Opinion

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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How to deal with the trolls
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By DAVID MILLS Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
Aug 14, 2025
PITTSBURGH (TNS) — The poor guy got slapped around pretty badly, for the mistake of having an opinion some of his readers didn’t like. He got it in th...
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Tariffs inspire bad arguments
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Aug 13, 2025
“We call a tariff a protective measure. It does protect; it protects the consumer very well against one thing. It protects the consumer against low pr...
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The 401(k) needs better guardrails
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Aug 13, 2025
Tax-advantaged employer-sponsored retirement savings accounts hit a milestone not long ago: At least half of all private sector U.S. workers now parti...
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Red or blue: AI is coming for you
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By ATHAN KOUTSIOUROUMBUS RealClearPennsylvania 
Aug 13, 2025
Is artificial intelligence coming for your job? It may depend on who you voted for in the 2024 presidential election. If you voted for Donald Trump, y...
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The Mamdani effect for Democrats
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By J.T. YOUNG RealClearPolitics 
Aug 12, 2025
For the last 10 years, it’s been difficult for Democrats to win elections unless the campaigns center on Donald Trump. But the arrival of Zohran Mamda...
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Jump in colon cancer cases could actually be hopeful
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By LISA JARVIS Bloomberg Opinion 
Aug 11, 2025
NEW YORK (TNS) — New data shows a rise in colon cancer among adults ages 45-49. That’s wonderful news. Celebrating an increase in cancer rates might s...
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Healthy living helps the aging brain
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By LISA JARVIS Bloomberg Opinion 
Aug 08, 2025
NEW YORK (TNS) — A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association makes a compelling case that a healthy lifestyle does an agi...
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There’s still no Pa. state budget
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Aug 08, 2025
Pennsylvania Senate Majority Leader Joe Pittman sent an email recently to Senate Republicans telling the caucus that they would return "no sooner than...
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Gerrymandering and high comedy
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Aug 07, 2025
Democratic lawmakers in Texas got the desired media attention this week after fleeing the state in an attempt to slow Republican redistricting efforts...
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Improper Covid grants ignored
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Aug 07, 2025
The Small Business Administration’s Shuttered Venue Operators grant program made $544 million of improper payments during the Covid-19 pandemic, but t...
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Automation and AI here to stay
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By DEB WUETHRICH 
Aug 05, 2025
Am I the only one who’s a little freaked out by the robots roving the aisles at BJ's? My understanding is they are taking inventory. As they move thro...
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Another misleading report on ‘low-cost’ wind and solar
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By JONATHAN LESSER RealClearPolitics 
Aug 05, 2025
In a just-released report, the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) claims that renewable energy is the most cost-competitive source of new e...
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