Opinion

The Gordian knot of modern politics
Commentary, Opinion
By J. PEDER ZANE RealClearPolitics 
Feb 06, 2026
Politics is the great leveler: It makes even the most inspired and insightful voices sound banal. In his hurriedly cobbled-together new song railing a...
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Another blue state, another fraud scheme
Commentary, Opinion
By JOE BATTENFELD Boston Herald 
Feb 05, 2026
BOSTON (TNS) — Leah Foley is showing what a difference a good U.S. Attorney can make, embarrassing Massachusetts officials by uncovering another major...
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Weather talk brings social connection
Commentary, Opinion
By DEB WUETHRICH 
Feb 04, 2026
Who knew we would ever be celebrating that temperatures reached 20 degrees? I mean, FINALLY reached 20 degrees again. Those days sure feel warm after ...
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Midterm warning signs for Republicans
Commentary, Opinion
Feb 03, 2026
Midterms are rarely kind to the president’s party, and with balloting just nine months off, the storm clouds look particularly threatening for Republi...
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The Epstein files reveal more about wealth than abuse
Commentary, Opinion
By ADRIANA E. RAMIREZ Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
Feb 03, 2026
PITTSBURGH (TNS) — Last Friday's release of a few million more Epstein-related documents came with gruesome and disgusting revelations about the sexua...
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Commentary, Opinion
By RICH LOWRY 
Feb 01, 2026
Alex Pretti wasn’t killed while “protesting.” This is a common description of what he was doing on a Minneapolis street Saturday, when a confrontation...
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Is moderation the new movement in American politics?
Commentary, Opinion
By CHRISTIAN JOSI RealClearPolitics 
Jan 30, 2026
Every election cycle, Washington convinces itself that this will be the moment voters finally come home. Republicans think frustrated Americans will s...
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The Clintons arrogantly ignore subpoena
Commentary, Opinion
Jan 29, 2026
It should come as little surprise that Bill and Hillary Clinton have defied subpoenas to testify in the U.S. House probe of Jeffrey Epstein. But the f...
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Health Matters: No country is an island
Commentary, Opinion
By ATHENA GODET-CALOGERAS 
Jan 29, 2026
In 1624, John Donne, an English poet and cleric, wrote a prose meditation with words that we know as the poem, "No Man Is an Island." The often-quoted...
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