Comment & Opinion

(THE CONVERSATION) — When I started bird-watching as a teenager, a few years after the first Earth Day in 1970, several species that once thrived in m...

Like some 1890s redux, are we as a society feeling uppity against monopolies — Big Railroads replaced by Big Tech — are we about to bring out the pitc...

NEW YORK (TNS) — President Donald Trump’s second term is barreling ahead with the political momentum typical of a first term — and it shows no outward...

LOS ANGELES (TNS) — Let’s play, “Who said it, and when?” “…the American people have accepted centralization of government, regimentation of activities...

DEAR RUSTY: I would like to get an answer concerning taking my Social   Security benefit soon and switching to my spouse’s benefit when he begins to t...

Crime isn’t the only major problem facing Chicago. Its underfunded pension system is devastating its finances and offers a clear warning to other citi...

NEW YORK (TNS) — On paper, these are good times for the U.S. economy. The latest GDP numbers show growth was at 3.3% in the second quarter. Business i...

Few investments yield a 16,800% return in just four days, but apparently Pennsylvania gets this outsized return every July. No, it’s not bitcoin. Nor ...

Even if you agreed with the Trump administration’s deployment of California National Guard troops and U.S. Marines to Los Angeles to protect federal b...

One of the traits that makes America great is its wilderness. The Trump administration is moving to open to extraction and development tens of million...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — As President Donald Trump decides to invest in Intel to secure American chips, batteries are not far behind. For too long, America ...

A decade ago, an encouraging bipartisan consensus was emerging for the need to reform public-safety policies in a way that improved crime-fighting and...

When Congress established a new Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) as part of its budget reconciliation package, the intent was clear: Stop ru...

For years, I’ve heard the statement that certain people “never met a stranger.” I never quite understood what it meant. Like, to me, we encounter peop...

When we talk about mental health, too often the conversation begins after a crisis has occurred. A child struggles in silence, a family reaches a brea...

What started as a call from President Trump to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has become an arms race that will reshape congressional districts and determine ...

The children were gunned down in two places everyone should be safe: school and church. Right away, we tried to find an angle. Was the Minneapolis sch...

The Commerce Department's recently revised survey of the U.S. economy in the second quarter stunned “expert” economists, who are getting used to being...

This Labor Day is a moment to reflect on whether our commonwealth's economy lifts working families or leaves them behind. The most recent iteration of...

Turns out, President Trump is letting retribution be his retribution. The candidate who promised that success would be his best revenge upon his torme...