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(TNS) Arms control agreements are by their very nature controversial. They often fall short of achieving everything that was hoped for. Potential gaps...

(TNS) Does the 2016 presidential campaign seem chaotic? For good or ill, that’s because it is. The rise of Donald Trump on the right and Bernie Sander...

Thinking about writing a column for Labor Day, I tried to identify the first “labor” skill I acquired. I thought about cutting grass — at least, cutti...

(TNS) Cutting off Planned Parenthood’s health centers from government funding, including Medicaid and the Title X family planning program, would also ...

(TNS) Since 1970, Congress has been providing funds to Planned Parenthood — giving taxpayer dollars to the nation’s largest abortion provider. Planned...

The word of the week is "surge." In the latest Des Moines Register poll, Bernie Sanders "surges" to 30 percent of Iowa Democrats, just 7 points behind...

Those little, brown pieces of paper are my nemesis. You know, those leftover shreds that seem married to the drywall after you’ve stripped off the wal...

U.S. Rep. Tom Reed is calling on oil and gas companies to reduce the price of gasoline for consumers in the wake of plunging oil prices. “It’s complet...

(TNS) Everyone knows that kids find their elders deeply uncool. We’ll reveal our own uncoolness by citing John Sebastian’s 1969 song “Younger Generati...

On one August Saturday morning, people were gathering outside Planned Parenthood clinics across the country. They were protesting the dehumanization o...

Editor's Note: Nat Hentoff collaborated with his son, Nick Hentoff, on this column. The arrival in August of an updated, expanded edition of Linda Mon...

BEIJING (AP) — What does China's leadership lose politically as a result of the country's precipitous stock market decline? A bit of international swa...

(TNS) Hillary Rodham Clinton’s effort to quash the rising scandal over her misuse of email when she was secretary of state has so far backfired specta...

(TNS) Body cameras are on the verge of changing policing as we know it. But along with the promise of more transparency and accountability come tough ...

The news that a drive-by shooting had taken the lives of three people and wounded four after a community basketball game last week at the Boys and Gir...

(TNS) If the public pays your salary, citizens have the right — within limits — to see what you’re doing. That’s the principle at the core of the fede...

(TNS) Every year, thousands of young and enthusiastic teachers all over the country start their first day of work. Within the following five years, at...

America, New York City needs your help. New Yorkers may not be known for asking for help, but a Houston native who's made it her home is not bashful a...