Commentary

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...

NEW YORK (TNS) — President Donald Trump spent several days promising Americans that “an answer to autism” was imminent. Instead, his big reveal on Mon...

NEW YORK (TNS) — President Donald Trump is taking yet another gamble on immigration, betting that he can force companies to compete for skilled Americ...

NEW YORK (TNS) — Imagine your most cherished political figure was also your cultural north star and pastoral life coach. Now imagine he was felled by ...

September is Suicide Prevention Month. What many people don’t realize is that firearms are the leading cause of suicide in the United States. More tha...

The State of Washington spent $5 billion on homelessness prevention programs over the last 12 years, but there has been little measurable impact so fa...

Over the weekend the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) confirmed that the Trump administration is cancelling the data collection that provides the...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — During the Sept. 15 monologue that spawned this kerfuffle, late-night talk-show host Jimmy Kimmel stepped in it when he said, “The ...

ALBANY (TNS) — The killing of Charlie Kirk has unleashed a torrent of debate in certain circles about the First Amendment and free speech, and some of...

A transportation agency run by the states of New York and New Jersey is paying minority-owned businesses 10% more to do the same work as other vendors...

A week before Charlie Kirk’s murder, some friends and I were trying to identify the seminal events that have shaped this American century. We all lead...

Each article I read about the recent Great Lakes Cheese waste disposal problem continues to leave us with vague facts on cause, solutions in progress ...

“Vaccines have saved more human lives than any other medical invention in history.” — World Health Organization Words carry meaning, and oftentimes, h...

NEW YORK (TNS) — President Donald Trump is not as popular as he claims. But neither is he as unpopular as his opponents might like to think. That’s th...

Just because an ideology has failed repeatedly doesn’t mean it won’t attract new adherents. Witness what’s happening in New York. On Sunday, New York ...

ALBANY (TNS) — Elise Stefanik first met Charlie Kirk in 2015. At the time, she was a newly elected New York congresswoman famous, to the extent that s...

ALBANY — The National Football League kicked off its new season this month and fans tuning in to television broadcasts this fall may see their favorit...

The Veterans Health Administration has lost an estimated 5% of its reusable medical equipment worth at least $211 million — including exam tables, com...