Commentary

Most Americans appreciate that press freedom is vital to the health of a free and open society. Unfortunately, that appreciation runs an inch deep, as...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is moving toward reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug. The Justice Department propos...

CHICAGO (TNS) — Over the years, we’ve all heard fellow Americans grousing about moving to Canada if an upcoming election doesn’t go their way. It’s no...

President Joe Biden’s 2025 budget blueprint won’t become law, but it provides a glimpse of what the nation can expect if he wins re-election and Democ...

Throughout one’s life, I imagine, it is uncommon to meet someone that truly inspires you to become a better person. If I had to guess, I would say the...

NEW YORK (TNS) — One of the many things to appreciate about our home planet is that buried in its layers of rock is a kind of time machine. These stra...

ALBANY — Communities without a local newspaper experience higher government spending, lower voter participation and higher levels of civic mistrust. S...

Monday, with all classes being held remote, the environs of Columbia University were anything but quiet. On the South Lawn in front of Butler Library ...

Three more offshore windmill projects hit the rocks, despite subsidies. Is offshore wind a perennial infant industry? Despite receiving countless bill...

To prepare for shutdowns, communities where correctional facilities are economic lifelines need time — and help from the state. New York’s prison popu...

The ultra-conservative House Freedom Caucus opposed this year’s $1.7 trillion federal budget, urging lawmakers to vote against the bill and trigger a ...

ALBANY (TNS) — In a worrying new Marist poll, an eye-popping 37 percent of New Yorkers said they plan to leave the state within five years. That is .....

April is a good month to be thinking about poetry because it is National Poetry Month in the United States. Former New York Gov. Mario Cuomo famously ...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Maybe I’m going out on a limb here, but the hapless House Republicans have finally achieved something big: an end to tit-for-tat im...

On Saturday, the capitals of four democracies were strengthened when the U.S. House finally passed long-stalled foreign-aid bills. The three overseas ...

Elite universities can work toward greater free speech, but things won’t improve until legacy campus publications are challenged. “We have conservativ...

“Death to America!” We are used to that chant. Maybe too used to it. If you are old enough, you heard it in 1979 during the Iranian hostage crisis whe...

New York State’s subsidies for film producers cost $700 million last year but didn’t boost revenue nearly enough to cover their cost, according to a r...