Cartoonist’s take: Aug. 31, 2026
Cartoonist's take: Aug. 31, 2026
Opinion
Alexandra Paskhaver: Leaf it to government
Alexandra Paskhaver: I did not think it was possible for people to have more spare...
Dr. Randy Cale’s Terriffic Parenting: I’m not arguing. I’m just explaining why I’m right.
I recently came across a cocktail napkin bearing this wonderfully honest sentence: “I am not...
Questions and answers with the ‘Car Doc’
Questions and answers with the 'Car Doc'
Siobhan Connally’s Ittybits & Pieces: Cooking with Dad
As I rummaged through the half-dozen dust-covered boxes, I began to lose confidence in my...
Byron York: Democratic voters reject resistance stars
There has been a lot of commentary on the differences between Resistance 1.0, the effort...
Steven Roberts: Trump’s loss of trust
As President Donald Trump escalated his trade war with Canada, Prime Minister Mark Carney responded...
Cartoonist’s Take: Saturday, August 29, 2026
Cartoonist's Take: Saturday, August 29, 2026
Don Rittner: Don’t gamble with Saratoga Springs’ Historic Preservation laws
Every summer, thousands of visitors descend upon Saratoga Springs for one reason above all others:...
Cartoonist’s Take: August 28, 2026
Cartoonist's Take: August 28, 2026
Cartoonist’s Take: August 27, 2026
Cartoonist's Take: August 27, 2026
Danny Tyree: How did Dolly Parton touch your life?
If you’re like me, the larger-than-life Dolly Parton has intersected numerous phases of your story.
Dick Polman: Time to harp on Trump and his handmaiden
I’m not qualified to write original lyrics for Natalie Harp: The Musical, so I’ll just...
Tom Purcell: Gen Z is handwriting letters. The rest of us should, too
Younger generations are driving an old-fashioned comeback: handwritten letters.
Cartoonist’s Take: August 26, 2026
Cartoonist's Take: August 26, 2026
Ask the attorney: Back-to-school co-parenting: How divorced parents can avoid custody disputes during the school year
The start of a new school year brings excitement and opportunity for children, but for...
Cartoonist’s Take: August 25, 2026
Cartoonist's Take: August 25, 2026
Kathryn Jean Lopez: The real truth about abortion
"Electric" -- not a word you'd normally associate with state government affairs. But such was...
Jonah Goldberg: Everyone is campaigning on ‘affordability’ that no one can deliver
Remember “affordability” mania?
Cartoonist’s Take: August 24, 2026
Cartoonist's Take: August 24, 2026
Dr. Randy Cale’s Terriffic Parenting: Waiting for the next finish line
Most of us have become remarkably skilled at postponing our lives.
Alexandra Paskhaver: The minimalist
I have decided to follow Diogenes and live in a barrel. Psych. I have enough...
Cartoonist’s Take: August 23, 2026
Cartoonist's Take: August 23, 2026
Siobhan Connally’s Ittybits & Pieces: Mosquitoe bites
It’s raining again.
Cartoonist’s Take: August 22, 2026
Cartoonist's Take: August 22, 2026
Don Rittner: I don’t dig it!
Archaeology is unlike any other science. An archaeologist has only one opportunity to excavate a...
Steven Roberts: No good options
The 60-day ceasefire between the United States and Iran has expired. The war drags on...
Byron York: Trump’s Iran struggle comes through on campaign stump
One interesting thing about listening to President Donald Trump's speeches, as opposed to just reading...
Cartoonist’s Take: August 21, 2026
Cartoonist's Take: August 21, 2026
Ask the attorney: New York criminal cases and social media: When online posts become evidence
In today's digital world, social media activity can create a permanent record for users with...
Cartoonist’s Take: August 20, 2026
Cartoonist's Take: August 20, 2026
Alexandra Paskhaver : Benjamin Franklin, public servant
In the grand old year of 1749, Benjamin Franklin made enough money for printing to...
Danny Tyree: Signing the property tax blues?
“With two cats in the yard, life used to be so hard – and THEN...
Cartoonist’s Take: August 19, 2026
Cartoonist's Take: August 19, 2026
Tom Purcell: The IPhone has made life easier – and ruder
Just one year shy of its 20th anniversary, the iPhone, and the other electronic devices...
