Commentary

Has the West given up protecting its citizens?
Commentary, Opinion
By SIMON HANKINSON 
Jan 02, 2026
WASHINGTON (TNS) — Two centuries ago, gentlemen routinely carried swords or pistols to protect themselves, their families and their property. On the u...
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Elise Stefanik had a wild ride in 2025
Commentary, Opinion
By CHRIS CHURCHILL Times Union, Albany 
Dec 31, 2025
ALBANY (TNS) — At the start of the year, U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik was set to end her time in Congress to become the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nati...
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Looking ahead to a new political year in New York
Commentary, Opinion
By CHRIS WADE The Center Square 
Dec 30, 2025
New York politics enters uncharted territory in 2026 as Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani takes over the reins of the nation's most populous city fo...
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12-time evictee gets rental assistance
Commentary, Opinion
Dec 30, 2025
A Massachusetts man who had already been evicted from 12 apartments for refusing to pay rent received $23,000 in taxpayer-funded rental assistance in ...
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Get ready, 2026 is going to be great
Commentary, Opinion
By CHRIS TALGO InsideSources.com 
Dec 30, 2025
CHICAGO (TNS) — With only hours left in 2025, Americans should treasure their time with family and friends during the too-busy and too-short holiday s...
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Bruce Blakeman begins to make his case for governor
Commentary, Opinion
By CHRIS CHURCHILL Times Union, Albany 
Dec 29, 2025
ALBANY (TNS) — In a recent Siena Research Institute poll, 80% of Upstate New Yorkers said they didn't know Bruce Blakeman enough to have an opinion ab...
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Experimenting on dogs is getting harder to defend
Commentary, Opinion
By F.D. FLAM Bloomberg Opinion 
Dec 28, 2025
NEW YORK (TNS) — Medical experiments on research dogs could be phased out soon — a change that’s based as much on science as ethics. Pressure is comin...
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$12B payout to farmers a tariff-based disaster
Commentary, Opinion
Dec 28, 2025
If President Donald Trump’s tariffs and trade wars are so great for the American economy, then why does he have to shell out, as he did this month, $1...
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Social media ban for kids is worth a shot
Commentary, Opinion
Dec 26, 2025
The world is watching as Australia experiments with a first-of-its-kind social media ban. The measure took effect earlier this month and is designed t...
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The economy needs a little bit of unfairness
Commentary, Opinion
By ALLISON SCHRAGER Bloomberg Opinion 
Dec 26, 2025
NEW YORK (TNS) — There are a lot of reasons, some deserved and some not, for Americans’ distrust of their institutions. Lately I have been thinking ab...
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Christmas in September for fed buildings
Commentary, Opinion
Dec 26, 2025
The General Services Administration had its third-most expensive month ever for outside purchases this September, with $4.5 billion spent on items lik...
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New York Republicans have a Donald Trump problem
Commentary, Opinion
By CHRIS CHURCHILL Times Union, Albany 
Dec 24, 2025
ALBANY (TNS) — When Republican Lee Zeldin ran for governor in 2022, Joe Biden was one of his best assets. Biden's approval rating just before the elec...
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Startups offer hope on rare-earth materials
Commentary, Opinion
Dec 24, 2025
U.S. officials from across the political spectrum vow to ramp up efforts to wean the nation off rare-earth mineral imports from China. But the most pr...
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