Opinion

Attending the recent Reindustrialize Summit in Detroit made me more optimistic about American industry than I have been in years. The backdrop was fit...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — When then-U.S. Sen. JD Vance accepted the vice-presidential nomination at the 2024 Republican National Convention, he said all the ...

LOS ANGELES (TNS) — The American spirit is the heartbeat of our greatness. You’ll see it in the tenacity of farmworkers and the unique drive of dedica...

The Supreme Court wrapped its term on Tuesday. The progressive notion that the justices would be a rubber-stamp for the Trump administration was a not...

As fireworks light the sky this July 4th and we mark the 250th anniversary of American independence, we celebrate more than a birthday. We honor the m...

“Drain the swamp.” It was the promise that built a movement: Washington was rigged, insiders were cashing in on access to power, and Donald Trump woul...

School districts across the nation spend millions of dollars on touchscreen blackboards and computer servers that are not needed — and left in storage...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — What a difference a half century has made. Fifty years ago, the nation celebrated the 200th anniversary of its Declaration of Indep...

When people think about economic development, they often picture a new business opening its doors, a hotel breaking ground, or families moving into ne...

During the recent Juneteenth holiday, I read in the Olean Times Herald the history of the commemoration of the event. It is refreshing to know that in...

NEW YORK (TNS) — Student loans are a special kind of debt. They are an investment to increase someone’s future earnings, though they must be paid back...

A cup of tea can bring peacefulness. Peacefulness. That’s one of many virtues my students practiced this year. There were lots of days we sat in silen...

A year ago I became a HomeCare & Hospice volunteer in Allegany. I enjoy knowing that I make a positive impact on the lives of the patients I visit and...

Bruce Blakeman, Republican candidate for governor of New York state, along with the candidates for lieutenant governor and comptroller, joined state S...

I was fortunate to grow up in this beautiful city, and encounter so many kind people over the years. So it was no surprise to go to the city meeting a...

For about a decade, hundreds of deep-sea buoys off America’s coasts have been monitoring the conditions of the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. The stream...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — This past month in California, it was business as usual. In November, it could cause a national crisis. “IT” is the state’s excruci...

When New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani equated the lobbying group AIPAC to “monsters” in a blistering get-out-the vote speech last week in Brooklyn, ...