Commentary

WASHINGTON(TNS)— PresidentDonald Trumplikes to troll Canada. He has been threatening our neighbor to the north with additional tariffs, and he thinks ...

Sometimes there’s just no explaining Albany. That’s really been true over the past six years of New York state government under one-party control. Tak...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Donald Trumpcame into office with mandates to fix three big problemsJoe Bidenhad failed to address: Out-of-control illegal immigrat...

New York City is one of the world’s premier tourist destinations, and visitors attending the soccer World Cup next year will likely have no trouble fi...

LOS ANGELES (TNS) — Did the Trump administration violate the law by flying Venezuelan migrants out of the country as the ACLU battled in court to prev...

I read the commentary by retired U.S. Army Brigadier Gen. Arthur G. Austin Jr. in Saturday's edition of the Times Herald ( "So what are you doing to m...

From a market-based perspective, user fees that pay for public roads should be based on the amount that drivers use them. Instead, states assess such ...

IfRepublicansdare broach the subject of waste and fraud in Medicaid or Medicare, it will be seconds beforeDemocratsaccuse them of seeking to throw gra...

NEW YORK (TNS) — Ultra-processed foods, or UPFs for short, are suddenly the hot health concept — the new antihero in global diets. The topic is explod...

I have been involved in four different protests in downtown Olean and each time both the number of protesters and the number of passing motorists in a...

As I am writing this, I’m crossing the Canadian prairie. I’ve learned a lot about our country in the last week from the prospective of Irish, French, ...

ALBANY (TNS) — Five years ago,Andrew Cuomo'sadministration quietly issued the nursing home order that changed everything for the former governor. At t...

Gov. Kathy Hochul has further delayed what amounts to a tax on energy until after the next general election. Almost six years after the state adopted ...

In response to Christine Van Horn’s Readers' Turn to Write commentary in the March 22 edition of the Times Herald ( "The sky is falling indeed — on fr...

As someone who firmly believes in libertarian/conservative values and principles, I fully understand that compulsory national service could seem like ...

In the wake of two major pieces of news recently, it has become more clear than ever that Congressman Nick Langworthy had better step up and start doi...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Over the past 48 hours, President Donald Trump’s national security team has looked like a pack of amateurs. On Monday, The Atlantic...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — My young friends told me the same story as the novelist: People don’t see them when they’re behind the counter. They might greet th...