Opinion

Trump punishment tossed in NY case
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Aug 22, 2025
A politically motivated legal attack on Donald Trump crumbled on Thursday when a New York appeals court tossed out a multimillion-dollar financial jud...
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Change comes from outrage; keep it up
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By MARCIE SCHELLHAMMER marcie@bradfordera.com 
Aug 22, 2025
Outrage can get things done. I've been doing this work for close to three decades, and I've seen change. One of the biggest reasons for it has been co...
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Trump’s Russia-Ukraine summits show he can push for peace
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By MIKHAIL ALEXSEEV Los Angeles Times 
Aug 22, 2025
SAN DIEGO, Calif. (TNS) — By hosting an unprecedented short-notice summit with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and key European leaders on Mon...
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With hordes of drones, what could go wrong?
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By DEREK DONOVAN The Kansas City Star 
Aug 22, 2025
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (TNS) — Imagine you order a new toaster from Amazon. Instead of one of those dark blue electric vans rolling up your driveway, a four...
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Other Voices: Putin is not our friend
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Aug 21, 2025
As a proud veteran of the U.S. Air Force who served our nation during the height of the Cold War, I found the behavior of President Donald Trump at th...
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US resolve vital to Trump diplomacy
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Aug 20, 2025
Donald Trump’s diplomatic efforts to stop the Ukraine conflict remain fluid, the details murky. But the fact that the president has in the span of onl...
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Abolishing mail voting will hurt GOP more than help
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By MARY ELLEN KLAS Bloomberg Opinion 
Aug 20, 2025
NEW YORK (TNS) — If President Donald Trump were to issue an executive order to abolish mail-in voting, as he announced he would on social media on Mon...
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If electric monopolies win, we all lose
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By REP. ROBERT F. MATZIE 
Aug 20, 2025
Policymakers and special interests in Harrisburg are discussing policy changes that would undermine Pennsylvania’s competitive power market by allowin...
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You want to leave TikTok? Good luck
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By AUTUMN DORSEY 
Aug 19, 2025
WASHINGTON (TNS) — Trying to delete TikTok starts with a tap and ends with second thoughts. Everything in between feels tedious as your decision is re...
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Student teacher stipends are working
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By LAURA BOYCE RealClearPennsylvania 
Aug 19, 2025
Kristina Akselsen always knew that she wanted to be a math teacher. Her path took some twists and turns along the way: she was an applied health scien...
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Earmarks return from the dead
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Aug 18, 2025
Like a bad dream, thousands of Congressional earmarks that were thrown out during last year’s appropriation process will potentially receive federal f...
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Gov. Shapiro’s taxpayer-funded shadow campaign
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By ERIK TELFORD RealClearPennsylvania 
Aug 18, 2025
As speculation around his presidential ambitions swirls, make no mistake: Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is already campaigning. And his national shad...
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Culture of homeownership is slipping away
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By BRANDON McGINLEY Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
Aug 18, 2025
PITTSBURGH (TNS) — A friend who develops affordable housing in and around Pittsburgh once told me about a young woman who was interested in buying a s...
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‘Medicaid millionaire’ bought Lamborghini
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Aug 15, 2025
A Louisiana woman was arrested and charged with fraud last month after allegedly underreporting her income to qualify for Medicaid. The state Bureau o...
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Today’s Gen Z doubts a sign of more to come
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By AMIR KANPURWALA RealClearPolitics 
Aug 15, 2025
As states like Mississippi proceed with social media age verification laws, technology is in the crosshairs. Social media’s adverse effects are no lon...
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Voters open to Social Security reform?
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Aug 14, 2025
The Social Security Trust Fund is less than a decade away from insolvency thanks to congressional and presidential inertia. The 90-year-old retirement...
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AI companions are harming your children
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By ANNIE CHESTNUT TUTOR and AUTUMN DORSEY 
Aug 14, 2025
WASHINGTON (TNS) — Right now, something in your home may be talking to your child about sex, self-harm, and suicide. That something isn’t a person — i...
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