Commentary

Billions spent on immigration aid
Commentary, Nation World
Feb 25, 2025
The Office of Refugee Resettlement spent $4.2 billion on grants in fiscal year 2024, bringing the agency’s five-year total to $22.6 billion since 2020...
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Guest Comment: 152 reasons to run for office
Commentary, Leters to the Editor
KAREN ASH 
Feb 24, 2025
“Everything is impossible until it is done.” — Nelson Mandela Ideally, representative government reflects the composition and interests of its constit...
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Trump risks making same economic mistakes as Biden
Commentary, Nation World
ALLISON SCHRAGER Bloomberg Opinion 
Feb 24, 2025
NEW YORK (TNS) — There is one surefire way to know when someone is trying to pull one over on you: If they’re promising something for nothing — whethe...
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Justice Department crisis was an unforced error
Commentary, Nation World, New York
NOAH FELDMAN - Bloomberg Opinion 
Feb 21, 2025
WASHINGTON (TNS) — Here’s the most important yet overlooked fact about theJustice Departmentprosecutors who resigned rather than drop charges againstN...
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Europe’s self-inflicted irrelevance
Commentary, Nation World
ANDREW LATHAM RealClearPolitics 
Feb 20, 2025
The great and the good of Europe gathered in Paris for yet another emergency summit, this time to discuss Ukraine and “security in Europe.” The specta...
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Battered Democrats hope to regain their focus
Commentary, Nation World
CARL P. LEUBSDORF The Dallas Morning News 
Feb 20, 2025
WASHINGTON (TNS) — Like everyone else in Washington, Democratic Party leaders have been stunned by the speed and the breadth of President Donald Trump...
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New York drivers dodge $5B in tolls
Commentary, New York
Feb 19, 2025
New York City angered its drivers with new “ congestion pricing ” for travel into Manhattan, but perhaps officials should be more focused on collectin...
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Some rare diseases not as rare as you think
Commentary, Local Columnists
DEB WUETHRICH 
Feb 19, 2025
February is Rare Disease Awareness month. The upcoming week has been declared Rare Disease Awareness week, with Rare Disease Day being Feb. 28. My hus...
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Trump, Musk are upending a broken status quo
Commentary, Nation World
SUSAN SHELLEY The Orange County Register 
Feb 18, 2025
LOS ANGELES (TNS) — A screeching effort has failed to stopTrump White HouseadvisorElon Muskfrom seeing the government’s books and flagging waste, frau...
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