Opinion

There I was, standing in my daughter’s living room holding on to the top of her live Christmas tree praying that it would stand up straight once she g...

Do you remember the big national debate on whether the United States would adopt a policy to make the foreign share of the population the highest it’s...

CHICAGO — Greg Abbott isn’t someone all upon with fondness. And for good reason. Leave aside the nasty politics for a moment, though, and in a key res...

NEW YORK (TNS) — If there’s one climate-change solution everybody seems to agree on, it’s that trees are good. Even Donald Trump, who has called clima...

Rep. Elise Stefanik set a clever trap at a House hearing on antisemitism on campus, snaring the presidents of the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard ...

WASHINGTON — George Santos, assuming that’s his real name, is a classic type, and in another era he’d be selling miracle elixirs out of a horse-drawn ...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Our National Defense Strategy identifies China as the primary challenge to the United States. To confront this threat successfully,...

CHICAGO (TNS) — One of the best ways to get a picture of a nation is through its numbers and, perhaps more importantly, its averages. But Americans li...

It’s possible that Congress can’t find a way, despite the support of bipartisan majorities, to continue funding Ukraine in its fight against Vladimir ...

“Archie Bunker couldn’t exist today.” It’s a refrain that’s landed in my inbox more than once since the death of “All in the Family” creator Norman Le...

The weather outside is frightful, the fire is so delightful — it’s the only happy time of winter, in my opinion — the countdown to Christmas. As I’ve ...

Redemption is a concept that most people subscribe to EXCEPT when it means putting the words into action. Take for instance Gov. Kathy Hochul’s new bi...

Organized retail crime is a real problem, but the state has yet to figure out its scope and possible solutions. New York needs to address the issue of...

My appreciation for our freedom of movement was re-ignited recently when I finished up an engine swap into my rare-but-not-collectable 1995 Ford Thund...

Why would former Rep. Liz Cheney run for president? Is she nuts? Is she trying to sell a book? Why would a Republican whose last election was losing a...

There are many reasons to be depressed about public education in America. But the craze that has swept through public schools is actually increasing d...

ALBANY (TNS) — It is depressingly easy to find examples of politicians acting like, well, politicians. You know — pandering, getting fuzzy with the tr...

The George Santos fiasco is finally at an end, at least in Congress, with the U.S. House of Representatives — including 105 of his Republican colleagu...