Commentary

LAWRENCE, Kan. (TNS) — On Sept. 10, conservative activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated in Utah with a rifle commonly used for hunting. The killing dr...

ALBANY — As Washington skirmishes over the future of enhanced tax credits under the Affordable Care Act, New York has relatively little to gain or los...

NEW YORK (TNS) — As it turns out, Twitter is not the town square. Someone might want to alert American political leaders. In the era of social media, ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (TNS) — When I read that the Pentagon has the time, energy, technology and personnel to track what military and civilian employees ar...

I’m not buying it. “Blame the Democrats” might be a convenient and logical talking point for our Republican officials here at the New York state level...

As Democrats and Republicans dig in during the latest government shutdown, the Congressional Budget Office released its monthly spending report on Wed...

A little-noticed New York program that provides Medicaid coverage to elderly undocumented immigrants was thrust onto the national stage last week as t...

The roiling kerfuffle in late night network television demonstrates how confused, hypocritical, and angry Americans have become. Stephen Colbert and J...

On behalf of our family, we want to express our heartfelt gratitude to the people of Olean and the surrounding communities for the kindness and suppor...

The Supreme Court began a new term Monday, giving the justices the opportunity to advance constitutional freedoms on a number of fronts. Under Chief J...

Autism, or autism spectrum disorder (ASD), is a developmental condition characterized by differences in social interaction, communication, and behavio...

Do you know anyone with autism? Have a family member on the spectrum? I think many of us could answer “yes” to those questions. Because of changes in ...

Progressivism isn’t just an ideology; it’s also becoming a mental health condition. Spiraling past the tendentious spin and lies that have long shaped...

ALBANY (TNS) — There are reasons to be cynical about Gov. Kathy Hochul's much-hyped "inflation-refund checks," which could just as easily be called "g...

In the cynical end, its several virtues aside, about the best that can be said for President Trump and his diplomatic team’s complex, thoughtful new p...

Shut it down. Shut it all down! Not the government. I’m talking about the fake news that spent the past two weeks trying to scare average Americans in...

ALBANY (TNS) — The common presumption is that New York is not a particularly religious place, especially when compared to other parts of the United St...

On April 2003, I deployed to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba as part of a Military Police Headquarters assigned to the Joint Task Force (JTF). As the JTF Current...