Commentary

Abolishing mail voting will hurt GOP more than help
Commentary, Opinion
By MARY ELLEN KLAS Bloomberg Opinion 
Aug 20, 2025
NEW YORK (TNS) — If President Donald Trump were to issue an executive order to abolish mail-in voting, as he announced he would on social media on Mon...
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Foreign swimming pools get $1.2 million
Commentary, Opinion
Aug 19, 2025
The State Department spent $1.2 million on upgrades to swimming pools in seven foreign countries in the last four years, according to an analysis from...
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Commentary, Opinion
Aug 18, 2025
It’s one thing to deploy United States military troops in the aid of the police force in Washington, D.C., however unusual that may be. It’s another t...
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Earmarks return from the dead
Commentary, Opinion
Aug 18, 2025
Like a bad dream, thousands of Congressional earmarks that were thrown out during last year’s appropriation process will potentially receive federal f...
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Culture of homeownership is slipping away
Commentary, Opinion
By BRANDON McGINLEY Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
Aug 18, 2025
PITTSBURGH (TNS) — A friend who develops affordable housing in and around Pittsburgh once told me about a young woman who was interested in buying a s...
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Save the summer break
Commentary, Opinion
By JILL EBSTEIN InsideSources.com 
Aug 15, 2025
Editor's note: The writer is addressing the question, "Are summer vacations too long?" This op-ed follows Randall Bloomquist's "How summer vacation be...
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‘Medicaid millionaire’ bought Lamborghini
Commentary, Opinion
Aug 15, 2025
A Louisiana woman was arrested and charged with fraud last month after allegedly underreporting her income to qualify for Medicaid. The state Bureau o...
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Today’s Gen Z doubts a sign of more to come
Commentary, Opinion
By AMIR KANPURWALA RealClearPolitics 
Aug 15, 2025
As states like Mississippi proceed with social media age verification laws, technology is in the crosshairs. Social media’s adverse effects are no lon...
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How summer vacation became a burden, not a break
Commentary, Opinion
By RANDALL BLOOMQUIST InsideSources.com 
Aug 14, 2025
DECATUR, Ga. (TNS) — Contrary to a widely held perception, public school summer vacations are not getting shorter. And that’s a shame. Despite some mo...
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AI companions are harming your children
Commentary, Opinion
By ANNIE CHESTNUT TUTOR and AUTUMN DORSEY 
Aug 14, 2025
WASHINGTON (TNS) — Right now, something in your home may be talking to your child about sex, self-harm, and suicide. That something isn’t a person — i...
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The 401(k) needs better guardrails
Commentary, Opinion
Aug 13, 2025
Tax-advantaged employer-sponsored retirement savings accounts hit a milestone not long ago: At least half of all private sector U.S. workers now parti...
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The Mamdani effect for Democrats
Commentary, Opinion
By J.T. YOUNG RealClearPolitics 
Aug 12, 2025
For the last 10 years, it’s been difficult for Democrats to win elections unless the campaigns center on Donald Trump. But the arrival of Zohran Mamda...
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