Commentary

ALBANY — As the Trump administration cracks down on fraud, waste and abuse in Medicaid, New York is a logical place to start. New York spends far more...

“I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise...

In 1987, President Ronald Reagan declared March to be Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month, inspired by years of advocacy. The deinstitutionaliz...

U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., has billed taxpayers $111,000 for limousine services since 2019, according to a review of disbursement reports by T...

NEW YORK (TNS) — One of my most longstanding and controversial opinions is that the move from defined-benefit pensions to defined-contribution pension...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — I recently went to the doctor about a minor health issue. “Is what I’m experiencing normal?” I asked her. “No, it’s never normal,” ...

Walking through the front doors of a funeral home is something most of us will do in our lifetime. Doing so signals lives transformed forever. Funeral...

I see the city of Olean is worried about feral cats again. I have a question: If the cats were captured and spayed and neutered and then released, why...

ALBANY — Now that New York has won partial federal approval for overhauling its Essential Plan health-care coverage, it’s worth being clear about what...

The best argument against eliminating the filibuster is also proof positive that the filibuster is an extra-constitutional invention that weakens the ...

CHICAGO (TNS) — From a pure military-centric perspective, the ongoing U.S. and Israeli war against Iran has been a smashing success. Yet in terms of s...

The Congressional Budget Office’s annual 10-year economic forecast warns that, by 2030, the federal debt held by the public will be $40.3 trillion, or...

NEW YORK (TNS) — There is something about manufacturing jobs, and the manufacturing industry, that makes people sentimental. When they think of a fact...

Since September 2025, I have been saving current news online articles that I felt a personal connection to. I am upset at how the Trump administration...

Final negotiations are underway over a new state budget and it’s critical now to continue stressing that this year’s budget must address the right pri...

Some members of the Olean Common Council and Mayor Amy Sherburne have spent the last two weeks busily pointing fingers as they conflate the city budge...

Wednesday’s Senate vote rejected a resolution that would have required the president to seek congressional approval before engaging in future military...

Will President Trump fall prey to the “Pottery Barn Doctrine”? Articulated by Secretary of State Colin Powell in the run-up to the Iraq War, it holds ...