Opinion

I read with dismay an article about construction of wind turbines in Cattaraugus and Allegany counties, which described the expected decimation of the...

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s top priority at the Zoar Valley Multiple Use and Unique Areas is public safety. Zoar Val...

For Americans under 20, an epidemic much deadlier than Covid-19 has raged over the last three years. Deaths among those aged 1 to 19 surged 20% — driv...

Politicians and activists reacted with dismay last week upon the news that the FBI illegally tapped into foreign intelligence data looking for dirt on...

Current and past cinematic pieces covering end of life issues, such as Plan 75, are making their way back into cultural and political conversations. R...

Recently, the NAACP issued what it calls a “formal travel advisory” to warn black Americans against visiting Florida. “Florida is openly hostile towar...

ALBANY (TNS) — Smartphones are a gift. They put the world in our pockets, enabling a previously unimaginable distribution of information and, um, cat ...

I could have sworn I have heard it repeated over and over — by Alejandro Mayorkas, U.S. secretary of Homeland Security, and President Joe Biden — the ...

For some, global warming alarmism is an excuse to oppose modern civilization. For decades, environmentals have warned that a warming Earth caused by b...

FORT WORTH, Texas (TNS) — I am always amazed when, in the aftermath of a mass shooting such as the tragedy in Allen, Texas, both political parties exp...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — For a brief moment last week, it was possible to imagine that President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy had found a patc...

Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer’s heart is in the right place: he wants to lower health care and prescription drug costs for New Yorkers and fo...

A state Senate committee on Wednesday approved legislation weakening the ability of local government and school officials to discipline workers by ext...

As President Joe Biden’s Air Force One landed in Japan Wednesday for a carefully planned G7 summit, he had a world of problems on his mind: Tensions w...

Years ago, I helped found the Problem Solvers Caucus in the U.S. House. A key partner in this effort was a group called No Labels. Together, we rallie...

Next month, construction is set to begin on a permanent ADA-compliant trail to be routed parallel to the tops of crumbling 200-foot shale cliffs at th...

For more than a year, professional golf has been engulfed in a civil war over money and politics. The cause has been the creation of a new tour, funde...

The debt ceiling debate between the House GOP and President Joe Biden could, if not solved, lead to economic chaos and destruction — so it might seem ...