Commentary

An ounce of prevention, it has been said, is worth a pound of cure. That proverb is attributed to Benjamin Franklin, who purportedly coined it in a 17...

TSA officers screened three million passengers a day this spring. They did it without paychecks. Some sold plasma to pay their bills. Others slept in ...

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth was not kidding when he complained that there are too many “fat troops” in the military. The military has spent nearly $...

A somewhat under-the-radar decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit earlier this month is, on its surface, focused on the issue of ...

They are becoming depressingly common, these attacks on President Donald Trump’s life. This nation was born of bloodshed and has been deeply divided a...

NEW YORK (TNS) — I recently heard a terrifying prediction: Advances in defense technology will change the way war is waged today as much as industrial...

Many people still view vaping and moderate drinking as relatively low-risk behaviors – part of everyday life, social routines or stress management. Bu...

If prediction markets are any indication, Democrats are heavy favorites to take the House in November, with a likelihood approaching 85%. That’s no su...

Texas taxpayers spent an estimated $42.3 million to $111.5 million to help local governments lobby the state legislature in 2025, even though 83% of v...

The New York Senate passed legislation to make more than 600,000 acres of state forest, which is public land, open to leasing by renewable energy deve...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s dramatic defeat has sparked substantial speculation over its potential fallout, both in Eur...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Until recently, President Donald Trump always found a way to fail forward, through a combination of spin, threats, payoffs and blus...

Renewable energy sources are the most cost-effective form of electricity generation. Solar power does not pollute air and water like fossil fuel-based...

MANHATTAN, Kan. (TNS) — It appears that the war in Iran is going to fail to accomplish a key objective: Getting rid of the murderous regime that runs ...

BOSTON (TNS) — President Donald Trump is the new Gerald Ford. Fifty-two years ago, President Gerald Ford came up with “Whip Inflation Now” (WIN) — a g...

MANHATTAN, Kan. (TNS) — More unsolicited life advice from Uncle Ned, kids. Today's word to the wise: Broaden your mind. This is the opposite of what y...

Chicago politics have taken root in Vatican City. Pope Leo XIV may be a man of the cloth, but he is also a Southsider, so it is not surprising that he...

Trump’s war with Iran is not popular — and that’s no surprise. Critics of the war are correct about one very important thing: It is messy. The Strait ...