Opinion

Still love those (stressful) pets!
Columns, Commentary, Opinion
By DEB WUETHRICH 
Jun 10, 2026
I have watched other people with their pets and their shared lives seem simple compared to mine! I suppose it’s not really true, because when you shar...
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New York finally taking lawsuit abuse seriously
Columns, Commentary, Opinion
By LAUREN ZELT   
Jun 09, 2026
For years, New Yorkers have been stuck paying some of the highest auto insurance premiums in the country. Families already struggling with the cost of...
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Trump cites ‘crooked’ media, walks out on CBS
Columns, Opinion
By JOE BATTENFELD Boston Herald 
Jun 09, 2026
BOSTON (TNS) — President Trump’s decision to leave a long, aggressive interview with the slanted, outdated “Meet the Press” show drew the usual outrag...
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Mike Pence’s new book challenges Trumpism
Columns, Opinion
Jun 09, 2026
Former Vice President Mike Pence is not merely promoting a new book. He is making a final argument for a vision of conservatism that he believes is sl...
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How Democrats drifted away from the working class
Columns, Opinion
By NICHOLAS JACOBS Los Angeles Times 
Jun 09, 2026
WATERVILLE, Maine (TNS) — Since 2016, when Donald Trump shattered the Democrats’ blue wall by winning working-class voters across the Midwest, a cotta...
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NY lawmakers hike fees for filling prescriptions
Columns, Commentary, Opinion
By BILL HAMMOND 
Jun 08, 2026
Legislation that increases New York’s pharmacy costs by hundreds of millions of dollars annually was passed in Albany’s end-of-session rush and now aw...
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Can’t find a job after graduation? Blame WFH, not AI
Columns, Commentary, Opinion
By ALLISON SCHRAGER Bloomberg Opinion 
Jun 08, 2026
NEW YORK (TNS) — It’s easy to understand why so many graduates are booing commencement speakers who tell them how great AI is. They face a brutal job ...
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Declining pride in America is a concern
Commentary, Opinion
Jun 05, 2026
Pride in being an American drops the younger you get, a new Quinnipiac poll confirms — a fact that confirms what a terrible job older generations have...
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How Big Tech plans a streaming takeover
Columns, Opinion
By DREW JOHNSON 
Jun 04, 2026
As Silicon Valley pours hundreds of billions of dollars into an artificial intelligence arms race, a parallel battle is unfolding over something far l...
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Why I still stand with the 1%
Columns, Opinion
By FRANK MIELE RealClearPolitics 
Jun 04, 2026
Fifteen years ago, during the political convulsion known as “Occupy Wall Street,” I wrote a column for the Daily Inter Lake declaring: “Don’t be afrai...
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GOP senators push Trump to dump fund
Commentary, Opinion
Jun 03, 2026
If President Donald Trump wants the Senate to pass an immigration enforcement package, he’ll have to give up his ill-advised “anti-weaponization” fund...
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