Commentary

Con artists steal millions every year from vulnerable Americans, but it increasingly appears that the real money is in ripping off U.S. taxpayers. As ...

The results of a survey on Gov. Kathy Hochul’s “bell-to-bell” statewide ban on smartphones in school during its first academic year were exactly as we...

If President Donald Trump wants the Senate to pass an immigration enforcement package, he’ll have to give up his ill-advised “anti-weaponization” fund...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — From Indiana to Texas, President Donald Trump has been throwing his political weight around, using his clout to end the careers of ...

Maine’s largest ski resort has yet to pay back $153,000 in taxpayer money it received years ago to build a dam that never materialized. Franklin Count...

LOS ANGELES (TNS) — After a decade of Trumpism, it should come as no surprise that President Donald Trump’s ethos (presenting scandal as strength, out...

DALLAS (TNS) — For most moms I know, summer is a mixed bag. It’s not hard to understand why. For mothers without access to flexible or remote work, su...

ALBANY — Anyone hoping the governor would make even modest, common-sense changes to New York’s disastrous energy policies will be disappointed. The en...

Most of America’s military budget is spent on weapons and technology, but justifying the value of some other expenditures is a bit harder. The Departm...

I AM a patriot. I truly am. I say the Pledge of Allegiance at every event, I can sing all the words to "The Star-Spangled Banner," I can even recite t...

Every time you send an email, stream a video, or read this piece online, you’re accessing a data center somewhere. They’re part of the infrastructure ...

Even as the U.S. and Iran wrestle over an agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, surging gas prices have turned the government’s attention to a per...

NEW YORK (TNS) — My Manhattan apartment is about 800 square feet, the same size as my upstairs neighbors’ — except they’re a family of four plus a lar...

President Donald Trump withdrew a lawsuit he had filed against his own administration — instead planning to create a $1.8 billion slush fund that woul...

When we are older and we look back at our lives, we often zero in on the regrets. The challenges. The hard times. The often-overlooked truth, however,...

American cities need bold renewal. What we need is a “MadeCity” vision — a vision for intentionally crafting or “making” cities that emphasize the end...

In the past year, Washington has begun to treat maritime power as what it truly is: national security infrastructure. On Maritime Day 2026, this is we...

From Arlington in our nation’s capital to Woodlawn, Bath, and Romulus here at home -- and at thousands of other veterans’ cemeteries and monuments acr...