opinion

ALBANY (TNS) — Six years ago, Andrew Cuomo and Hillary Clinton came together for a self-congratulatory event that felt and sounded suspiciously like a...

Nearly every headline about the expected surge in migrants mentions something called Title 42 — and with good reason. On May 11, this U.S. law expires...

Early last week, when it became increasingly clear that Gov. Kathy Hochul and the Legislature’s Democrat leaders were not going to stick around at the...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Now that the presidential campaign is underway, that low moan you hear is the sound of voters contemplating their likely fate: a ch...

President Joe Biden’s border policy is so bad that even some prominent Democratic officials are roasting him. New York City Mayor Eric Adams is far fr...

If someone told you a couple years ago that anti-abortion measures would be defeated in the same week in the Republican-dominated legislatures of Nebr...

The Times Herald’s front page on April 24 included a piece by an “AP National Writer.” Since the narrative was short on facts and long on personal vie...

ALBANY (TNS) — According to legend, Abraham Lincoln wrote his most famous speech on the back of an envelope while riding a train to Gettysburg. The le...

For many students, a well-designed standardized test is a legitimate way to measure the knowledge and skills a student has learned in a subject area. ...

ATLANTA (TNS) — If you Google “When is a man in his prime?” you’ll get a startling result: “A man is past his prime when he no longer has potential.” ...

If you think homeownership is unaffordable now, even with a good credit score, hang on. It’s about to get worse. In an era of record high home prices ...

The infamous Pacific garbage patch is changing the balance of life in the seas. At least 37 species of coastal creatures — worms, crabs, shellfish and...

While not exactly in the state’s marijuana dispensary rollout plans, our region’s first highly publicized facility opened its doors last week on the g...

There are five reasonable, well-considered bills pending in the New York State Legislature that could benefit the victims of crime. Victims of domesti...

I think it started with a bottle of hairspray. A search of the store shelf revealed no containers of my usual old-fashioned can. When I tried to use t...

It was another weekend of violence and disorder in Chicago. “At least 32 shot, 8 fatally, in weekend violence across city,” read one headline on the W...

At a recent family get-together, I was asked why I oppose renewable energy development in our rural communities. It’s a fair question, and one I must ...

ALBANY (TNS) — I don’t think I’ve ever suggested that you, dear readers, break the law, and I won’t start now. But if you decide to mix a few marijuan...