Opinion

Florida is the epicenter of the GOP’s vaccine problem
Commentary, Opinion
By MARY ELLEN KLAS Bloomberg Opinion 
Sep 03, 2026
NEW YORK (TNS) — Republicans have painted themselves into a corner by undermining vaccines. Nowhere is this clearer than Florida, where the outgoing R...
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Waste of the Day: HUD funds had little impact
Commentary, Opinion
Sep 02, 2026
The Department of Housing and Urban Development spent $460 billion funding its 18 largest affordable housing and homelessness programs over a decade, ...
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9/11 stories still resonate
Commentary, Opinion
By DEB WUETHRICH 
Sep 02, 2026
The images were horrifying. Shock spread like an oppressive cloud that stretched across the country — the world. And those who lived through it will n...
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Waste of the Day: Chips are down in Ohio
Commentary, Opinion
Sep 01, 2026
Federal money meant to help Ohio manufacturers was spent on ghostwritten articles, golf outings, poker chips, T-shirts and a celebrity who was paid al...
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What ‘affordability’ really means to working-class voters
Commentary, Opinion
By JOAN C. WILLIAMS and JARED ABBOTT Bloomberg Opinion 
Sep 01, 2026
SAN FRANCISCO (TNS) — Democrats’ obsession with “affordability” is right on target, given that American workers’ share of GDP is near the lowest ever ...
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Waste of the Day: Audits flag UConn payments
Commentary, Opinion
Aug 31, 2026
In the last 11 years, the University of Connecticut Health Center has spent more than $690,000 on payments to employees for unused paid time off that ...
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Sheriff Butler is fighting the wrong battle
Commentary, Opinion
By MIKE BLUMENTHAL 
Aug 31, 2026
Cattaraugus County Sheriff Eric Butler has joined 14 other New York sheriffs in suing the state over a new law ending local law-enforcement agreements...
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Wanting more news is not a plan to save it
Commentary, Opinion
By SARA EDDY FURLONG 
Aug 31, 2026
A new 54-page study of local news in the Pennsylvania Wilds documents what people want from their newspapers. The problem is that it never requires th...
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The fight for our children — next steps
Commentary, Opinion
By CARI MATEJKA 
Aug 29, 2026
When I began developing a program to help vulnerable youth struggling in the classroom, at home, and in the community, words like nurture, restore, di...
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Physical kindness and respect
Commentary, Opinion
By RICHARD REILLY 
Aug 28, 2026
In a previous column, I introduced Six Principles of Harmony in Communal Life to be considered one at at time in subsequent articles. Today, let us ex...
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Combating a rising tide of visa fraud
Commentary, Opinion
By SIMON HANKINSON 
Aug 28, 2026
WASHINGTON (TNS) — The State Department recently announced it had revoked more than 175,000 visas since President Donald Trump took office. Thanks to ...
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There’s only one way to make AI safe for kids
Commentary, Opinion
By ABBY McCLOSKEY Bloomberg Opinion 
Aug 27, 2026
DALLAS (TNS) — OpenAI has launched ChatGPT for Teens, complete with various safety features. But this implies that the main concern of kids using AI i...
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AOC could be an interesting player in 2028
Commentary, Opinion
By CARL P. LEUBSDORF The Dallas Morning News 
Aug 27, 2026
WASHINGTON (TNS) — When Democrats formally launch their 2028 presidential race later this year, it could easily have a larger field than the 29 major ...
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