Opinion

The Clintons arrogantly ignore subpoena
Commentary, Opinion
Jan 29, 2026
It should come as little surprise that Bill and Hillary Clinton have defied subpoenas to testify in the U.S. House probe of Jeffrey Epstein. But the f...
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Health Matters: No country is an island
Commentary, Opinion
By ATHENA GODET-CALOGERAS 
Jan 29, 2026
In 1624, John Donne, an English poet and cleric, wrote a prose meditation with words that we know as the poem, "No Man Is an Island." The often-quoted...
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US-funded groups don’t have to report fraud
Commentary, Opinion
Jan 29, 2026
The State Department did not have consistent oversight requirements for $5.7 billion it contributed to the United Nations and other international orga...
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Go ahead and resent boomers — but for the right reasons
Commentary, Opinion
By ALLISON SCHRAGER Bloomberg Opinion 
Jan 28, 2026
NEW YORK (TNS) — There is a natural human tendency to assume that your generation has it harder than everyone else. Even by those standards, however, ...
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Tune in to the state budget adoption process
Commentary, Opinion
By SEN. TOM O'MARA 
Jan 28, 2026
Budget adoption season is underway at the State Capitol, which means, first and foremost, that joint Senate-Assembly public hearings on Gov. Kathy Hoc...
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Health insurance funds overspent in New York
Commentary, Opinion
Jan 28, 2026
The company administering taxpayer-funded health insurance for New York state employees overpaid hospitals by $19.3 million, according to a new audit ...
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Commentary, Opinion
By MIGUEL A. FARIA RealClearPolitics 
Jan 27, 2026
Instead of using tariffs, I wish President Trump would have gone directly to the fundamental points of disagreement with the European community and NA...
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Challenging America’s claim to greatness
Commentary, Opinion
By ARTHUR G. AUSTIN JR. 
Jan 27, 2026
The delusion that America was somehow “great” during and before the periods leading up to the Second World War is just that ... a delusion. Unable to ...
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Nation reels from second ICE shooting
Commentary, Opinion
Jan 27, 2026
Enough is enough. With two people now dead in Minneapolis, it’s time for everyone involved to do what’s necessary to defuse the tension and to avoid f...
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The greater discussion on immigration and ICE
Commentary, Opinion
By KENIN M. SPIVAK RealClearPolitics 
Jan 26, 2026
Most of the recent vitriolic opposition to ICE is a feint by unrepentant open-borders progressives. They won the first round when Joe Biden was electe...
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Congress, move on Russian sanctions bill
Commentary, Opinion
Jan 23, 2026
President Donald Trump prudently backed off from his Greenland invasion threat this week, perhaps signaling that he’s ready to again turn his attentio...
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‘Political homelessness’ rising in US
Commentary, Opinion
Jan 22, 2026
A record 45% of American adults now identify as political independents, according to new Gallup polling — up from 33% in 1990. That’s a big change. As...
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Raiding your 401(k) to buy a house should be an option
Commentary, Opinion
By ALLISON SCHRAGER Bloomberg Opinion 
Jan 21, 2026
NEW YORK (TNS) — I have a confession, shameful as it may be for someone who has spent decades studying retirement policy and advising individuals and ...
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Knowing when to call in the pros
Commentary, Opinion
By DEB WUETHRICH 
Jan 21, 2026
One of the most unsettling things is to find that your home has been invaded by pests. Pests can be rodents, big or small, somehow finding a way into ...
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