Commentary

I thought I had the perfect setup for summer — until the birds came. And the stray cat. And the squirrel. Since last fall, I have been giving my cats,...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — On Saturday, there will be a military parade in Washington in honor of the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army. Coincidentally, the ...

Violence broke out in Los Angeles over the weekend in protest of federal immigration raids. The response highlights the need for a more functional Ame...

"To say that I’m a frustrated dairy farmer in New York state would be an understatement. I don’t understand how a bill like this even gets remotely th...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — In one of the most perceptive gags in one of the best television comedies of all time, "Arrested Development," the effete therapist...

NEW YORK (TNS) — Sometimes it takes a self-indulgent public-relations stunt to remind us of what’s important. Monday’s inevitably intercepted aid flot...

On June 8, 1789, James Madison rose before Congress and performed an about-face. The founder who had opposed the addition of a bill of rights to the C...

The Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Defense and Office of Personnel Management violated the Payment Integrity Information Act by publis...

ANDOVER — Artificial Intelligence, or AI, has crashed the Irish Festival — drunk, pushy and getting in everyone’s face with some of the most obnoxious...

The Department of Housing and Urban Development spent $714 million paying outside contractors to take care of houses and condominiums owned by the fed...

CHICAGO (TNS) — Americans unhappy with President Donald Trump’s second term have taken to wishing for something they shouldn’t. If only the U.S. Treas...

Raising the age of criminal responsibility in New York has created a nightmare scenario that opened statutory loopholes that prohibit law enforcement ...

R. David Lankes said, “Bad libraries build collections, good libraries build services, great libraries build communities.” As I am hearing more inform...

ALBANY — Every session of the state Legislature brings a fresh crop of proposals that would drive up health-care costs, and 2025 is no exception. Here...

It seems it was bound to happen. The White House is nowhere big enough to accommodate the egos of President Trump and Elon Musk. Their fallout happene...

NEW YORK (TNS) — There is no constituency for debt reduction, which is a fancy way of saying voters don’t care that the federal balance sheet is rough...

BOSTON (TNS) — Electric car subsidies are heading for the chopping block. A tax bill recently passed by House Republicans is set to stop billions in t...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (TNS) — To read David Mastio’s recent column about gun violence among America’s children, one would think this epidemic is nothing bu...