Commentary

DALLAS (TNS) — In November 1979, Iranian militants stormed the United States Embassy in Tehran and took more than 50 Americans hostage. Six American d...

The Department of Housing and Urban Development spent $460 billion funding its 18 largest affordable housing and homelessness programs over a decade, ...

SAN FRANCISCO (TNS) — Democrats’ obsession with “affordability” is right on target, given that American workers’ share of GDP is near the lowest ever ...

In the last 11 years, the University of Connecticut Health Center has spent more than $690,000 on payments to employees for unused paid time off that ...

There's been confusion about a recent New York state decision regarding Alle-Catt Wind, and it's important that the community understands what the Jun...

Cattaraugus County Sheriff Eric Butler has joined 14 other New York sheriffs in suing the state over a new law ending local law-enforcement agreements...

A new 54-page study of local news in the Pennsylvania Wilds documents what people want from their newspapers. The problem is that it never requires th...

When I began developing a program to help vulnerable youth struggling in the classroom, at home, and in the community, words like nurture, restore, di...

In a previous column, I introduced Six Principles of Harmony in Communal Life to be considered one at at time in subsequent articles. Today, let us ex...

DEAR RUSTY: I’m concerned about Social Security running out of funding, since I rely on it for my income and I’m at an age where my having to go back ...

Democrats are in a tizzy over a recent Supreme Court ruling that allows a presidential order on mail ballots to move forward — for now. But the decisi...

Summer is such a lovely time to be in the Olean area, and each year there seems to be new hidden treasures. Have you been to The Songin Farm , the sun...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — The State Department recently announced it had revoked more than 175,000 visas since President Donald Trump took office. Thanks to ...

DALLAS (TNS) — OpenAI has launched ChatGPT for Teens, complete with various safety features. But this implies that the main concern of kids using AI i...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — When Democrats formally launch their 2028 presidential race later this year, it could easily have a larger field than the 29 major ...

Donald Trump won the presidency in 2016 by speaking candidly to the American people and never backing down from his original statements no matter how ...

The federal deficit will be $2.1 trillion when fiscal year 2026 ends on Sept. 30, the Congressional Budget Office projected in its monthly budget revi...

Wouldn't it be nice if your memories had an index? I think this often as I search for something in my phone or my laptop. When did I send that email? ...