Letters To Editor
Nov 09, 2022
Karen Hull left out a few things in her letter to the editor, ”Issues to Consider Before Voting,” in the Nov. 4 edition of the Times Herald. The Trump...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Oct 26, 2022
Early voting began in Georgia several days ago. There is, of course, intense interest in both the state’s Senate race, with University of Georgia foot...
Sep 25, 2022
President Biden finally dared to say it last week, declaring in an interview on CBS’s “60 Minutes” that the “pandemic is over.” Various public-health ...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Sep 21, 2022
Just one month ago, New Hampshire Republican U.S. Senate candidate Don Bolduc boldly and emphatically declared his belief that the 2020 presidential e...
Local Columnists, New York, Opinion
Aug 31, 2022
ALBANY (TNS) — Two years ago, I wrote a column proclaiming the evils of the college-loan racket. The federal government should cancel student debt, I ...
Aug 02, 2022
The Senate voted 64-32 last week to advance a $280 billion “chips plus” subsidy bill, and as ever in politics there’s a lot of plus. Money from Washin...
Jul 27, 2022
Recently, this column focused on the Biden administration’s practice of allowing illegal border crossers to stay in the United States. Documents made ...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Jul 17, 2022
All who care about press freedom and other liberties Americans hold dear should have felt pangs of profound discomfort upon seeingPresident Bidenfist-...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Jul 14, 2022
Two thoughts: First, the Republican dog has finally caught the car it's been chasing for years. A band of right-wing zealots in judge's robes has give...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Jun 13, 2022
A man was arrested on the way to murder a Supreme Court justice, according to authorities. And it was a footnote the next day in a major national news...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Apr 13, 2022
The government says inflation rose 8.5% in March compared to last year — the the worst it has been in 40 years, since the bad old days of 1981. While ...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Apr 11, 2022
By extending the moratorium on federal student-loan payments through the end of August, the Biden administration has cheered borrowers and those advoc...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Jan 14, 2022
Proclaiming himself “tired of being quiet,” President Biden Tuesday proposed retiring the filibuster — the 60-vote threshold for getting almost anythi...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Jan 08, 2022
The only legitimate reason to stage an official anniversary commemoration of the Jan. 6 Capitol riots would be to issue a call to unity and urge the n...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Nov 24, 2021
There is precious little President Biden can do to tame inflation, aside from using the limited tools in the White House toolbox to try to get things ...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Nov 19, 2021
Port logjams and freight costs may sound like speakeasies in Silver Lake, but the pain in our wallets has forced us to brush up on these and other glo...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Nov 02, 2021
Say what you like about Congress’ squabbling and eternally disarrayed Democrats; they’ve showed in the last few weeks that they deserve to be recogniz...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Sep 22, 2021
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is right to be concerned about a soon-to-be-operational Russian gas pipeline. He’s wrong to obstruct U.S. diplomacy over it. For m...
Commentary, Opinion
July 17, 2025
The summer job, for decades a stepping stone toward adulthood and independence, may be going the way of the VCR for a great many teens. Progressive ef...
Commentary, Opinion
July 17, 2025
Every now and then we just have to find a little bit of good news to celebrate. Today, we’re happy about shoes. Specifically, shoes you no longer have...
Commentary, Opinion
July 17, 2025
WASHINGTON (TNS) — President Donald Trump’s One Big, Beautiful Bill is not what you think it is. It’s not a stunt. It’s not a meme. It’s the most unmi...
Crime, Local News, News, ...
July 17, 2025
ALBANY — A pair of Democratic New York lawmakers have filed a bill that would prohibit federal authorities from wearing masks or concealing their iden...
Lifestyle, Lifestyles
July 17, 2025
The nice thing about a cultural institution like Superman is that there is a version of the character for everybody. If you grew up in the 1950s, Geor...
Local News, News, Western New York
July 17, 2025
Summer weather is heating up across the region. Amid hot temperatures and humidity, AAA Western and Central New York is reminding motorists to be awar...
