Opinion

President Donald Trump prudently backed off from his Greenland invasion threat this week, perhaps signaling that he’s ready to again turn his attentio...

After the last key member of the Grateful Dead, guitarist Bob Weir, died last week at the age of 78, the cascade of loving tributes published far and ...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — President Donald Trump’s renewed interest in Greenland has triggered the predictable chorus of elite disbelief. Pundits scoff. Euro...

An aging parent’s medical appointment, a parent-teacher conference, a minor household emergency — these are everyday events that can throw things off ...

A record 45% of American adults now identify as political independents, according to new Gallup polling — up from 33% in 1990. That’s a big change. As...

Electricity doesn’t come from the outlets in our walls. In simplified terms, electricity arrives at our homes from power-generation stations, created ...

NEW YORK (TNS) — I have a confession, shameful as it may be for someone who has spent decades studying retirement policy and advising individuals and ...

“Three strikes and you’re out” is an excellent rule for baseball, but apparently not for Medicaid. The Maine health-care company Gateway Community Ser...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — In my parents' basement there's a yellowed page of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette with a feature photo of me on my father's shoulders ...

One of the most unsettling things is to find that your home has been invaded by pests. Pests can be rodents, big or small, somehow finding a way into ...

It is now beyond dispute that force, coercion and intimidation are the tools the Trump administration is using to enforce compliance with its domestic...

Gov. Josh Shapiro has built a national brand on three letters: GSD — "Get Stuff Done." Yet, three years into his term, Shapiro has failed to deliver f...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (TNS) — When Ronald Reagan looked at America, he saw a country rooted in liberty, anchored in the rule of law and sustained by a faith...

CHICAGO (TNS) — For decades, the United States has perfected a familiar political ritual: condemn Latin American governments for the flow of narcotics...

It may seem astonishing today, but the most famous line in Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1963 speech delivered on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial — o...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro questioned whether he was being unfairly scrutinized as the only Jewish person being considered as a...

The recent whirlwind of international events — from Ukraine to Venezuela to Iran — has pushed the Gaza conflict off the front pages. But while circums...

Politicians all along the ideological spectrum are in agreement on the big issue currently animating Americans. Stuff is too expensive. President Dona...

If anyone still doubts how serious the power situation unraveling in Pennsylvania has become, the warning signs are no longer abstract. PJM Interconne...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — My friend arrived at our local place about half an hour after the Texans-Steelers playoff game ended. People had already run throug...