Commentary

Tuesday, the S&P 500 edged back into positive territory for 2025. That’s remarkable given that onApril 7, the widely followed stock market index was s...

ALBANY — New York has some of the most ambitious climate goals in the country: electric school buses by 2035, zero emissions electricity by 2040, etc....

I am so tired! But it is a good tired. Yesterday on the road, I wanted to call it “exhaustion,” but that’s such a negative word, especially where ther...

I have been following the saga of school patrol officer Kurt Ireland on Facebook and social media, attempting to separate fact from fiction. The truth...

“Truth is not a left-wing value.” Sadly, Dennis Prager’s teaching is correct. He could even consider a corollary: Integrity is not a left-wing value. ...

ALBANY — The State Legislature approved the last of nine budget bills Thursday evening, 38 days after the start of the fiscal year. The state-funded p...

There is much to do in regard to veteran support initiatives. My wife and I fully support our veterans and their families and will continue in our eff...

Gov. Kathy Hochul and the Legislature’s Democrat majorities may be touting that they’ve finally finished work on a new state budget. Make no mistake, ...

ALBANY — Clifton Perez of Troy, born legally blind, has spent his life blazing trails and fighting for the rights of people with disabilities. In the ...

LAWRENCE, Kan. (TNS) — Drive west onInterstate 70from theMississippi RiveratSt. Louis. As you crossMissouriandKansas, you’ll traverse 750 miles of pri...

Since 2017, Harvard University has received more money from the federal government than from its own students’ tuition, according to OpenTheBooks’ rev...

The Trump administration took a step Thursday toward quelling economic uncertainty by unveiling a trade deal with theUnited Kingdom. TheWhite Housepro...

The selection of Pope Leo XIV — the former CardinalRobert Prevost— as the firstU.S.-born leader of theCatholic Churchhas great potential to energize C...

President Trump made headlines recently for suggesting that Alcatraz, the infamous prison in San Francisco Bay, should be reopened to house the worst ...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — The impact of political landslides and the resulting mandates wear off, even when they are substantial. It will certainly happen wh...

New York state finally has a budget. Gov. Kathy Hochul and the Democrat-led State Legislature were running state government on a series of emergency e...

From 1976 to 2012, politicians took the phrase “political party” a bit too literally by using taxpayer funds to help pay for the stages, confetti, bal...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is doing whatever he can to undermine public health. Last week, he ordered his department to...