Opinion

Federal disaster money meant to rebuild homes destroyed by Hurricane Sandy instead helped finance a contractor’s Lamborghini, Porsche, Jaguar and real...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — What if we got it all wrong? That’s the question that usually goes through my mind at this point in every election cycle. Because 2...

Saritha Komatireddy, the candidate for New York state attorney general, is our answer to public safety and ridding New York of the high cost of crime....

If you’ve switched on the television in the evening, then watched the news and/or some other program — you are aware of the numerous commercials that ...

Sooner or later, tax-and-spend government can’t work. It’s not sustainable. It produces decline. It drives people and businesses away. It destroys loc...

Editor's note: The original version of this commentary contained an incorrect figure regarding revenue from Trump administration tariffs. Originally, ...

Editor’s note: October is National Adopt-A-Shelter-Dog Month. Learn more about the SPCA in Cattaraugus County at spcacattco.org , the SPCA Serving All...

Voters often say that politicians have no common sense, but a little-known Senate program takes that belief a bit too seriously. The Office of Educati...

NEW YORK (TNS) — Employer-sponsored health insurance is rapidly deteriorating. In 2027, premiums are expected to see their largest single-year increas...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — With Republicans already facing an uphill battle in next month’s elections, President Donald Trump is further handicapping them by ...

There is legalism, and there is faith. Legalism is strict adherence to doctrine. Faith is harder to define. I’ve heard that even a trace amount (plus ...

Radical greens and other cheerleaders for central planning are mewling about the Trump administration’s new fuel economy standards for automakers. Yet...

Columnists always seem to have something to say. I should know. I’ve been writing columns for 35 years, sometimes weekly and sometimes every other wee...

It’s no wonder that California’s infamous high-speed rail line has more than tripled in cost and been delayed by 20 years. The consultants working on ...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Russian President Vladimir Putin, frustrated by his bogged-down war in Ukraine, is trying to intimidate the European nations that —...

Shortly after President Donald Trump imposed new tariffs on a slew of Canadian imports, aiming to cripple its economy unless it bends to his will, Can...

The Olean Times Herald reported Sept. 24 that a Catholic group, Catholics Vote Common Good, endorsed Aaron Gies for Congress. This group cited Gies fo...

Americans underpaid their taxes by an estimated $696 billion in 2022, according to new data released by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Adminis...