The pied-a-terre tax sparked confusion after 900,000 properties appeared on a supplemental roll, but only 17,000 homeowners received surcharge letters.
Matter and energy do not obey political declarations. Someone must cut the timber, raise the walls, grow the grain, and haul the water. If a person is declared to have a right to those things without producing or exchanging for them, then another person must be compelled to supply them. There is no third option. […]
Summertime playdates with other moms often turn into lively discussions about the headlines shaping our world. Lately, one topic keeps coming up: birthright citizenship. As mothers raising the next generation of Americans, we find ourselves asking: What does birthright citizenship mean for our kids and the future of our country? For me, citizenship represents more […]
On July 20, Andy Burnham became Britain’s seventh prime minister in the last 10 years, its fourth in the last five years, and its second since the Labour Party won the 2024 general elections. He inherits an 80-seat parliamentary majority. The opposition is divided. The media are largely sympathetic. Burnham is the only party leader […]
Accusations of Peter Pan syndrome have long dogged Generation Z and millennials. And young Americans have given their critics fresh ammunition: they prefer pets to children during their prime family-forming years. A new Harris Poll revealed that 40% of Americans selected pets when forced to choose. Make no mistake: respondents were also offered the option […]
Even though 16 to 18 states have back-to-school sales tax breaks and retailers are offering big sales for families, the National Education Association still recently estimated that the cost of back-to-school supplies has risen by as much as 42% this year. While some have gone up as little as 17%, other essential items have risen […]
Few issues will shape this November’s midterm elections more than the rising cost of healthcare. Republicans returning home for the August recess can point to meaningful progress on one of the biggest drivers of those costs: hospital prices. In recent weeks, Congress has moved closer to making hospital price transparency the law of the land. […]
When Bill de Blasio defended Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s labeling of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a "war criminal," he pointed to one metric...
