Opinion

Total earmarks tally nears $16 billion
Commentary, Opinion
Mar 05, 2026
The 2026 federal budget contains $15.8 billion in earmark funding for 8,475 local projects in lawmakers’ home districts, but the money was not distrib...
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Being grateful to live where we do
Commentary, Opinion
By DEB WUETHRICH 
Mar 04, 2026
I was watching a news show the other day. A guest, a female doctor who fled Iran as a child, reminded me of earlier encounters with some students from...
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Trump wants Iranians to rise up — will they?
Commentary, Opinion
Mar 03, 2026
Celebrations broke out across Iran in the wake of U.S. and Israeli strikes over the weekend that killed the country’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, an...
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Time for New York’s prison chief to go
Commentary, Opinion
Mar 02, 2026
ALBANY — If she hasn't already, Gov. Kathy Hochul should read a federal judge's decision to reject state corrections Commissioner Daniel F. Martuscell...
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Commentary, Opinion
By THOMAS CAVANNA RealClearPolitics 
Feb 27, 2026
Indirect nuclear negotiations between the U.S. and Iran resumed on Feb. 6 for the first time since the 12-day war in June. However, amid deep distrust...
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Improper payments totaled $186 billion
Commentary, Opinion
Feb 27, 2026
The federal government lost $186 billion to improper payments in fiscal year 2025, according to newly released data from the Office of Management and ...
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Mamdani’s New York flirts with fiscal nihilism
Commentary, Opinion
By ALLISON SCHRAGER Bloomberg Opinion 
Feb 27, 2026
NEW YORK (TNS) — France is great. I visit a few times a year, and the food is fantastic, the museums are amazing, and the day care is free (or heavily...
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Bad economics isn’t necessarily unconstitutional
Commentary, Opinion
By CLIVE CROOK Bloomberg Opinion 
Feb 26, 2026
NEW YORK (TNS) — U.S. politics is apt to conflate disagreements about whether a policy is good or bad with disputes about whether it is constitutional...
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Getting (sort of) serious on the national debt
Commentary, Opinion
Feb 25, 2026
Is reality finally settling in on Capitol Hill? The nation can only hope. As the national debt rushes toward $39 trillion, and Social Security and Med...
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