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There have been great strides in the fight against breast cancer in recent decades — the National Breast Cancer Foundation notes a 40% decline in brea...

For all the talk that has sometimes surrounded his presidential candidacy, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was never able to break through in the Democratic pri...

It doesn’t take long to read or listen to anti-Israel advocacy before the word “colonial” or “colonialism” is hurled at the Jewish state. After the sp...

Just about a year ago, I jumped from my parked car to join the happy crowd celebrating the Heart of Olean mural at Jamestown Community College. I coul...

President Joe Biden, tireless and loyal friend and protector to “refugees” everywhere, promised us when he was running against diabolical fascist Dona...

Saturday’s Hamas terror onslaught from their stronghold in Gaza into Israel, murdering hundreds, was a sneak attack, just like the sneak attack by Egy...

I have an aversion to technology. This is no surprise to regular readers. It’s not that I dislike it. Inventions have brought wonderful marvels. Cell ...

Donald Trump is getting indicted and tried all the way into a third Republican presidential nomination, and perhaps a second term in office. Trump’s c...

In January, after 14 failed roll call votes — during each of which he got fewer votes than Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries — Republican Kevin McCarthy...

Last week, President Joe Biden’s German shepherd Commander bit a Secret Service agent. That marked the 11th time — yes, the 11th time — that Commander...

Sometimes we can’t know what it is we want, until we know what it isn’t. A previous employer demonstrated to me in no uncertain terms exactly the sort...

The Matt Gaetz moment is upon us, and unless you enjoy politics as absurdist theater, you might want to skip it. The bomb-throwing Republican congress...

NEW YORK (TNS) — Can’t anybody here play this game? We’ve gotten to the point in New York that legal weed grown by farmers is rotting away in storage ...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — The battle for working-class voters is on, and it could well decide the outcome of the 2024 election. Last week, President Biden an...

NEW YORK (TNS) — The most interesting part of the Hollywood writers’ new contract is the AI clause. According to news reports, it explicitly allows th...

California Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s death Thursday at age 90 ends a remarkable political career that saw her break one glass ceiling after another. Fir...

I recently highlighted results from the Siena Research Institute’s latest statewide poll, specifically pointing out that 60% of respondents viewed the...

ALBANY (TNS) — Americans dislike politicians and politics. That’s hardly shocking, I know, but the stark findings in a new Pew report suggest our disi...