Opinion

A theater in downtown Denver has defaulted on its $400,000 taxpayer-backed loan without opening for a single show. The loan included $52,000 earmarked...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — On Fox News, they’re still talking about the "socialist takeover" of the Democratic Party — so are President Donald Trump and top R...

Our Senate Republican conference began this year by unveiling a comprehensive legislative agenda known as “Save New York.” We hoped to set the stage f...

Invasion of the yellow jackets. Sounds like a Revolutionary War battle, doesn’t it? It was definitely war between these flying insects and me these pa...

State Attorney General Tish James should be digging into the $100 million pit of waste, lost opportunities and likely self-dealing that is the West Ha...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — At the heart of the crisis facing journalism — and hence democracy, too — is the question of bias. Can journalists ever really be i...

In recent weeks, several local Facebook groups have been filled with anonymous posts about people in our community who are living unsheltered. Photos ...

I just returned from a morning walk, and nearing home, I heard an insistent bird call. Curious which bird it was, I turned on the app I have from Corn...

NEW YORK (TNS) — It is an odd confession to make about a statistic, I realize, but then again I am an economist, so I am just going to go ahead: I lov...

At an Arctic Council meeting in Rovaniemi, Finland, in May 2019, Mike Pompeo asked whether the world wanted the Arctic Ocean to become another South C...

As a resident of New York's 23rd Congressional District, I am deeply concerned by the growing gap in accessibility between our congressional candidate...

It seems as though only one thing motivates Congress to act — the threat of elections. That’s why both the House and Senate have moved to pass a conti...

DALLAS (TNS) — School doesn’t begin again for a few weeks. But you wouldn’t know it looking at my phone. These days, returning to the classroom seems ...

Almost 15 months after Cameron Hamilton was fired for defending FEMA during a congressional hearing, the U.S. Senate confirmed him as FEMA's top admin...

Movies are back! (Again.) There have been stories in the recent past about how going to the movies was becoming a thing again — see “Barbenheimer” in ...

America’s affordability divide is increasingly visible in Americans’ biggest purchases. The wealthy may be doing just fine. It’s the Americans below t...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Hardly a day goes by that President Donald Trump doesn’t vow to keep Iran from developing a nuclear weapon and denounce the decade-...

Last month, the House passed the Sunshine Protection Act of 2025 with bipartisan support, as evidenced by a 308-117 vote. It will now move to the Sena...