperature chicken nuggets or reheated pizza. But at Wyandanch Memorial High School on Long Islan...
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Who’s to blame for an unfair US economy?
Commentary, Opinion
By ALLISON SCHRAGER Bloomberg Opinion 
Feb 16, 2026
NEW YORK (TNS) — Billionaires are now Public Enemy No. 1 in America. Majorities of voters, in both parties, think the gap between the rich and poor is...
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GOP strategist: MAGA meltdowns will cost the election
Commentary, Opinion
By MATT WYLIE The Charlotte Observer 
Feb 15, 2026
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (TNS) — Attorney General Pam Bondi took one of the most radioactive political issues in the country — the Epstein files — and detonate...
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