Comment & Opinion

In recent years, a handful of deep-blue states have aggressively tried to offer “free” health care to those in the country illegally only to develop a...

A Massachusetts man who had already been evicted from 12 apartments for refusing to pay rent received $23,000 in taxpayer-funded rental assistance in ...

Isn't it rich that the guy who had to ask the meaning of the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor — according to the 2020 book, "A Very Stable Genius,...

CHICAGO (TNS) — With only hours left in 2025, Americans should treasure their time with family and friends during the too-busy and too-short holiday s...

HARRISBURG — Perhaps more than any other area of concern, the story of Pennsylvania’s health care in 2025 has been carved out in reactions to the mass...

NEW YORK (TNS) — Medical experiments on research dogs could be phased out soon — a change that’s based as much on science as ethics. Pressure is comin...

If President Donald Trump’s tariffs and trade wars are so great for the American economy, then why does he have to shell out, as he did this month, $1...

Last month, Gov. Josh Shapiro signed Pennsylvania's budget into law. While this signatory duty of the governor may appear unceremonious, this year’s b...

The world is watching as Australia experiments with a first-of-its-kind social media ban. The measure took effect earlier this month and is designed t...

Medicaid is a federal program jointly funded with the states, providing health and long-term care insurance to more than 80 million low-income America...

NEW YORK (TNS) — There are a lot of reasons, some deserved and some not, for Americans’ distrust of their institutions. Lately I have been thinking ab...

The General Services Administration had its third-most expensive month ever for outside purchases this September, with $4.5 billion spent on items lik...

For some reason decreed in the cosmos, many of my closest and most beloved relations have passed away just months short of Christmas. The departure of...

U.S. officials from across the political spectrum vow to ramp up efforts to wean the nation off rare-earth mineral imports from China. But the most pr...

PORTVILLE, N.Y. — I’ve been enjoying a personal, tailor-made Oak Ridge Boys Christmas this year. I was surprised to learn that this country gospel gro...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Much has been written about the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) since it was signed into law last summer, but one of its more in...

A Long Island, N.Y. school district must pay its superintendent more than $907,500 after he resigned without a public explanation this September, acco...

As we get ready to celebrate Christmas here is a reminder of the reason for the season. "In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census s...

The November inflation numbers are in, and they’re a disappointment for Democrats. The Labor Department reported Thursday that consumer prices rose 2....

It’s almost Christmas. With no lack of cynicism and even anger in today's world, we look to the past for a bit of wonder and, perhaps, inspiration. Wi...