Opinion

World leaders following the ‘autocrat’s playbook’
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
TRUDY RUBIN The Philadelphia Inquirer 
Apr 04, 2023
PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — A couple of weeks ago, as I moderated a discussion at the University of Pennsylvania's Perry World House on the heated battle to ...
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Moon landing again in NASA’s sights
Opinion
Apr 04, 2023
We are going back to the moon. And fairly soon, too. A new rocket was successfully tested. There are news accounts about what’s ahead. But it has all ...
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The persecution of Donald J. Trump
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
SUSAN SHELLEY 
Apr 03, 2023
LOS ANGELES (TNS) — Arrested for corruption or corruptly arrested? As of this writing, the former president of the United States and frontrunning GOP ...
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Now Dems care if a pol tries to hide an affair?
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
RYAN J. RUSAK The Charlotte Observer 
Apr 02, 2023
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (TNS) — When President Bill Clinton took advantage of a woman young enough to be his daughter and then lied about it under oath, Democ...
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New York state crosses its fingers on Edward Kindt
Local Columnists, New York, Opinion
Jim Eckstrom jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com 
Mar 30, 2023
A woman named Pamela Smart will remain in prison for the foreseeable future. New Hampshire’s highest court on Wednesday rejected the latest attempt to...
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Raising minimum wage lifts business
Local Columnists, New York, Opinion
ANNIE ADAMS 
Mar 29, 2023
BUFFALO — As a small business owner, I’m invested in New York. I’m not looking for a quick buck. I’m building a business to last for many years to com...
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Trump’s J6 national anthem mashup
Editorial Cartoons, Opinion
BYRON YORK 
Mar 29, 2023
Former President Donald Trump does not usually play the national anthem when he appears at rallies around the country. Trump enters the arena to the s...
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The state of the NY State Museum is embarrassing
Local Columnists, New York, Opinion
CHRIS CHURCHILL Times Union, Albany 
Mar 28, 2023
ALBANY (TNS) — There’s much I still love about New York’s State Museum. The place has an old-school charm, I’ve spent happy afternoons there and, if o...
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NY lawmakers must heed public on crime
New York, Opinion
Mar 28, 2023
New York Mayor Eric Adams spent Monday in Albany trying to convince his fellow Democrats in the Assembly and state Senate (where he was once a member)...
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A new chief judge for NY, the sequel
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Mar 27, 2023
Once again, the 12 members of the state Commission on Judicial Nomination — appointed by the bipartisan leadership of the Legislature, the governor an...
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Actually, New York IS coming for your gas stove
Local Columnists, New York, Opinion
TOM WROBLESKI Staten Island Advance 
Mar 26, 2023
NEW YORK (TNS) — When is a ban on gas stoves not a ban on gas stoves? When New York lawmakers want to tell you that it isn’t. They can frame it any wa...
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DeSantis backpedals in Ukraine
Nation World, Opinion
Mar 26, 2023
Wait just a minute here — you mean the war in Ukraine isn’t simply a territorial dispute? Who knew? Not Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, obviously. Until he...
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Memories of the Iraq War
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
TRUDY RUBIN The Philadelphia Inquirer 
Mar 26, 2023
PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — Twenty years ago, when I first hired him in Baghdad, my Iraqi interpreter and driver Salam was thrilled that the Americans had to...
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