Commentary

Senate votes to defer pay during shutdowns
Commentary, Opinion
May 18, 2026
Democrats and Republicans don’t agree on much these days, but you can bet the house that they both share an aversion to political suicide. Consider la...
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By targeting dairy farmers, ESG wants to decide your milk
Commentary, Opinion
By SAMANTHA FILLMORE RealClearPolitics 
May 18, 2026
It starts with a letter in the mail. A dairy farmer opens it to find new requirements from their milk processing plant. Herd data, energy usage, emiss...
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You can’t go home again, but love stays
Commentary, Opinion
By MARCIE SCHELLHAMMER 
May 15, 2026
Thomas Wolfe wrote that you can't go home again. There comes a time in life when one feels that to their very core. For me, it came on Mother's Day. T...
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‘Tax the rich!’: It’s not that simple
Commentary, Opinion
By NICOLAS S. ROHATYN Bloomberg Opinion 
May 14, 2026
NEW YORK (TNS) — “Tax the Rich” is a catchy, intuitive and politically potent slogan. In a period of rapid wealth creation alongside rising costs and ...
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It’s Military Appreciation Month
Commentary, Opinion
By REBECCA BURGESS RealClearPolitics 
May 14, 2026
May is National Military Appreciation Month in the United States. Unlike many government-designated days and months of appreciation, this has a surpri...
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FEMA can’t help until it handles its own disaster
Commentary, Opinion
MARK GONGLOFF Bloomberg Opinion 
May 14, 2026
NEW YORK (TNS) — The government agency responsible for handling natural disasters is something of a disaster itself. The good news is that its prospec...
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Petition filed to mandate nontoxic hunting ammo in NY
Commentary, Opinion
TED WILLIAMS The Press-Republican, Plattsburgh 
May 13, 2026
PLATTSBURGH (TNS) — A coalition of 20 wildlife-advocacy organizations, led by Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy, has petition...
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Deb Wuethrich: Peeping tomcat not welcome
Commentary, Opinion
By DEB WUETHRICH 
May 13, 2026
It’s not that I don’t like cats. Anyone who knows me knows I LOVE cats. Especially my own, Tate and Dory. They are five this year, and we’ve really en...
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A miss on a ‘Muslims only’ gathering
Commentary, Opinion
May 12, 2026
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's objection to a "Muslims only" celebration set to take place on public property was not inappropriate. But the way he handled ...
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Why the Iranian regime’s ‘fortress’ is failing
Commentary, Opinion
By BRADLEY MARTIN and LIRAM KOBLENTZ-STENZLER Chicago Tribune 
May 12, 2026
(TNS) — In Tehran today, a single fried egg costs a million rials. This staggering price tag is not just an economic anomaly; it is the sound of a reg...
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Taxing the wealthy won’t reduce their power
Commentary, Opinion
By ALLISON SCHRAGER Bloomberg Opinion 
May 11, 2026
NEW YORK (TNS) — It’s happening. California looks likely to put a “one-time” tax of 5% on wealth above $1 billion on the ballot in November, and polls...
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