Opinion

How government drives inflation
Commentary, Nation World
Jan 28, 2024
The short- and long-term causes of inflation are clear — if you know where to look. The American public doesn’t approve of President Joe Biden’s handl...
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Haley’s voters will haunt Trump until November
Commentary, Nation World
FRANCIS WILKINSON Bloomberg Opinion 
Jan 28, 2024
NEW YORK (TNS) — Former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley lost the New Hampshire primary to Donald Trump by double digits Tuesday. It’s hard to fore...
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Why 2024 may not be the worst political year ever
Commentary, Local Columnists, Nation World
JACKIE CALMES Los Angeles Times 
Jan 26, 2024
WASHINGTON (TNS) — The 2028 presidential campaign can’t come soon enough. Just think: Fresh faces, furrowed by fewer lines. Fresh ideas, not of the au...
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The rematch many don’t want
Commentary, Nation World
Jan 25, 2024
Polls reveal that a majority of American voters aren’t happy about a potential rematch between Joe Biden and Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential ele...
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Migrant crisis’ growing tab in New York
Commentary, Nation World, New York
Jan 25, 2024
While New York’s bill to deal with the huge influx of migrants rises by billions, Congress can’t close an immigration deal its members insist they wan...
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Joe Biden’s gift just keeps on giving
Commentary, Local Columnists, Nation World
RICH LOWRY 
Jan 25, 2024
There’s a lively internal debate in the GOP about the politics of a potential immigration deal with Joe Biden. Should Republicans, as Donald Trump is ...
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Don’t forget to dream!
Commentary, Local Columnists
DEB WUETHRICH 
Jan 24, 2024
Can we already be rounding the corner to February? I feel like I haven’t even had time to do the New Year reflections on 2023 so I can make some good ...
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Victory, yes, but some warning signs for Trump
Commentary, Nation World
CARL P. LEUBSDORF The Dallas Morning News 
Jan 24, 2024
WASHINGTON. (TNS) — With his solid New Hampshire victory, Donald Trump has the Republican nomination within his grasp. But the results showed he faces...
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The empty seats in US classrooms
Commentary, Nation World
Jan 24, 2024
Education leaders spent the pandemic telling students that showing up to school wasn’t necessary. Unfortunately, many of them took the lesson to heart...
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NY outpacing states in election bills
Commentary, New York
Jan 23, 2024
Legislators in New York have passed 24 election-related bills out of at least one chamber of the Legislature, more than all other state legislatures c...
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NY Democrats skew elections to their benefit
Commentary, Local Columnists, New York
ASSEMBLYMAN JOE GIGLIO 
Jan 23, 2024
ALBANY — A couple days before Christmas, when she hoped no one was looking, Gov. Hochul signed into law legislation that will force local governments ...
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Fetterman cracks the code
Commentary, Local Columnists, Nation World
RICH LOWRY 
Jan 22, 2024
John Fetterman, as someone put it, is doing a Bulworth in reverse. Bulworth was a fictional California senator in the 1990s movie of the same name who...
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Saving Gaza means pressing Iran as well as Israel
Commentary, Local Columnists, Nation World
MARC CHAMPION Bloomberg Opinion 
Jan 21, 2024
NEW YORK (TNS) — The gulf between how Israel and much of the world thinks about events in Gaza is growing, and with it the risk of regional escalation...
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The delusions that won the Iowa caucuses
Commentary, Local Columnists, Nation World
ROBIN ABCARIAN Los Angeles Times 
Jan 21, 2024
LOS ANGELES (TNS) — Does anyone believe that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis or former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley truly stands a chance of becoming the...
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Time for real study of NY population loss
Commentary, New York
Jan 19, 2024
There is no one reason why New York is hemorrhaging population. Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo may have been partly right when he joked people are moving to...
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