Commentary

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — Sawdust. Horseshoes. Eggs on spoons. Water balloons. This is not an attempt at free-verse poetry. These are the images that come to...

There are basically two camps of holiday people — the early decorators and those who wait at least until after Thanksgiving. It’s just as true for pos...

NEW YORK (TNS) — What are Democrats so afraid of? The way they’re acting, you would think that Joe Biden hadn’t beaten Donald Trump for the presidency...

If the federal government eliminated several duplicative regional commissions and authorities, it would save taxpayers $287 million annually, the Citi...

PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — This holiday season is a bleak time for Ukrainian civilians facing another winter of brutal Russian bombing — especially when GOP...

I love this time of year for plenty of reasons, most of which have to do with Yuletide tunes and brightly-lit neighborhoods and Christmas programs kid...

In her Dec. 8 commentary “Bringing Personal meaning to Christmas,” Marcie Schellhammer encourages readers to think about what Christmas means to them....

NEW YORK (TNS) — A federal jury’s $148 million judgment in a Georgia defamation case was only nominally about a hapless has-been named Rudolph Giulian...

Economic happy talk doesn’t lower mortgage payments. It’s one reason Bidenomics remains deeply unpopular. President Joe Biden wants the public to beli...

FORT WORTH, Texas (TNS) — It would take a hard-hearted person — especially one who is pro-life — to look at the plight of Kate Cox with no sympathy wh...

ALBANY (TNS) — On the seventh day, Chick-fil-A and its employees rest. But the Thruway keeps going. That discrepancy is leading several state lawmaker...

Like all the Republican candidates for president, Nikki Haley is trying to find the secret formula for running against Donald Trump. The most recent F...

In his New York Times newsletter, business reporter Peter Coy in September argued that the only real solution for the nation’s rising debt crisis is “...

NEW YORK (TNS) — A Western New York lawmaker wants to launch a pilot program that would allow 10,000 people to receive psychedelic psilocybin therapy ...

In trying to win support from recalcitrant Republicans to reform a badly broken immigration system, the Biden administration has reportedly indicated ...

In 2014, New York state voters overwhelmingly approved a referendum on the ballot to amend the State Constitution and put the once-every-decade legisl...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — The news about the economy seems almost freakishly good. Growth is up. Unemployment is down. Inflation has slowed to about 3%, the ...

PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — One year ago, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed a joint session of Congress. Lawmakers hailed him as a hero defen...