Opinion

There is considerable interest in — and concern about — what will happen as artificial intelligence consumes more of its own output. AI produces somet...

Lackawanna County taxpayers recently received a painful surprise in the form of a 33% property tax increase. This massive tax hike was apparently put ...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — The war in Iran, the “little excursion” that was supposed to be over in four to six weeks, passed its six-month mark on Friday. And...

NEW YORK (TNS) — Republicans have painted themselves into a corner by undermining vaccines. Nowhere is this clearer than Florida, where the outgoing R...

How many people know that our own Dr. Widad Bazzoui of Bradford wrote a very important book, "The Man from Baghdad," that all children and adults shou...

The Department of Housing and Urban Development spent $460 billion funding its 18 largest affordable housing and homelessness programs over a decade, ...

Simple common sense tells us that violent, dangerous criminals who present a serious threat to our communities belong behind bars. It’s a shame common...

The images were horrifying. Shock spread like an oppressive cloud that stretched across the country — the world. And those who lived through it will n...

Federal money meant to help Ohio manufacturers was spent on ghostwritten articles, golf outings, poker chips, T-shirts and a celebrity who was paid al...

The United States can destroy Iranian launchers, warehouses and weapons factories and still fail strategically if Tehran can continue replacing what i...

SAN FRANCISCO (TNS) — Democrats’ obsession with “affordability” is right on target, given that American workers’ share of GDP is near the lowest ever ...

In the last 11 years, the University of Connecticut Health Center has spent more than $690,000 on payments to employees for unused paid time off that ...

History tells us that Republicans have an uphill climb this November to keep control of the House — and perhaps the Senate. President Donald Trump isn...

After months of negotiations and hang-ups, the Senate overwhelmingly passed a Russian sanctions bill this month prior to leaving town on recess. House...

I passed some of my happiest days living under communism. I had no job, but all my needs — food, shelter, clothing, education, you name it — were prov...

A new 54-page study of local news in the Pennsylvania Wilds documents what people want from their newspapers. The problem is that it never requires th...

Democrats are in a tizzy over a recent Supreme Court ruling that allows a presidential order on mail ballots to move forward — for now. But the decisi...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — “I’m sick and tired of losing to friggin’ Ohio!” Thus exclaimed Gov. Josh Shapiro during his 2024 budget address, repeating a refra...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — The State Department recently announced it had revoked more than 175,000 visas since President Donald Trump took office. Thanks to ...

Few singers and songwriters have had so much influence on their profession as Dolly Parton. Her life is literally a rags-to-riches story — she was bor...