Opinion

On March 2, 2021, when he had been president less than two months, Joe Biden met with a group of liberal historians in the White House East Room. The ...

In the days before the midterm elections, it’s easy to see our political divisions. In fact, it’s all but impossible to escape them if you’re the sort...

LOS ANGELES (TNS) — My plan was to dither. I find that if I plan to dither, the chances are high I’ll follow through. Last week, while the World’s Ric...

Democracy is under threat — the wrong candidates could win more votes than their opponents in hotly contested free and fair elections. That’s the worr...

The Congressional Progressive Caucus last week issued, then quickly withdrew, a poorly timed letter to President Joe Biden urging stepped-up efforts t...

FORT WORTH, Texas (TNS) — I recently woke up to an email from a local bakery I have patronized that read: “Due to staff shortages, we will be closed t...

A dear young friend had been married for three years when she shared the exciting news: her first baby was on its way. Everyone was over-the-moon happ...

Over the eight months since Russia invaded Ukraine, public support for U.S. military aid to Kyiv has been remarkably solid and mostly bipartisan. A la...

President Joe Biden in August unveiled the vote-buying scheme known as student loan forgiveness. Two months later he has forgotten the particulars. Du...

LOS ANGELES (TNS) — Here we go again. The “Get Trump” TV series has so far included two impeachments, a special counsel investigation and many other h...

The polls won’t close for more than a week, but there already is plenty of spin casting blame and taking credit for midterm wins and losses. Yet as mi...

ALBANY — The governor says the state’s arrangement with Micron is a great deal for residents despite the price it will exact from the state’s taxpayer...

On July 27, Cattaraugus County legislators, in a committee designed to look after what’s best for our county and its residents, met to discuss a chang...

Is it permissible to think about a potential diplomatic end to the Ukraine war? Judging by the reaction to a letter from House progressives advocating...

ALBANY (TNS) — Tuesday’s gubernatorial debate reminded me of the joke Woody Allen tells at the start of “Annie Hall.” It goes like this: Two women are...

As Election Day approaches, I often find myself thinking of H.L. Mencken. Particularly during off-year contests. “The Sage of Baltimore,” as he was kn...

You don’t have to like Wall Street to be worried that New York’s leadership as the global finance capital is in long-term jeopardy. The high-paying jo...

Thanks to the Times Union newspaper in Albany, we know that the vice chair of the brand new state Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government, Leo...