Opinion

Stefanik talks about her life-changing decision
Commentary, Opinion
By CHRIS CHURCHILL Times Union, Albany 
Dec 22, 2025
ALBANY (TNS) — On Friday afternoon, Elise Stefanik shocked much of New York's political world by announcing on social media that she was suspending he...
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Outlays per person up 100X since 1916
Commentary, Opinion
Dec 22, 2025
Almost everyone knows that government spending has been increasing for years, but it can’t all be blamed on inflation and population growth. Historica...
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The season to remember we’re still one nation
Commentary, Opinion
By JOE PALAGGI The Fulcrum/TNS 
Dec 22, 2025
Every year around this time, the noise starts to drop. The pace eases a bit. Families gather, neighbors reconnect, and people who disagree on just abo...
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Work, welfare and the illusion of a New Eden
Commentary, Opinion
By RICHARD PORTER RealClearPolitics 
Dec 22, 2025
The scandal among the Somali community in Minnesota highlights a question to consider as we plunge deeper into the AI Age, an age in which some futuri...
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The piercing cold of Christmas
Commentary, Opinion
By ANDREW FOWLER RealClearReligion 
Dec 19, 2025
Christmas evokes a warmth during the winter: bright lights, roaring fires and good cheer with loved ones. However, as St. Andrew’s Novena distinctly e...
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Why I’m supporting medical aid in dying
Commentary, Opinion
By GOV. KATHY HOCHUL The Press-Republican, Plattsburgh 
Dec 18, 2025
ALBANY (TNS) — Two and a half centuries ago, our founding fathers established a vision of a country based on limited government and broad individual r...
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Commentary, Opinion
Dec 18, 2025
Jewish people throughout the world are celebrating Hanukkah, or the Festival of Lights, by lighting candles on a unique, eight-branched candelabra, th...
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Commentary, Opinion
Dec 17, 2025
The GOP-controlled Indiana State Senate showed the nation what real leadership looks like last week, rejecting a push to gerrymander their state in fa...
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The military story Ken Burns missed in the Revolution
Commentary, Opinion
By DAVID STEWART RealClearPolitics 
Dec 17, 2025
Ken Burns’ documentary on the American Revolution has generated much commentary, some supportive and some critical. Across social media, complaints ab...
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Why giving matters, even for federal accounts
Commentary, Opinion
By ABBEY McCLOSKEY Bloomberg Opinion 
Dec 16, 2025
WASHINGTON (TNS) — Generosity is shocking. Especially when it’s to strangers. That was my first thought upon hearing of the Dell family donation of $6...
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Taxpayers subsidize football coach firings
Commentary, Opinion
Dec 16, 2025
In 1917, Congress made private donations to universities tax-deductible to give alumni an incentive to support the education of future students. Lawma...
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