Commentary

There’s some debate over the ability of the human mind to really comprehend numbers, especially as they get bigger. Five is simple. One can easily pic...

Throughout the pandemic, the press has been excoriatingly harsh on a governor who was slow to act, unnecessarily endangered the lives of the elderly, ...

If you thought Democrats could be counted on to run redistricting fairly now that they’re in charge of state government, you thought wrong. We’ve give...

When Joe Biden launched his campaign for the presidency in 2019, his economic proposals were relatively modest updates of the middle-class-oriented ag...

Well, it’s on. Donald Trump ended his post-presidency silence not with a blast at President Joe Biden, or at the left, or at the House impeachment man...

Vaccine shortages and precious doses wasted. Unnavigable systems for making appointments. A racial and economic divide in distribution. Scary virus mu...

Many are anxious these days and who can blame them? Pandemic. Serious divisions. Unrest. When might schools and jobs be stable again? Our supposedly r...

State Attorney General Tish James is getting headlines for what seems like a solid new lawsuit against Amazon for allegedly failing to protect warehou...

Siemens Energy’s decision to abandon its Olean manufacturing operations will decimate a community that’s faithfully supported the facility for more th...

Speaker Nancy Pelosi says the House will vote to create an independent commission to investigate the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. There’s no doubt...

My car was smothered in snow when I woke up Tuesday, the streets were drowning in slush, and when I glanced out my living room window, I instantly kne...

It wasn’t so long ago that the big public health crisis facing the nation was opioid abuse and the overdose deaths that were so frequently its result....

New York (TNS) — The walls are starting to fall in on Gov. Andrew Cuomo. And he’s got nobody to blame but himself. Cuomo can’t hide from the deadly co...

Washington, D.C., is not, counter to what you might think, a war zone. The city isn’t divided down the middle between the forces of the United States ...

Governor, do you recall how your brother was so offended when critics called him Fredo? Or your father’s famous rage at media talk of the mafia? But i...

ALBANY (TNS) — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on Monday almost apologized for stonewalling the release of full and accurate information on the COVID-19 deaths o...

“We found a baby girl for your adoption, but there are some things you will need to know. She’s in Siberia, and she was born with a rare condition. He...

Apple has delivered on a promise to clarify and curtail what data from users is gathered by apps. Instead of a lengthy privacy agreement in fine print...