Opinion

WASHINGTON (TNS) — For the past decade, Democratic progressives have regularly challenged the party’s establishment, with intermittent success. This y...

Theories can be useful. But they’re even more useful if they survive real-world scrutiny. In 1920, Congress passed the Jones Act. It mandates that onl...

The nation has been consumed by gerrymandering madness, and New York lawmakers, sadly, are eager to join in. Gerrymandering, the drawing of districts ...

Recently, a nurse told me she had to choose between paying for her husband’s surgery and putting a new roof on their home. “We’re praying for no rain,...

CHICAGO (TNS) — If we want to consider what’s possible for Ukraine, the people of Poland are living proof. They gained freedom from communist rule at ...

The month of July is recognized as National Park and Recreation Month and it’s a designation certainly worthy of attention in Western New York and the...

Ideas have consequences. Bad ideas have victims. The idea that fossil fuels are destroying the planet and wind and solar will save it is a bad idea — ...

LONDON (TNS) — There’s a simple statistic that often stops people in their tracks. It is this: Reading for pleasure as a child is the factor that stud...

Modern politics in many quarters is more performance art than serious policy, a never-ending quest to generate votes rather than address substantive i...

There is a version of “running government like a business” that appeals to the average American. Lean operations. Accountable managers. No waste. Resu...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — The Democratic establishment, shaken by the rise of progressive socialists, is right to wonder where this wave might lead. The simi...

Iran has broken the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding, attacking Gulf shipping, refusing to grant IAEA access to nuclear sites, and stating it wil...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Every 50 years, it’s become traditional for the United States to celebrate the survival of its democracy for another half century, ...

A Texas woman simultaneously held full-time jobs with the state government and the City of Austin without disclosing the conflict to either employer, ...

Ask almost any adult about their first summer job, and they’ll remember it instantly. Usually with a smile on their face. Maybe you scooped ice cream ...

Ideas have consequences. Bad ideas have victims. The idea that fossil fuels are destroying the planet and wind and solar will save it is a bad idea — ...

I’ve heard there were some pretty impressive fireworks displays (and other celebrations) in our area to mark our nation’s 250th birthday. I can hear t...

As children make their way through school, they are often reminded college is the path toward a successful career and stability. However, for many stu...