Cartoonist’s Take: August 18, 2026
Cartoonist's Take: August 18, 2026
Elwood Watson: Republicans wage a senseless war against Anthony Fauci
The Republican war against Anthony Fauci came to a head earlier this month when GOP...
Christine Flowers: New Massachusetts law is infanticide disguised as health care
People used to tell me that I wrote too many columns about abortion.
Reader’s View: Common sense, personal responsibility and safety on our roads
Electric bicycles and scooters are becoming increasingly common across New York. They can provide an...
Cartoonist’s Take: August 17, 2026
Cartoonist's Take: August 17, 2026
Jonah Goldberg: The GOP isn’t always the best party for conservatives
I often get asked for my advice on how to vote. I’m the first to...
Cal Thomas: Why can’t we fix the oil problem?
“We are the United States of America and there is nothing we can’t do if...
Cartoonist’s Take: August 16, 2026
Cartoonist's Take: August 16, 2026
Siobhan Connally’s Ittybits & Pieces: Mayflies and mayonnaise
According to the letter-sized sheet of paper taped to the wall of the seaside provisions...
Steven Roberts: Change without chaos
When left-wing insurgent Abdul El-Sayed won the Democratic nomination for an open Senate seat in...
Byron York: You can’t erase woke
This political season, like the last couple, has featured Democratic candidates not only running for...
Don Rittner: Vietnam’s women, Part Four
During the Vietnam War, American women served in numbers and under conditions that shattered the...
Cartoonist’s Take: August 15, 2026
Cartoonist's Take: August 15, 2026
Alexandra Paskhaver: The host
I have studied the art of conversation and come to a conclusion.
Cartoonist’s Take: August 14, 2026
Cartoonist's Take: August 14, 2026
Cartoonist’s take: Aug. 13, 2026
Cartoonist's take: Aug. 13, 2026
Elwood Watson: Tuskegee’s dress code revives an old debate
Elwood Watson: Tuskegee University’s updated dress code has revived an old debate about professionalism, respectability...
Cartoonist’s Take: August 13, 2026
Cartoonist's Take: August 13, 2026
Tom Purcell: As goes the American entrepreneur, so goes America
Tom Purcell: American entrepreneurs are beginning to flourish again.
Christine Flowers: Time for reflections as anniversary of mother’s death arrives
Christine Flowers: Twelve years ago, my mother passed away. It was Aug. 8, 2014, in...
Cal Thomas: Summertime political reruns
Opinion: When I was younger, so much younger than today (credit The Beatles for that...
Cartoonist’s Take: August 9, 2026
Cartoonist's Take: August 9, 2026
Dr. Randy Cale’s Terrific Parenting: Pulling back the reins on a racing mind
Dr. Randy Cale's Terrific Parenting: Pulling back the reins on a racing mind
Byron York: What if Republicans lose both House and Senate?
What if Republicans lose both House and Senate?
Steven Roberts: A botched presidency
The Reflecting Pool opened on the National Mall in 1922, linking the monuments that honor...
Siobhan Connally’s Ittybits & Pieces: It’s reassuring to see residents stand in opposition to the powers in Rensselaer County
It is reassuring to see so many county residents stand in opposition to the powers...
Don Rittner: Vietnam – Heroes from the (secret) front, part three
A few years ago, I met Kat Fitzpatrick, a very special person with a special...
Cartoonist’s Take: August 8, 2026
Cartoonist's Take: August 8, 2026
Cartoonist’s take: Aug. 7, 2026
Cartoonist's take: Aug. 7, 2026
Cartoonist’s Take: August 7, 2026
Cartoonist's Take: August 7, 2026
Tom Purcell: The night we left my sister at the drive-in in 1972
I can’t imagine such a thing happening today: In the early ‘70s, when I was...
Alexandra Paskhaver: Bearly getting by
Once upon a time, there was a man named Alexis Charles Henri Clérel, comte de...
Kathryn Jean Lopez: Boy George’s free speech moment
"He chose not to run," Michael Marlowe recalled of his son.
