Opinion

Suppose you learned that one in three young people is convinced the earth is flat. And that many believe the Moon landing was faked in a NASA studio. Imagine you read that a third of young folks will tell you the Holocaust never happened. Would this news disturb you? If it did, would you think […]

In New York, convicted felons are not allowed to vote until they have served their sentence. Voting rights are automatically restored after the sentence is completed. Whether the conviction is for homicide, rape, assault, or grand larceny, the conventional thought is that because the criminal broke the social contract that all citizens have with their

One of the not-so-small gifts of living in a representative democracy is that you can’t accomplish things alone. Whether you’re trying to get a stop sign put up on a dangerous corner or to change U.S. policy on greenhouse-gas emissions, you have to reach out to others. And learning how to persuade, motivate, and involve them

On Nov. 11, our country celebrates Veterans Day. This day provides our nation the opportunity to honor all those who served and sacrificed for our country. It also offers a chance to acknowledge some of the practical difficulties’ veterans encounter in transitioning from military life back to civilian.  One of the biggest concerns returning veterans

Medicaid is a federal and state program established in 1965 to provide health care for people with limited wealth. It is often confused with Medicare, which is a federal program that provides health coverage to people, regardless of wealth, who are age 65 and over and to people who are under 65 and who have a

“I ask how and why this decision was reached,” Sen. Mitt Romney (R–Utah) said in the Senate recently. He was calling for an investigation into President Trump’s decision to pull U.S. armed forces out of Syria. “Was there no chance for diplomacy? Are we so weak and so inept diplomatically that Turkey forced the hand

Because New York State government is now almost exclusively controlled by downstate Democrats, the expansion of state government into every aspect of our lives accelerated during the last legislative session. This was true with both economic and social policy. For example, the state expanded rent-control regulations to Upstate, which has the potential of limiting what

Technology has opened new ways for people to order food from restaurants. Apps like UberEats, DoorDash, GrubHub, and Seamless are a few of the many that act as the middle man between the restaurant and consumers looking for food delivery. Their growth has been amazing. For example, in 2018, GrubHub reported that it connected 95,000