Opinion

Target Iran’s supply lines without widening the war
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By COLTON OVERCASH RealClearPolitics 
Sep 01, 2026
The United States can destroy Iranian launchers, warehouses and weapons factories and still fail strategically if Tehran can continue replacing what i...
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What ‘affordability’ really means to working-class voters
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By JOAN C. WILLIAMS and JARED ABBOTT Bloomberg Opinion 
Sep 01, 2026
SAN FRANCISCO (TNS) — Democrats’ obsession with “affordability” is right on target, given that American workers’ share of GDP is near the lowest ever ...
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Waste of the Day: Audits flag UConn payments
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Aug 31, 2026
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 ...
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Trade war doesn’t help GOP candidates
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Aug 31, 2026
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...
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Send Russian sanctions bill to White House
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Aug 31, 2026
After months of negotiations and hang-ups, the Senate overwhelmingly passed a Russian sanctions bill this month prior to leaving town on recess. House...
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America is becoming a Peter Pan nation
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By J. PEDER ZANE RealClearPolitics 
Aug 31, 2026
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...
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COMMENTARY: Wanting more news is not a plan to save it
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By SARA EDDY FURLONG 
Aug 28, 2026
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...
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Ruling unlikely to effect Nov. 3 election
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Aug 28, 2026
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...
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The fortunes of W.Pa. and its Ohio peers may be reversing
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By BRANDON McGINLEY Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
Aug 28, 2026
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...
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Combating a rising tide of visa fraud
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By SIMON HANKINSON 
Aug 28, 2026
WASHINGTON (TNS) — The State Department recently announced it had revoked more than 175,000 visas since President Donald Trump took office. Thanks to ...
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Remembering and honoring Dolly Parton
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Aug 27, 2026
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...
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There’s only one way to make AI safe for kids
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By ABBY McCLOSKEY Bloomberg Opinion 
Aug 27, 2026
DALLAS (TNS) — OpenAI has launched ChatGPT for Teens, complete with various safety features. But this implies that the main concern of kids using AI i...
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AOC could be an interesting player in 2028
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By CARL P. LEUBSDORF The Dallas Morning News 
Aug 27, 2026
WASHINGTON (TNS) — When Democrats formally launch their 2028 presidential race later this year, it could easily have a larger field than the 29 major ...
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Mr. President, sometimes silence is golden
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By FRANK MIELE RealClearPolitics 
Aug 26, 2026
Donald Trump won the presidency in 2016 by speaking candidly to the American people and never backing down from his original statements no matter how ...
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Waste of the Day: Deficit could surpass $2 trillion
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Aug 25, 2026
The federal deficit will be $2.1 trillion when fiscal year 2026 ends on Sept. 30, the Congressional Budget Office projected in its monthly budget revi...
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Were there really ‘golden days’?
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By MARCIE SCHELLHAMMER 
Aug 25, 2026
Wouldn't it be nice if your memories had an index? I think this often as I search for something in my phone or my laptop. When did I send that email? ...
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Shameful treatment of Canada
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Aug 25, 2026
Memo to President Donald Trump: Canada is our friend. A round of recent trade talks, necessitated in the first place by a series of American tariffs o...
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Even AOC thinks ‘Woke 1’ was crazy
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By ROBIN ABCARIAN Los Angeles Times 
Aug 25, 2026
LOS ANGELES (TNS) — Some of the most powerful investigations into the legacy of slavery have been published in the past decade or so — Nikole Hannah-J...
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Waste of the Day: Money for Baltimore mayor’s wife
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Aug 24, 2026
Hana Scott, Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott’s wife, received $51,000 in taxpayer money from a local nonprofit from 2024 to 2025, according to documents ...
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