Opinion

After a hiatus during the Trump years, Republicans are back in the mood for fiscal probity. It’s very strange not to seriously pursue a deeply held go...

Over the past several months, the Western New York community has been reeling with losses and tragedies, each one reminding us how fragile life is. Bu...

When the talk turns to left-wing “woke” ideology on college campuses, I sometimes say I was there at the creation. I basically resigned my first acade...

It’s an old aphorism that if you tax something, you get less of it. Seven states are at risk of finding out exactly how that truism applies to wealth ...

ST. BONAVENTURE — Skiing in the Alps or racing along a zip line at speeds nearing 70 miles per hour are typical activities for St. Bonaventure Univers...

It’s been fascinating to read accounts detailing how a murder suspect was apprehended and charged with crimes involving the slaying of four University...

Brett Kavanaugh was sworn in as a justice of the Supreme Court more than four years ago, on Oct. 6, 2018. His oath followed perhaps the ugliest Suprem...

NEW YORK (TNS) — As much as I’ve enjoyed my career in journalism, and the perks that have gone along with it, like playing basketball with Barack Obam...

Sunday was the 30th and final day for the state Senate to either confirm or reject Gov. Kathy Hochul’s nomination of Hector LaSalle to be the chief ju...

Defense spending is vital to ensure the nation’s security. But that doesn’t mean the Pentagon should be above budget scrutiny. Far from it, as a recen...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis stands accused of a long parade of horribles to which has now been added a new count — allegedly opposing the teaching of Af...

First they declared they were coming for our natural gas stoves; then, after a firestorm of opposition erupted, they denied it. Don’t believe the deni...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Three years after the United States logged its first case of COVID-19, the pandemic has slipped off the front pages and seemingly o...

It’s time for the grown-ups to rise to the occasion. Past time, really, but now will suffice. With both houses of Congress finally set to get to work,...

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy plans to use the U.S. government’s potential default on its debt as the means to “negotiate” future spending. Future spen...

Chances are, your humble, obedient servant here will never be invited to teach at Hamline University, a Methodist school in St. Paul, Minnesota. For o...

ALBANY (TNS) — The first step toward fixing a problem involves acknowledging it and talking about it openly. So we should be glad that Gov. Kathy Hoch...

The COVID-19 pandemic exposed many shortcomings in the health care system, and right at the top is the inadequacy of how we provide services for peopl...