Cartoonist’s take: Aug. 5, 2026
Cartoonist's take: Aug. 5, 2026
Tom Purcell: Helicopter parents could learn from their trad moms and dads
Tom Purcell: Helicopter parents are getting worse.
Cartoonist’s Take: August 5, 2026
Cartoonist's Take: August 5, 2026
Jonah Goldberg: Trump’s hubris rivals the fallen heroes of ancient Greek mythology
In January, the New York Times asked President Donald Trump if there were any limits...
Cartoonist’s take: Aug. 4, 2026
Cartoonist's take: Aug. 4, 2026
Alexandra Paskhaver: Failing upward
Alexandra Paskhaver: I’ve been thinking about the Dunning-Kruger effect, and I’m pretty sure I’m an...
Christine Flowers: Horror of 9/11 lost on many, including NYC’s mayor
Christine Flowers: I remember exactly where I was when I learned the first plane hit...
Jon Decker: Trump turns off the spigot for grad schools
Jon Decker: Before President Trump’s second term, both political parties seemed to think the solution...
Unnecessary roughness from ingrate Plaxico Burress, who compared Jets tenure to prison
Plaxico Burress, who once suited up for the New York state prison system, was asked...
Cartoonist’s take: Aug. 2, 2026
Cartoonist's take: Aug. 2, 2026
Steven Roberts: Trump’s Haiti policy morally indefensible, economically stupid
Steven Roberts: President Trump is kicking out about 350,000 Haitian immigrants who have lived here...
Cartoonist’s Take: August 2, 2026
Cartoonist's Take: August 2, 2026
Byron York: A final Lindsey Graham moment in D.C., South Carolina
Byron York: The fact that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky...
Don Rittner: Lessons from Vietnam and the Boys from Troy, Part Two
Don Rittner: Every veteran holds onto memories from war. Some are terrifying, some are heroic,...
Siobhan Connally’s Ittybits & Pieces: Don’t get attached to things if you have a puppy
Siobhan Connally's Ittybits & Pieces: Don't get attached to things if you have a puppy
Cartoonist’s take: Aug. 1, 2026
Cartoonist's take for Aug. 1, 2026
Dr. Randy Cale’s Terrific Parenting: Choice points are small moments that put life back on track
Dr. Randy Cale: A choice point is the moment when we recognize that one path...
Elwood Watson: Will Trump swoop in and save the Tates?
Elwood Watson: Andrew and Tristan Tate, the far-right social media influencers and self-described misogynists who...
Cartoonist’s Take: July 30, 2026
Cartoonist's Take: July 30, 2026
Alexandra Paskhaver: America 250: Ben Franklin, poor Richard, and all that jazz
In 1732, Benjamin Franklin began publishing “Poor Richard’s Almanack,” which “contained the wisdom of many...
Tom Purcell: The 1970s shag haircut is back — proof America is doing just fine
According to Cosmopolitan, the shag haircut of the 1970s has become all the rage in...
Cartoonist’s Take: July 30, 2026
Cartoonist's Take: July 30, 2026
Cartoonist’s Take: July 28, 2026
Cartoonist's Take: July 28, 2026
Dick Polman: The Washington press corps’ collaboration with fascism
Here’s a question for you: If the Fraternal Order of Police were to plan a...
Christine Flowers: Anniversary of notorious episode a reminder tolerance is relative
This past week was the 57th anniversary of the death of Mary Jo Kopechne, a...
Cartoonist’s Take: July 27, 2026
Cartoonist's Take: July 27, 2026
Alexandra Paskhaver: Lady law
They say justice is blind, but it can’t see worse than the editors of the...
Cartoonist’s Take: July 26, 2026
Cartoonist's Take: July 26, 2026
Siobhan Connally’s Ittybits & Pieces: Animal instincts
“I’m going into the MATRIX,” my son announced. “Or more accurately, I’m getting the matrix...
Cartoonist’s Take: July 25, 2026
Cartoonist's Take: July 25, 2026
Byron York: A renewed war means renewed GOP midterm worries
In the last week, the war in Iran has seemed like a war again, after...
Steven Roberts: Is Trump losing his touch
For over a decade, Donald Trump has demonstrated a shrewd -- even brilliant -- grasp...