Opinion

Biden’s inane war on packaging
Commentary, Nation World
RICH LOWRY 
Feb 27, 2024
Joe Biden has met the enemy, and it is smaller packaging for foodstuffs. The White House is targeting the practice known as “shrinkflation,” or compan...
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Congress failing at its most basic job
Commentary, Nation World
Feb 27, 2024
Once again, Americans are watching the same drama: If Congress doesn’t come to a funding agreement, parts of the federal government could shut down at...
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Boy, this economy is hard to read
Nation World, Opinion
CONOR SEN Bloomberg Opinion 
Feb 26, 2024
NEW YORK (TNS) — Slower inflation was supposed to be a sign that the economy was cooling, all part of the Federal Reserve’s plan for higher interest r...
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Conservatives are targeting IVF
Commentary, Nation World
MICHAEL FRERICHS Chicago Tribune 
Feb 25, 2024
SPRINGFIELD, Illinois (TNS) — The new battlefield over abortion rights centers on the use of in vitro fertilization. It’s a battle that is highly pers...
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No Labels=no hope for victory … or does it?
Commentary, Local Columnists
NICHOLAS L. WADDY 
Feb 25, 2024
Earlier this month there was crushing news for allegedly conservative Democrats hiding out in the hills of West Virginia — a paltry demographic that m...
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A permanent ethics fix in New York
Commentary, New York
Feb 23, 2024
With New York’s current watchdog facing legal peril, state lawmakers need to start working toward a constitutional change A New Yorker born at the tur...
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Fani Willis and the court of public opinion
Commentary, Nation World
CLARENCE PAGE Chicago Tribune 
Feb 23, 2024
CHICAGO (TNS) — Fani Willis should have known better. It doesn’t take a law degree to know that the appearance of impropriety can be just as damaging ...
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Blocking Ukraine aid no way to put US first
Commentary, New York
JACKIE CALMES Los Angeles Times 
Feb 22, 2024
WASHINGTON (TNS) — For Presidents Day, the House is taking two weeks off. But first the Republicans who misrule the place honored their favorite presi...
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Suozzi win shows voting map is fair
Commentary, New York
Feb 22, 2024
Tom Suozzi’s victory last week is strong proof that New York’s voting districts were drawn fairly — and Democrats’ demands for new ones reflect a poli...
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Judge Engoron’s retribution
Commentary, Nation World
BYRON YORK 
Feb 22, 2024
Donald Trump has just a few weeks to find a way to pay, or guarantee that he will pay, the $355 million fine that a New York judge imposed on him in t...
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Saying the obvious about Hamas
Commentary, Nation World
Feb 21, 2024
Egypt’s top diplomat delivered a blunt assessment last week of the turmoil in the Middle East. Deluded apologists protesting in the United States and ...
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Lost stuff easier to find with less clutter
Commentary, Nation World
DEB WUETHRICH 
Feb 21, 2024
Have you ever lost or misplaced something? Like looking for your glasses only to find them atop your head? I’ve done this with sunglasses. It’s a litt...
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It makes no sense to abandon Ukraine
Commentary, Nation World
RICH LOWRY 
Feb 21, 2024
Millions for defense, but not one cent for Ukraine. That’s the rallying cry of opponents of a new $60 billion tranche of aid for Ukraine led by Ohio’s...
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8 ways NY could rip off drivers even more
Commentary, Nation World
TOM WROBLESKI Staten Island Advance 
Feb 20, 2024
NEW YORK (TNS) — Many drivers hate speed cameras. And few are enthusiastic about the prospect of paying the looming congestion pricing tax. But that’s...
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