Local Columnists

So now we know. It was a white supremacist who started the first riot in Minneapolis. He was walking along wearing a black coat with an umbrella and, ...

Even paranoids, as the saying goes, have enemies. That’s why it’s important that even amid mostly November election-oriented political posturing about...

(TNS) In recent decades, we have rarely seen so much worker anger and so many strikes as we’ve seen since COVID-19 hit America. Fears of the virus hav...

"Down with the Wall of Moms!" "Death to the Leaf-Blower Dads!" In George Orwell's classic novel "1984," members of the Outer Party stood in front of t...

It’s no secret that the COVID-19 pandemic has hit our state and our communities hard. As your local newspaper, we are working to provide coverage of t...

July has marked the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act signed into law by President George H.W. Bush. The intent of this law is t...

CHICAGO (TNS) — We should thank Donald Trump for skipping Congressman John Lewis’ farewell ceremony. While his absence from the memorial in the Capito...

I'm no fan of cancel culture, which seems to me to be shrill, suffocating and unforgiving. At the same time, Planned Parenthood in New York is distanc...

If the protesters swarming the streets of Portland, Oregon, and other cities really want to defeat President Trump, they might want to consider this s...

In Washington and on Wall Street, hopes for full social and economic recovery from the pandemic now hinge on the development of a coronavirus vaccine....

Artificial intelligence is everywhere. It helps drive your car, recognizes your face at the airport’s immigration checkpoint, interprets your CT scans...

An extraordinary measure inserted last minute in New York’s state budget, passed in early April as coronavirus engulfed the state, gave health-care pr...

Millions are unemployed, public budgets are falling apart, the economy is struggling, and the COVID-19 epidemic is raging anew — and most of the $2.7 ...

In this summer of Republican discontent, a handful of GOP House members have identified what’s ailing the party: Liz Cheney. The two-term Wyoming cong...

ALBANY (TNS ) — Savannah is not much bigger than Albany, but the Georgia city is nevertheless one of the country’s great places. The history is rich, ...

My sister and niece have two little dogs at their house. Pixie and Pebbles are easily excitable, and I have often thought of them as “yappers.” They b...

Recently, I watched the eye-opening 2018 documentary entitled “The Brainwashing of My Dad,” by Jen Senko. It traces the transformation of her father, ...

I grew up in Hornell, went to JCC in Olean and to Elim College in the Mount Morris area to be a pastor. My father was a pastor his whole life. I never...