Commentary

This past Sunday I climbed Phelps Mountain, one of the 46 high peaks in the Adirondack Mountains of New York. As I was hiking, I thought back to 1968 ...

Less than a month into school, Olean parents are already facing tough challenges. I’ve seen posts of a student bruised and bloodied, another who switc...

There were at least 235,502 retirees across the country who collected a public pension of $100,000 or more in 2024 — costing taxpayers $30.6 billion —...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — The Republican rush to add congressional seats in Texas and other red states reflects the bipartisan consensus that the main 2026 b...

Are we safer today? More than 470 immigrants were detained at their job site in Georgia at a Hyundai battery plant on Sept. 4. At a Nutrition Bar conf...

Trampling the First Amendment has become a bipartisan exercise. Apparently, the underlying philosophy of many on opposite sides of the political spect...

Here’s a modern paradox: The very mechanism that allows people to easily connect with others drives some to isolation. Social media has many benefits....

Donald Trump’s presidency isn’t just about partisan fights. Time and again, it pushes against the very rights the Constitution guarantees. He calls th...

NEW YORK (TNS) — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy set the tone back in April when he announced the Trump administration’s plan to find the cause of ...

It began under former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who pursued a misguided, politically driven penchant for rapidly closing state prisons, which led to overcrow...

Keeping track of President Donald Trump’s various diplomatic maneuvers can be challenging, to say the least. His latest ruminations on Ukraine represe...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — America is aging rapidly. By 2034, there will be more seniors than children for the first time in our country’s history. Meanwhile,...

In fiscal year 2024, the U.S. sold a record $118 billion in military supplies and services to foreign allies, but Congress has no way of knowing if al...

NEW YORK (TNS) — The recent announcement that scientists have spotted what they believe to be evidence suggesting ancient life on Mars seemed like the...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (TNS) — What we heard from President Donald Trump in his hourlong speech at the United Nations on Monday was never meant to be diplomac...

Former Vice President Kamala Harris just released “107 Days,” recounting her brief tenure as the Democrats’ presidential nominee after President Joe B...

New York’s nuclear fleet is more than just a power source — it’s the backbone of our energy future and a lifeline for working families across the stat...

The Trump administration is pushing hard on major issues of academic freedom in universities, using federal funding as a cudgel. On Monday, U.S. Distr...