Opinion

Facing scary, menacing times
Commentary, Opinion
By DEB WUETHRICH 
Feb 20, 2026
Have you ever noticed periods in life when certain words keep coming to mind? Sometimes, they are terms that have become popular in our culture. At th...
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On Barack Obama and the aliens
Commentary, Opinion
Feb 19, 2026
We got a kick out of an old chestnut among conspiracy theorists — whether intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe and whether any of those a...
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The year of the independent
Commentary, Opinion
By ADAM BRANDON RealClearPolitics 
Feb 18, 2026
Nearly half of Americans now refuse to identify as either Democrat or Republican. According to a recent Gallup poll, independents make up a record 45%...
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Mamdani gets an important tax fact wrong
Commentary, Opinion
By BILL HAMMOND 
Feb 18, 2026
ALBANY — At a hearing in Albany last week, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani lobbied state lawmakers to help him balance the city’s finances with a 2...
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NY principal bought lobster with school funds
Commentary, Opinion
Feb 17, 2026
Most New York public school lunches consist of room-temperature chicken nuggets or reheated pizza. But at Wyandanch Memorial High School on Long Islan...
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Who’s to blame for an unfair US economy?
Commentary, Opinion
By ALLISON SCHRAGER Bloomberg Opinion 
Feb 16, 2026
NEW YORK (TNS) — Billionaires are now Public Enemy No. 1 in America. Majorities of voters, in both parties, think the gap between the rich and poor is...
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GOP strategist: MAGA meltdowns will cost the election
Commentary, Opinion
By MATT WYLIE The Charlotte Observer 
Feb 15, 2026
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (TNS) — Attorney General Pam Bondi took one of the most radioactive political issues in the country — the Epstein files — and detonate...
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Our era really is like the Civil War in one key way
Commentary, Opinion
By MATT K. LEWIS Los Angeles Times/TNS 
Feb 13, 2026
We’re one year in, and President Donald Trump’s second term has already produced a parade of problematic historical analogies. Critics have invoked Ki...
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Real progress on federal regulatory reform
Commentary, Opinion
Feb 13, 2026
President Donald Trump ran on a platform that included downsizing the bloated federal administrative state. He has more than delivered. In January 202...
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