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Yet another hit on gun rights
Opinion, Сolumns
May 01, 2025
California’s Democratic Sens. Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla have revived one of Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s worst ideas: a ban on so-called assault weapons...
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Goliath twists the tale on skill games
Opinion, Сolumns
SEN. GENE YAW 
May 01, 2025
It’s a tale as old as time in Harrisburg, but for those who read about skill games for the first time an obvious question often remains: how is this d...
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AI chatbots want you hooked — maybe too hooked
Opinion, Сolumns
PARMY OLSON Bloomberg Opinion 
Apr 30, 2025
NEW YORK (TNS) — AI companions programmed to forge emotional bonds are no longer confined to movie scripts. They are here, operating in a regulatory W...
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GOP path to a Pa. majority
Opinion, Сolumns
GUY CIARROCCHI RealClearPennsylvania 
Apr 30, 2025
The new Pennsylvania GOP chairman, state Sen. Greg Rothman, was elected on a platform that can be described as: “Let’s make Pennsylvania Florida.” In ...
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Schools must treat parents, kids with more respect
Opinion, Сolumns
DAVID MASTIO Kansas City Star 
Apr 29, 2025
WASHINGTON (TNS) — The “queens” and “queers” of the kindergarten alphabet book “Pride Puppy” finally had their day before theSupreme Court. Predictabl...
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Geoengineering’s risks need more study
Opinion, Сolumns
F.D. FLAM Bloomberg Opinion 
Apr 29, 2025
NEW YORK (TNS) — More than a dozen private companies around the world are looking to profit from extreme measures to combat global warming — filling t...
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Tax-funded exhibit lionized Fauci
Opinion, Сolumns
Apr 29, 2025
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History spent $18 million on its “Entertainment Nation” exhibit, which displayed a mask supposedly worn ...
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Other Voices: Confronting reality of hunger
Opinion, Сolumns
Apr 28, 2025
Food insecurity is another way of saying you don't know where your next meal is coming from. It can happen to anyone who has lost a job, is struggling...
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It’s electricity realism, not climate denialism
Opinion, Сolumns
JAVIER BLAS Bloomberg Opinion 
Apr 28, 2025
LONDON (TNS) — The electrification of everything is the biggest shake up the global energy system has seen in decades. Unfortunately, the route to the...
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Pell still works for American education
Opinion, Сolumns
THOMAS P. FOLEY 
Apr 25, 2025
There’s a lot of disagreement on higher education these days. One exception to all the discord, at least so far, are Pell Grants — a program that is e...
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DOGE alone isn’t enough
Opinion, Сolumns
Apr 24, 2025
Elon Musk is reportedly planning to spend less time tending to the budget-cutting DOGE project and more time on his businesses, according to Politico,...
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SAT, ACT scores predict success
Opinion, Сolumns
Apr 24, 2025
Here’s an SAT-style question that college administrators should be required to answer: What is the best predictor of a student’s academic success at a...
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Other Voices: The Democrats’ hate
Opinion, Сolumns
Apr 23, 2025
As I read the paper and listen to the news, it's hard to imagine a liberal Democrat as an American with the heart of a true patriot for our country. H...
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Bumbling Hegseth a huge liability for Trump
Opinion, Сolumns
JOE BATTENFELD Boston Herald 
Apr 23, 2025
BOSTON (TNS) — Donald Trump can’t get rid of Pete Hegseth fast enough as the tough talking former Fox News host looks more and more like a huge liabil...
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