Opinion

Be wary of easily gauging Trump’s popularity
Commentary, Opinion
By DAVID M. DRUCKER Bloomberg Opinion 
Sep 18, 2025
NEW YORK (TNS) — President Donald Trump is not as popular as he claims. But neither is he as unpopular as his opponents might like to think. That’s th...
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Gov. Hochul mainstreams Mamdani
Commentary, Opinion
Sep 18, 2025
Just because an ideology has failed repeatedly doesn’t mean it won’t attract new adherents. Witness what’s happening in New York. On Sunday, New York ...
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Veterans’ hospital equipment is missing
Commentary, Opinion
Sep 17, 2025
The Veterans Health Administration has lost an estimated 5% of its reusable medical equipment worth at least $211 million — including exam tables, com...
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Talk to — not over — each other
Commentary, Opinion
By DEB WUETHRICH 
Sep 17, 2025
I can’t believe what I’m seeing with my own eyes, hearing with my own ears. Some in this country, the United States of America, are celebrating the as...
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We need new tools to assess sex offender risks
Commentary, Opinion
By PAMELA J. HUNTER Syracuse.com 
Sep 16, 2025
SYRACUSE (TNS) — As a mother and as a New York state Assembly member, nothing weighs on me more heavily than the responsibility we share to keep our c...
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Students’ reading skills are in crisis
Commentary, Opinion
Sep 15, 2025
Ask a high school student about the last book they read, and you may be disappointed to learn they never cracked open "The Catcher in the Rye" or trud...
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Don’t let a generation lose faith in free speech
Commentary, Opinion
By MARY ELLEN KLAS Bloomberg Opinion 
Sep 15, 2025
NEW YORK (TNS) — The First Amendment is in a sorry state, especially on college campuses. A survey of students released last Tuesday from the Foundati...
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A system that keeps failing to put taxpayers first
Commentary, Opinion
By SEN. TOM O'MARA 
Sep 15, 2025
The latest on Medicaid spending in New York comes from the state comptroller, who came out with an audit that “found close to $1.2 billion in managed ...
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Veterans Affairs’ spa days return
Commentary, Opinion
Sep 14, 2025
As chancellor of the Veterans Affairs Acquisition Academy, Judith Dawson’s job was to teach other VA employees the proper way to hire contractors for ...
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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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The many monsters outing themselves online
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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The painful lessons of Sept. 11
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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