Commentary

Many years ago, as a young foreign correspondent, I went to Beirut to cover the Lebanese civil war. On the wall of the newsroom where I worked, someon...

There were roughly 25,000 National Guard members in Washington, D.C., for the inauguration of President Joe Biden. It has been normal practice to have...

With all the attention on the Cuomo administration’s delay in disclosing the true number of nursing home residents who died from COVID-19, the reasons...

QAnon is such a weird theory that it’s tempting to think humanity is getting dumber. But it’s better seen as a highly sophisticated way of manipulatin...

Late in 2020 several aspiring health care professionals studying at St. Bonaventure University shared a snapshot of why they chose health care as a pr...

New York is in week eight of COVID vaccinations. In hindsight, it’s clear neither city nor state were ready to efficiently, equitably distribute the l...

I called Arizona for Biden on Fox News. Here’s what I learned The New York Evening Express was no great shakes as a newspaper. But in 1886, when The N...

The reason for the season should be recognized all year long. Christ came to this world to bring us compassion, love and faith. Your generosity of tim...

ALBANY (TNS) — When Letitia James was elected with Andrew Cuomo’s backing, I assumed she wouldn’t be willing to ruffle the governor’s feathers or look...

Regarding the letter to the editor, “Selective Punishment Against Trump,” in the Jan. 19 edition of the Times Herald, it is a sad reminder that some p...

Ever since President Joe Biden gave his inaugural address calling for “unity,” it has been a common theme of opinion columns, news stories and social ...

President Joe Biden has proved that, if nothing else, he has a pen and a phone. According to The Economist, he signed more executive orders in his fir...

ALBANY (TNS) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration has decreed that higher-risk high school sports can start playing on Feb. 1, so long as officials in...

It’s the most important number you’ve never heard of, and President Joe Biden is about to change it as he resets U.S. environmental policy. It’s the s...

House Democratic impeachment managers have delivered to the Senate a single, hastily passed article of impeachment against former President Trump. A t...

Within hours of taking office, President Joe Biden announced a resumption of funding for the World Health Organization as well as participation in the...

I have vaccine envy. There. I’ve confessed it. The thought of getting a COVID-19 vaccine makes me impatient, greedy, needy. I yearn for a vaccine the ...

By Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s estimate, New York faces a $15 billion budget shortfall. So why is the state so hesitant to look for revenue where it obviously...