Comment & Opinion

‘New Middle East’ depends on leaders who skipped summit
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By TRUDY RUBIN The Philadelphia Inquirer 
Oct 20, 2025
PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — The most important optic of President Donald Trump’s Gaza summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, was who was absent from the roster of...
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Medicaid for fake doctors’ appointments
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Oct 17, 2025
Former Alabama Medicaid employee Natalie Lewis will serve at least three years in prison for aggravated theft by deception after she stole $103,314 in...
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Chafing at government accountability
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Oct 17, 2025
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has made no secret about his animosity toward the media. But his demand that press outlets pledge not to report “una...
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Raising the CCP flag brings shame on Philadelphia
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By DONNA ELLINGSEN 
Oct 17, 2025
PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — You don’t have to have fled two communist-leaning countries, as I have, to find it appalling that Philadelphia recently celebrate...
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A zombie economy could be America’s future
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By ALLISON SCHRAGER Bloomberg Opinion 
Oct 17, 2025
NEW YORK (TNS) — Over the next decade, the U.S. economy will face two big challenges: higher interest rates and AI-generated disruption. Each invites ...
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China rare-earth move a warning
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Oct 16, 2025
Stocks plunged nearly 900 points on Oct. 10 after China opted to break out a flamethrower in its ongoing trade dispute with the United States. Preside...
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Pro-Hamas protesters need to find a new chant
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By JOE BATTENFELD Boston Herald 
Oct 16, 2025
BOSTON (TNS) — The “free Palestine” movement needs to find a new chant after President Donald Trump brokered a peace deal between Israel and Hamas, tr...
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Rising red ink must be addressed
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Oct 15, 2025
As Democrats and Republicans dig in during the latest government shutdown, the Congressional Budget Office released its monthly spending report on Wed...
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An idea to protect free speech rights
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Oct 15, 2025
Bipartisanship is a lost art in Washington, D.C., but is it so far-fetched to hope both Democrats and Republicans can agree that the government should...
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While Pa. dithers, W.Va. improves homecare services
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Oct 15, 2025
While Pennsylvania's leaders continue to squabble over the 2026 budget, West Virginia has further outbid the Keystone State for the services of the wo...
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Even hardships bring blessings
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By DEB WUETHRICH 
Oct 15, 2025
I remember the moment, to the startled look on my sweet daughter’s face. I don’t think Michele was two yet, but near that age many call “the terrible ...
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Editorial: Trump merits accolades for deal
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Oct 14, 2025
The initial phase of President Donald Trump’s Middle East peace plan moved forward Monday as Hamas released 20 hostages who had been held since its ba...
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Did Kirk killing change minds on guns, 2nd Amendment?
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By CHRIS CRANDALL and KELLY SWANSON The Kansas City Star 
Oct 14, 2025
LAWRENCE, Kan. (TNS) — On Sept. 10, conservative activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated in Utah with a rifle commonly used for hunting. The killing dr...
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Fetterman, Lee on Israel-Hamas highlight Dem divisions
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By BENJAMIN KAIL  Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
Oct 14, 2025
PITTSBURGH (TNS) — To one Pennsylvania lawmaker, the new ceasefire between Israel and Hamas marked the end of a nightmare for families and a nation aw...
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Moment of truth for Trump’s Mideast peace deal
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By JOSH WINGROVE Bloomberg News 
Oct 13, 2025
NEW YORK (TNS) — President Donald Trump hoped to seal the biggest diplomatic achievement of his second term when he heralded a deal ending the Israel-...
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$786K pension one of largest in US
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Oct 13, 2025
A neurosurgeon who once had his medical license suspended by the state of Washington’s Department of Health for being an “immediate threat to the publ...
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Other Voices: No safe democracies
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Oct 13, 2025
Javier Corrales, a political science professor at Amherst (Mass.) College, warns about rising autocracies. He said it is not about left or right; it i...
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Sidney Crosby is a remarkable man
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By BRANDON McGINLEY Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
Oct 13, 2025
PITTSBURGH (TNS) — If Sidney Crosby had been born in the Middle Ages, I suspect he would have become a monk. He prizes excellence above all else, yet ...
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