Commentary

The continuing incursion of illegal border crossers into the United States is the most astonishing story in American politics. There have been days re...

Isn’t fall magnificent? Once in a while, we like to drive around a bit and sightsee — usually on cloudy or rainy days, though, because I have problems...

Rather than being spiteful, the state should try being helpful. At issue is the state’s unwillingness to help school districts pay to remove offensive...

President Joe Biden likes to sell himself as a pro-union president, but his policies are contributing to a major strike. On Sept. 15, members of the U...

Gov. Kathy Hochul had the chance to make New York’s onerous property taxes just a little bit fairer — and she whiffed. The Friday before Christmas, wh...

NEW YORK (TNS) — In a world where war is waging, disease is ravaging, poverty is crippling and homelessness is out of control, does it really matter a...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Former President Donald Trump is on the campaign trail again, and most of the attention he’s getting is for bare-knuckled attacks o...

When President Joe Biden urged world leaders on Tuesday not to diminish support for Ukraine, he used a phrase whose importance you may have missed. Sp...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Parents are trying to get books banned in schools around the country, it’s frequently pointed out, and one thing you might do is sh...

President Biden is campaigning for re-election on a strong economy. He said recently, “Bidenomics is just another way of saying, ‘Restore the American...

I heard the conversation drift over the top of an aisle in the store. I had just seen an older woman perusing the vast array of hair products as I whe...

ALBANY (TNS) — Jeanette Miller’s comments to the Cannabis Control Board last week were raw, unfiltered and brutally honest. “I feel like I’m going to ...

The legacy of John Fetterman is now set — he’s the guy who made it possible to dress like a slob.What the Missouri Compromise was to Henry Clay, what ...

You are very much not alone in thinking crime, migrants and cost of living is sinking New York. The grim data on New York’s slide into nonlivability k...

The failures of the K-12 educational establishment are no secret. All over the country, schools pass and graduate students who cannot read and write a...

LOS ANGELES (TNS) — When Tina Turner died in May, the podcast “Rolling Stone Music Now” paid tribute, calling her “one of the greatest rock and soul s...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Polls show that Americans are pessimistic about the economy, with inflation as the top concern. That’s understandable, but do they ...

OLEAN — The annual Olean Soap Box Derby returns this Saturday as local students prepare to race down Washington Street in the Oak Hill Park neighborho...