Opinion

OPINION: Navigating the Next Few Years

A few weeks ago, New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman made a startling suggestion. Read More

OPINION: A million new jobs in past two months could point to economy overheating

Over the past two months, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) establishment survey has shown gains of 1 million new jobs, but it is coming at the same time as red-hot 7 percent inflation, a collapsing 10-year [yield] and 2-year yield, and 5.7 percent economic growth in 2021. Read More

OPINION: NATO still relevant, still facing challenges

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is the largest peacetime alliance in the world and has been arguably the most successful such alliance in history. Read More

OPINION: State Wage Board decision pushes N.Y. farmers closer to the brink

[The Jan. 28] decision by the Farm Laborers Wage Board [to lower the overtime threshold for farm workers to 40-hours per week] demonstrates how completely tone-deaf Albany bureaucrats are to the needs of the state’s agriculture industry. Read More

OPINION: How is Joe Biden Doing?

It’s been [just over] a year since Joe Biden took office as president, and though it’s still too early to draw firm conclusions about his performance, it’s not too early to discern some trends. Read More

OPINION: Gov. Hochul’s Budget Features Record, Out-Of-Control Spending

The recently unveiled executive budget proposal should be no surprise to anyone who has lived in New York state in the last decade. Read More

OPINION: Defending democracy is our defining challenge

We Americans share a common faith in democracy as the best and most-just system of governance. We treasure government “of the people, by the people and for the people.” With the founders, we believe that governments derive their authority from the consent of the governed. Read More

OPINION: New Year, an Old Problem — Inflation

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics recently released its most-updated data regarding inflation and spending trends in the U.S. The numbers aren’t just bad; they’re historically bad. Read More

OPINION: The Promise of America

Decades ago, it was easy to talk about “the promise of America,” as historians and boosters did regularly, and have most people understand what you meant. These days, I worry they’d look at you as if you’d taken leave of your senses. Read More