Commentary

The roiling kerfuffle in late night network television demonstrates how confused, hypocritical, and angry Americans have become. Stephen Colbert and J...

On behalf of our family, we want to express our heartfelt gratitude to the people of Olean and the surrounding communities for the kindness and suppor...

Do you know anyone with autism? Have a family member on the spectrum? I think many of us could answer “yes” to those questions. Because of changes in ...

Progressivism isn’t just an ideology; it’s also becoming a mental health condition. Spiraling past the tendentious spin and lies that have long shaped...

ALBANY (TNS) — There are reasons to be cynical about Gov. Kathy Hochul's much-hyped "inflation-refund checks," which could just as easily be called "g...

In the cynical end, its several virtues aside, about the best that can be said for President Trump and his diplomatic team’s complex, thoughtful new p...

Shut it down. Shut it all down! Not the government. I’m talking about the fake news that spent the past two weeks trying to scare average Americans in...

ALBANY (TNS) — The common presumption is that New York is not a particularly religious place, especially when compared to other parts of the United St...

On April 2003, I deployed to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba as part of a Military Police Headquarters assigned to the Joint Task Force (JTF). As the JTF Current...

This past Sunday I climbed Phelps Mountain, one of the 46 high peaks in the Adirondack Mountains of New York. As I was hiking, I thought back to 1968 ...

Less than a month into school, Olean parents are already facing tough challenges. I’ve seen posts of a student bruised and bloodied, another who switc...

ALBANY — New Yorkers continue to face some of the costliest health premiums in the United States, and the insurance industry’s recently finalized rate...

What makes you nostalgic? Now it’s true, nostalgia can be a downer for some. It can be a longing for long-gone moments you’ll never get back — and mak...

There were at least 235,502 retirees across the country who collected a public pension of $100,000 or more in 2024 — costing taxpayers $30.6 billion —...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — The Republican rush to add congressional seats in Texas and other red states reflects the bipartisan consensus that the main 2026 b...

Are we safer today? More than 470 immigrants were detained at their job site in Georgia at a Hyundai battery plant on Sept. 4. At a Nutrition Bar conf...

Trampling the First Amendment has become a bipartisan exercise. Apparently, the underlying philosophy of many on opposite sides of the political spect...

Here’s a modern paradox: The very mechanism that allows people to easily connect with others drives some to isolation. Social media has many benefits....