Commentary

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Russian President Vladimir Putin, frustrated by his bogged-down war in Ukraine, is trying to intimidate the European nations that —...

Shortly after President Donald Trump imposed new tariffs on a slew of Canadian imports, aiming to cripple its economy unless it bends to his will, Can...

NEW YORK (TNS) — The U.S. deficit has reached $1.97 trillion and is on track to pass 6% of gross domestic product this fiscal year, the latest milesto...

Editor's note: Richard Reilly is president of the Olean Meditation Center and founder of the Center of Solitude. His column is the third of six articl...

ALBANY — In 2024, the New York state Legislature decided the state needed some money — $75 billion, to be exact — for “comprehensive adaptation to the...

ALBANY (TNS) — I spoke with Paula DiPerna on her cellphone, which is probably ironic, because she wanted to talk about landlines. For the kids out the...

President Donald Trump has often sparred effectively with the mainstream media outlets. His latest skirmish, however, is a misstep. Late last week, Tr...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced it has cut off payments to 11 providers suspected of fraudulently billing $3.4 billion to Medic...

NEW YORK (TNS) — Sam Forstag recently joined a text chain to better keep up with a few friends. There’s nothing unusual about that, except Forstag’s t...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — In 2024, Hispanic voters gave President Donald Trump an unexpected boost. In 2026, his policies are driving them back to their Demo...

Five construction projects at a Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Fayetteville, Arkansas nearly tripled in cost because of delays that ...

It took 10 minutes to erase Johnstown, Pennsylvania. On May 31, 1889, a wall of water tore down the Little Conemaugh Valley and killed more than 2,200...

My father, John H. Spako, spent much of his life caring for other people. He is a veteran, and after serving his country he proudly spent more than 20...

Gasoline prices aren’t the only thing California Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to raise. Newsom recently put out a release touting California’s economic gro...

With U.S. midterm elections fast approaching, Americans of all political persuasions are newly questioning technology giants about the role of artific...

CHICAGO (TNS) — As of last Friday, a quarter century has elapsed since the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) became law. At the begi...

We hear a lot of talk these days about the relative merits of capitalism and socialism since, for some reason, Marxism is back in fashion in certain (...

I was saddened to hear of the passing of Father Dominic Monti; the Olean Times Herald had a very nice writeup on Thursday regarding his passing. The r...