Opinion

The farm crisis demands certainty from Congress — now
Columns, Opinion
By ADAM MINTER Bloomberg Opinion 
Jun 22, 2026
NEW YORK (TNS) — Something is breaking in farm country, and the warning signs are growing harder to ignore. The clearest indicator arrived this spring...
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Juneteenth celebrates America’s ideals
Commentary, Opinion
Jun 19, 2026
Juneteenth is a fitting to prelude to America’s 250th birthday. In January 1863, Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which is often ...
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Talking across the divide in our nation
Columns, Commentary, Opinion
By J. PEDER ZANE RealClearPolitics 
Jun 19, 2026
How we see politics reveals a lot about who we are. But it is less akin to a Rorschach ink blot than one of those reversible images, like the drawing ...
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Cholesterol guidelines get welcome overhaul
Columns, Commentary, Opinion
By LISA JARVIS Bloomberg Opinion 
Jun 18, 2026
NEW YORK (TNS) — Last week, I found myself in a situation that could soon be familiar to a lot more Americans: sliding into a CT scanner with a smatte...
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Needed: A bipartisan approach to fix Social Security
Columns, Commentary, Opinion
By CARL P. LEUBSDORF The Dallas Morning News 
Jun 18, 2026
WASHINGTON (TNS) — Once again, the Social Security system’s managers are warning that the nation’s main retirement fund is running out of money so tha...
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Weeks later, New York state budget still growing
Columns, Commentary, Opinion
By SEN. TOM O'MARA 
Jun 17, 2026
That didn’t take long. I had earlier noted that the recently enacted 2026-27 state budget was forced through and enacted under a process that’s broken...
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Commentary, Opinion
Jun 17, 2026
The on-again, off-again peace deal with Iran is on again. President Donald Trump is taking a leap of faith that the pact will normalize relations betw...
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Social Security and the reality of math and aging
Columns, Commentary, Opinion
By ALLISON SCHRAGER Bloomberg Opinion 
Jun 17, 2026
NEW YORK (TNS) — There are two processes that we cannot escape: aging and math. This applies not only to human beings but also to large government soc...
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Car haters jam up World Cup transit
Columns, Opinion
Jun 16, 2026
Soccer fans stranded in the New Jersey marshes wasn’t the image the World Cup organizers were going for, but it’s their own fault that’s what they got...
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Trump’s Iran truce is not the win he makes it out to be
Columns, Commentary, Opinion
By MARC CHAMPION Bloomberg Opinion 
Jun 16, 2026
NEW YORK (TNS) — A deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz is set for signature on Friday, and Donald Trump is already congratulating himself on being the...
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Request from a Litter Lady
Columns, Commentary, Opinion
By KATIE McMULLEN 
Jun 14, 2026
Picking up litter is a special hobby of mine. If you live in my area, you have probably seen me out with my trash bag. What began as the simple wish t...
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Washington is hemorrhaging taxpayer cash
Commentary, Opinion
Jun 14, 2026
Government has never been known as a model of efficiency. Yet a new report from the Government Accountability Office should make even the most hardene...
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