Comment & Opinion

“The War of Revolution is won, but the War for Independence is yet to be fought." — Benjamin Franklin One major struggle 214 years ago passed into the...

Pennsylvania lawmakers are considering a bill that could disrupt the payment system millions of residents rely on every day. HB 2090 would attempt to ...

The General Services Administration spent $133 million hiring consultants to study its own buildings, but nobody is keeping track of what the studies ...

National Sunshine Week (March 15-21) is a time to highlight the importance of open, transparent government and to call attention to actions that place...

Sen. Chuck Schumer walked Democrats into a dead end last year, triggering the longest federal government shutdown in a futile effort to prop up the he...

PORTVILLE, N.Y. — Do you dream? Are they good, bad or ugly, comforting or even scary? Most have had some of each. A dream is defined as “a series of t...

U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., has billed taxpayers $111,000 for limousine services since 2019, according to a review of disbursement reports by T...

John Adams, the second president of the United States, wrote: “The most sensible and jealous people are so little attentive to government that there a...

NEW YORK (TNS) — One of my most longstanding and controversial opinions is that the move from defined-benefit pensions to defined-contribution pension...

For generations, the teen job was a classic American rite of passage. Teenagers stocked shelves, bussed tables, mowed lawns, and learned the basic rhy...

In a democracy, citizens have a responsibility to question the actions of their leaders. There are major issues surrounding President Donald Trump tha...

An antiquated 105-year-old American law threatens to exacerbate the energy shocks triggered by the Iran war. President Donald Trump should urge Congre...

Much has been written about the likelihood of Gov. Josh Shapiro endorsing embattled Democratic U.S. Sen. John Fetterman’s potential re-election come 2...

Industrial developers aren’t coming to McKean County and rural Pennsylvania because we’re uniquely suited for their projects. They come because they’v...

In Pennsylvania political circles, I talk about the short ballot — that rare alignment every 12 years when we have no U.S. Senate race, presidential r...

The Congressional Budget Office’s annual 10-year economic forecast warns that, by 2030, the federal debt held by the public will be $40.3 trillion, or...

NEW YORK (TNS) — There is something about manufacturing jobs, and the manufacturing industry, that makes people sentimental. When they think of a fact...

Controversial education firms that helped embed diversity, equity and inclusion principles in K-12 military schools during President Joe Biden’s admin...

The ongoing pharmacy closure crisis in Pennsylvania has become an alarming issue for communities throughout the commonwealth. Since 2020, over 1,000 c...

Few politicians evoke strong emotions like U.S. Sen. John Fetterman. Certainly, no Pennsylvania politician elicits more conversation. And no other maj...