Commentary

There’s being fortunate in your enemies, and then there’s having enemies who are helping you take the first step in your political comeback. Donald Tr...

WELLSVILLE — In the mid-1990s I convinced my sister Pat to join the Great Wellsville Balloon Rally Committee with me. It ended up being more than a de...

There has been a highly political battle on Capitol Hill — actually, that’s the only kind of battle they have on Capitol Hill — over U.S. defense poli...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — It’s my full-time job but wallowing in our broken politics can sometimes make for a dark world. Why wouldn’t I look forward to goin...

The Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s is the world’s largest event to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer’s care, support, and resea...

PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — When this column appears, I will have just arrived in Odesa, Ukraine. I want to see how Ukrainian soldiers and civilians are fari...

House Republicans voted to end diversity, equity and inclusion programs and personnel at the Pentagon, and one wonders whether the U.S. military will ...

NEW YORK (TNS) — No, climate change isn’t solely responsible his year’s Canadian wildfires, despite what Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and ot...

During Congress’ most recent District Work Period, I had the privilege of hosting roundtable discussions in four communities across our district — Elm...

ATLANTA (TNS) — Millions of Americans have moved to the Southeast over the past few years, bringing immense wealth and transforming real estate market...

After months of teetering on the edge, it seems inflation is declining steadily, to the point where the specter of mega-price jumps erasing savings an...

{p class=”krtHeadline”}Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville misses few chances to tout both his career as a college football coach and his love for the milit...

If there’s one thing that defines the Biden Administration and the modern Democratic Party (and the modern Republican Party too, but who’s counting?),...

Across New York, many celebrated Pride Month this June, honoring LGBTQ+ people and our historic struggle for equality and equity. But for the majority...

In a 3-2 decision Thursday, an Albany appellate panel directed that New York’s 26 eminently fair congressional districts, drawn last year by an unbias...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — A 6-3 conservative supermajority has really put the “supreme” in “Supreme Court,” and not in a good way. The court’s major rulings ...

Mika Brzezinski, co-host of the MSNBC program “Morning Joe,” is very cross with the White House staff. It isn’t, she believes, doing a good enough job...

A friend took a photograph that I liked and I wanted to include it in the next church newsletter. “Text it to me,” I said. He frowned, and I remembere...