Britain announced this week that it will ban imports from Israeli communities in Judea and Samaria and sanction companies that help those communities grow,...
What if, just five years after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, seven flights departing London’s Heathrow Airport for five American cities and two Canadian cities mysteriously exploded over the Atlantic Ocean? What if this terrorist attack took place in the space of just three hours? What if the United Kingdom had detected no explosives either […]
Attempts to undermine property rights and confiscate private property, like the recent efforts of the Democratic Socialists of America, are unfortunately not new. For decades, government agencies have used their regulatory authority to restrict what Americans may do with their own property and to undermine its value. Now, property owners from New York and Maryland […]
On Sept. 2, Chevron announced a signed a $7 billion expansion of its Venezuelan operations, doubling production over the next five years. That is the concrete number. The $209 billion figure that acting President Delcy Rodriguez has floated publicly describes something looser, her own accounting of what the broader arrangement with Washington could eventually be worth to Venezuela. What […]
The 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks is upon us. Several thousand innocent civilian victims were murdered in three separate events in three locations. Those who remember that day won’t ever forget it. The al Qaeda Muslim faction, which organized and carried it out, is now largely gone — dead or incarcerated. The details […]
A few hours after watching the second plane hit the towers on Sept. 11, 2001, I stumbled into my college English class, where my professor asked us to jot down our thoughts and feelings. On a scrap of paper, I described my fear that my brother or father, a Marine, would be in harm’s way […]
In 1994, Jeff Bezos started Amazon as a small online bookstore. The idea was simple. He used digital logistics to give more people access to books. Three decades later, his company runs a quiet warehouse in Las Vegas. There, industrial machines slice the bindings off rare books. Workers feed the loose pages into scanners and […]
Ever wonder why so many people love to get drunk on New Year’s Eve? It’s not a new custom. In fact, the explanation goes all the way back to ancient Rome. The Romans, so precise about grammar, were equally organized with their calendar. They had precisely 12 months with precisely 30 days each, which left […]
STOYSTOWN, Pennsylvania — Not far from the entrance to the Flight 93 National Memorial, a quiet stretch of hillside rises gently along the Lincoln Highway. If you drive by too quickly, you might miss it entirely. Yet, this plot of Pennsylvania farmland has transformed into a living sanctuary. It honors not only the souls lost […]
At sundown on Friday, Jewish families across America will welcome Rosh Hashanah as the nation marks 25 years since the terrorist attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people. They will arrive carrying prayer books and thoughts of apples, honey, and the year ahead. They will also walk past armed guards, surveillance cameras, and secured entrances. Sept. […]
On September 11, 2001, the bridges were closed, the tunnels were closed, and the subways dead. The call from Coast Guard Lieutenant Michael Day came over the radio: “All available boats. This is the United States Coast Guard. Anyone wanting to help with the evacuation of Lower Manhattan, report to Governors Island.” Ferry captains, tugboat […]
When I visit Arlington National Cemetery, I visit my only brother, Jerry. My friends Tony and Jeremy rest nearby. Tony was killed in Iraq in 2005, leading an Army Special Forces Operational Detachment, leaving behind his wife and four children. Jeremy was killed that same year on his third tour in Afghanistan, leaving behind a […]
When the Twin Towers fell 25 years ago in New York, nothing would ever be the same again. Millions of people were affected, with relatives, family, and friends who were lost to us, leaving holes in lives that could never be filled. Yet for millions of others, including the thousands of us who made it […]
