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OPINION: New York Must Pass “Laken’s Law” & Restore Public Safety
Laken Riley was a bright and promising 22-year-old nursing student at the University of Georgia before she was brutally murdered while out for a jog
OPINION: Wave of Retirements Should Serve as a Warning for Congress
Recently, I had occasion to look back at some of the early speeches I gave after I first went to Congress in 1965 as a
OPINION: Increasing Border Security is No. 1 Priority to Americans
With a tidal wave of illegal immigrants crossing the southern border under President Joe Biden daily and Congress locked in a battle over border security,
OPINION: Justice O’Connor championed civics education
Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, who died in December, was rightly celebrated as a trailblazing jurist who brought common sense and moderation to the Supreme Court.
OPINION: New Yorkers are Not Happy, and It’s Not Surprising
I t’s no surprise New Yorkers expressed dissatisfaction with the state’s direction in a Siena College poll [released on Feb. 20]. We are [about] two
OPINION: Yes, Congress needs to represent us, but it also needs to act
Back in January, you might have noticed a story from Oklahoma about James Lankford, that state’s senior U.S. senator. Lankford, a Republican, was spearheading his
OPINION: Imposing Electric School-Bus Mandate Will Hurt School Districts
There are 731 school districts across New York state. Within these school districts are 2.3 million students that require 45,000 school buses to transport them
OPINION: You May Be Tempted to Tune Politics Out, But Here’s Why You Shouldn’t
Back in January, the Pew Research Center released the results of an intriguing set of focus groups it conducted last year. Ordinarily, of course, survey-research
OPINION: As Migrant Crisis Worsens, N.Y. Doubles-Down on a Disaster
The country is facing an unprecedented illegal-immigration problem, and the impacts are being felt here in New York state. Gov. Kathy Hochul’s approach to solving
OPINION: Foreign policy rises in public attention
Americans now seem to be more interested in foreign policy than usual. Four in 10 U.S. adults named it as an important issue to address
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