Opinion

Mahomes can’t evade New York’s licensing blitz
Commentary, Opinion
By CAM MACDONALD 
Sep 17, 2025
ALBANY — The National Football League kicked off its new season this month and fans tuning in to television broadcasts this fall may see their favorit...
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Veterans’ hospital equipment is missing
Commentary, Opinion
Sep 17, 2025
The Veterans Health Administration has lost an estimated 5% of its reusable medical equipment worth at least $211 million — including exam tables, com...
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Students’ reading skills are in crisis
Commentary, Opinion
Sep 15, 2025
Ask a high school student about the last book they read, and you may be disappointed to learn they never cracked open "The Catcher in the Rye" or trud...
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Don’t let a generation lose faith in free speech
Commentary, Opinion
By MARY ELLEN KLAS Bloomberg Opinion 
Sep 15, 2025
NEW YORK (TNS) — The First Amendment is in a sorry state, especially on college campuses. A survey of students released last Tuesday from the Foundati...
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A system that keeps failing to put taxpayers first
Commentary, Opinion
By SEN. TOM O'MARA 
Sep 15, 2025
The latest on Medicaid spending in New York comes from the state comptroller, who came out with an audit that “found close to $1.2 billion in managed ...
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Veterans Affairs’ spa days return
Commentary, Opinion
Sep 14, 2025
As chancellor of the Veterans Affairs Acquisition Academy, Judith Dawson’s job was to teach other VA employees the proper way to hire contractors for ...
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Can we ever have peace again?
Commentary, Opinion
By BRENDAN McGINLEY Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
Sep 14, 2025
PITTSBURGH (TNS) — The Spanish Civil War is distinctive, even among other civil wars, for its barbarism, and in particular the personal nature of the ...
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Commentary, Opinion
Sep 14, 2025
The social media age has made it possible for any person, at any time, to broadcast and publish their thoughts to the entire world with the push of a ...
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Commentary, Opinion
Sep 11, 2025
Thursday marked the 24th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks that shook the nation and changed the world. Nearly 3,000 people lost their liv...
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Google stays whole but chastened
Commentary, Opinion
Sep 08, 2025
Like some 1890s redux, are we as a society feeling uppity against monopolies — Big Railroads replaced by Big Tech — are we about to bring out the pitc...
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Why Trump isn’t turning into a lame duck
Commentary, Opinion
By DAVID DRUCKER Bloomberg Opinion 
Sep 08, 2025
NEW YORK (TNS) — President Donald Trump’s second term is barreling ahead with the political momentum typical of a first term — and it shows no outward...
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