Opinion

US needs a 9/11 Commission for COVID
Commentary, Nation World, New York
F.D. FLAM Bloomberg Opinion 
Mar 25, 2024
NEW YORK (TNS) — During the third week of March 2020, with little public debate and less warning, Americans were told to stay in their homes indefinit...
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The crossed paths of Irish and Black American heritage
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ARTHUR G. AUSTIN JR. Special to Olean Times Herald 
Mar 22, 2024
Irish American Heritage Month follows African American History Month on the American history calendar. African American history celebrated in February...
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NIL madness: From dumpster fire to raging inferno
Commentary, Nation World
JIM JACKSON Lexington Herald-Leader 
Mar 21, 2024
FRANKFORT, Ky. (TNS) — Now that we are in the dark, dank trenches of Name, Image, Likness, there is no denying the chaos it unleashed within collegiat...
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Latest James lawsuit all sizzle and no steak
Commentary, New York
CHRIS CHURCHILL Times Union, Albany 
Mar 21, 2024
ALBANY (TNS) — Three years ago, the world’s largest producer of beef promised to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2040. Last month, New York Attor...
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Are we ready for third-party candidates?
Commentary, Nation World, New York
Mar 21, 2024
Barack Obama and Donald Trump have starkly different political beliefs, but they are similar in one fact — they both rose to popularity and ultimately...
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Pet antics can prove exhausting
Commentary, Local Columnists
DEB WUETHRICH 
Mar 21, 2024
What was I thinking? When I brought not one but two cats home from the SPCA, it stemmed from a notion they would entertain and keep each other company...
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Joe Biden’s ‘lawfare’ joke
Commentary, Nation World
BYRON YORK 
Mar 20, 2024
Why do so many Democrats and their allies in the media desperately want former President Donald Trump to stand trial before Election Day? The answer i...
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Gruesome crime again highlights failed bail reform
Commentary, Local Columnists, New York
SEN. TOM O'MARA 
Mar 19, 2024
Plenty of us have said it time and again over the past several years since former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Gov. Kathy Hochul and a State Legislature under a...
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Chilling overreach on free expression
Commentary, Nation World
Mar 19, 2024
Progressives insist that Donald Trump will turn the United States into an authoritarian state if voters return him to the White House. They should pay...
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Schumer’s gambit against Netanyahu
Commentary, Nation World, New York
Mar 19, 2024
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer — whom we knew back when he was Brooklyn Assemblyman Chuck Schumer and Congressman Chuck Schumer — wants Israel t...
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Trump’s big plans for California
Commentary, Nation World
DOYLE McMANUS Los Angeles Times 
Mar 19, 2024
WASHINGTON (TNS) — Donald Trump is running against California — again. In his campaign to win a second term, the former president frequently excoriate...
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A truth of immigration
Commentary, Nation World
Mar 18, 2024
The U.S. immigration system is broken. Voices on all sides of this debate can agree on that, if not where to cast the blame. But our need for economic...
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Energy miracle derailed by politics
Commentary, Nation World
Mar 18, 2024
In many ways, nuclear energy and renewable energy are the inverse of each other. One is reliable and efficient, but has a terrible reputation and face...
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A tattered safety net in New York
Commentary, New York
Mar 15, 2024
A ProPublica investigation turned up shocking gaps in New York state’s guardianship system. A civil society should be judged on how it treats its most...
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No, illegal immigrants didn’t build America
Commentary, Nation World
RICH LOWRY 
Mar 15, 2024
Joe Biden doesn’t have a problem with illegal immigrants. He’s made that clear in his shame-faced retreat from his impromptu use of the term “illegal”...
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Ramadan’s valuable lessons even for non-Muslims
Commentary, Nation World
JOYCE M. DAVIS PennLive 
Mar 15, 2024
HARRISBURG, Pa. (TNS) — An estimated 1.8 billion Muslims around the world are celebrating the holy month of Ramadan, a time the observant dedicate to ...
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