Commentary

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Last week, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken headed for the Middle East to try to keep Israel’s war in Gaza from spinning out of...

The Department of Health and Human Services has sent over $800,000 to a group in Texas where they distribute crack pipes, according to the Dallas Expr...

Washington seems determined to ignore the country’s rapidly worsening fiscal picture, but sooner or later policymakers will be forced to pay attention...

A New York City developer wants to sweeten the pot on a casino deal by promising affordable housing. It’s a song and dance we’ve seen before. It sound...

It’s been a disquieting time for well-meaning liberals who have been suddenly confronted with the realization that their own side is rife with fanatic...

ALBANY (TNS) — Melissa DeRosa was in eighth grade when she transferred from public school in Saratoga Springs to the Albany Academy for Girls. There, ...

I am writing to encourage our local citizenry to vote on Tuesday. I realize these off-year elections do not generate the excitement of presidential el...

CHICAGO (TNS) — The Middle East once again perches on the precipice of all-out war. Thousands of Israeli and Palestinian civilians are dead or wounded...

Gov. Kathy Hochul is being urged to revisit a climate change proposal that critics argue would drive up consumer costs and deprive them of energy choi...

It’s funny how the seasons of the northern climates speak to us. They help us mark time as we walk through various activities and rituals in our lives...

The headline from a new Des Moines Register-NBC News poll of Iowa is that former President Donald Trump still has a big lead in the Republican race. A...

NEW YORK (TNS) — The power went out on my block the other day, and even though it meant being without electricity, the internet and heat on a chilly m...

The cataract of anti-Israel sentiment on college campuses has been shocking, but it shouldn’t be surprising. It is the poisoned fruit of teaching a ge...

Getting the nation’s soaring debt under control should be a national priority. But many special-interest groups don’t agree. Last week, newly elected ...

LOS ANGELES (TNS) — The weeks-long drama over who would become the next Speaker of the House of Representatives finally ended on Wednesday with the fr...

At some point, the left’s soft bigotry of low expectations gave way to the outright bigotry of eliminating expectations. Consider Oregon. This month, ...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Fiona Hill is worried. The onetime Russia adviser to then-President Donald Trump fears that support for Ukraine is gradually erodin...

In less than a month’s time, absent legislative action, the U.S. government will shut down. Meanwhile, Israel, one of the United States’ closest strat...