Opinion

Billions in savings left on the table
Commentary, Nation World
Sep 26, 2024
An annual report from the Government Accountability Office has saved taxpayers $667.5 billion over the last 14 years, but Congress and federal agencie...
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School kids, get off your damn phones!
Commentary, Nation World
ROBIN ABCARIAN Los Angeles Times 
Sep 25, 2024
LOS ANGELES (TNS) — At Venice High School’s recent Back to School night, I was impressed that so many classrooms had signs forbidding students to use ...
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Biden’s foreign policy legacy goes through Ukraine
Commentary, Nation World
TRUDY RUBIN The Philadelphia Inquirer 
Sep 23, 2024
PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — As the election nears and tension builds between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, many people may have forgotten that Joe Biden is...
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Prop 1 is a wolf in sheep’s clothing
Commentary, New York
WILL BARCLAY 
Sep 20, 2024
Making changes to the New York State Constitution should never be done lightly. It’s an important, foundational document that offers many critical pro...
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Let’s treat hunger as the local crisis it is
Commentary, Local Columnists
KELSEY BOUDIN Special to Olean Times Herald 
Sep 20, 2024
Of all local problems, hunger stands at the center as both a cause and symptom of poverty. Yet hunger isn’t treated like a central issue worth solving...
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Takeaways from Harris interviews
Commentary, Nation World
DEBRA J. SAUNDERS Las Vegas Review-Journal 
Sep 19, 2024
WASHINGTON — Under pressure to grant more interviews to journalists, Kamala Harris took questions from the National Association of Black Journalists o...
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The student loan entitlement
Commentary, Nation World
Sep 19, 2024
It’s a dirty job, but someone has to tell you about the federal government’s budget tricks. The latest is exposed in a new Congressional Budget Office...
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Cashing in on gender equity in Minnesota
Commentary, Nation World
Sep 18, 2024
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s administration paid $495,000 in a sex-discrimination legal settlement that relocated a transgender inmate from a men’s to a ...
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