Commentary

Can we ever have peace again?
Commentary, Opinion
By BRENDAN McGINLEY Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
Sep 14, 2025
PITTSBURGH (TNS) — The Spanish Civil War is distinctive, even among other civil wars, for its barbarism, and in particular the personal nature of the ...
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Commentary, Opinion
Sep 14, 2025
The social media age has made it possible for any person, at any time, to broadcast and publish their thoughts to the entire world with the push of a ...
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Commentary, Opinion
Sep 11, 2025
Thursday marked the 24th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks that shook the nation and changed the world. Nearly 3,000 people lost their liv...
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Google stays whole but chastened
Commentary, Opinion
Sep 08, 2025
Like some 1890s redux, are we as a society feeling uppity against monopolies — Big Railroads replaced by Big Tech — are we about to bring out the pitc...
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Why Trump isn’t turning into a lame duck
Commentary, Opinion
By DAVID DRUCKER Bloomberg Opinion 
Sep 08, 2025
NEW YORK (TNS) — President Donald Trump’s second term is barreling ahead with the political momentum typical of a first term — and it shows no outward...
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A reckoning for COVID injustices
Commentary, Opinion
Sep 08, 2025
LOS ANGELES (TNS) — Let’s play, “Who said it, and when?” “…the American people have accepted centralization of government, regimentation of activities...
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9/11 Memorial salaries in the millions
Commentary, Opinion
Sep 05, 2025
The nonprofit running New York’s 9/11 memorial operated at a loss of $19 million in 2024 and had to use $4.5 million of public funds to stay afloat, b...
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How can an economy this good feel this bad?
Commentary, Opinion
By ALLISON SCHRAGER Bloomberg Opinion 
Sep 05, 2025
NEW YORK (TNS) — On paper, these are good times for the U.S. economy. The latest GDP numbers show growth was at 3.3% in the second quarter. Business i...
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Democrats toy with government shutdown
Commentary, Opinion
Sep 04, 2025
It’s time for a return of the country’s least favorite reality TV show — shutdown theater. To avoid a government shutdown, Congress must pass a spendi...
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