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This is the season of high hopes, great expectations and, to be honest, grave disappointment. I am not speaking about world peace or an end to poverty...

If the last few years have taught us anything, when it comes to politics, culture, the economy and international events, we should always expect the u...

Ever since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade this year, eliminating what had been a constitutional right to abortion, most of the national conv...

The national debt is much like the weather. Everybody worries about the topic, but nobody wants to do anything about it. These days, however, it seems...

Where was I when 2022 went flying by? It has been quite a year, for sure. According to the Associated Press, it was the year of the Rudeness Pandemic....

There is a real public health crisis among America’s young people, and it isn’t COVID-19. Every day, more than 300 of our children and loved ones are ...

One characteristic of American life distinguishes our country from all other democracies: Our political campaigns are never-ending. The moment one ele...

Republicans take control of the House of Representatives in one week. When that happens, the Jan. 6 committee, with all its members selected by outgoi...

ALLENTOWN (TNS) — If you’re looking for a resolution to make for the new year, here’s a suggestion. We’d all like to find a way to bring in some extra...

China sent 71 aircraft and seven ships toward Taiwan in a 24-hour period, while Russia shelled the Kherson region more than 70 times. These acts of ag...

Pennsylvania lawmakers have a remarkable talent for evading accountability. They won’t increase the state government’s percentage of school funding be...

Like the Afghan Adjustment Act that we lament, the 9/11 Responder and Survivor Health Funding Correction Act also fell out of the Senate’s $1.7 trilli...

Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee were so busy patting themselves on the back after Wednesday’s partisan vote to publicly release former...

The scene couldn’t have been more dramatic. Ten months after Russia invaded Ukraine in February, when Western experts expected Kyiv to fall in three d...

Hanukkah commemorates events that occurred more than 2,100 years ago, but it especially is pertinent now. The Festival of Light recalls a vastly outnu...

CHICAGO (TNS) — The older I get, the more I find myself drawn to the Christmas songs that have a touch of melancholy to them. Songs that acknowledge t...

The U.S. teeters on the brink of a complete meltdown at the border, and yet the Biden administration is still consumed with blame-shifting and evasion...

ALLENTOWN (TNS) — When I heard Wednesday that Steelers legend Franco Harris had died, the first memory that flashed through my mind wasn’t of his Imma...

Fortunately, Santa Claus doesn’t fly commercial. But this time of year, millions of travelers trying to get home for the holidays aren’t so lucky. Ana...

If there’s one thing the last three years have taught American parents, it’s that they need to take control of their children’s education. Despite mas...