Much has been made about the background of Cole Allen, the 31-year-old man charged with the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday night. Allen was a teacher. He held a degree in mechanical engineering from the California Institute of Technology, an elite institution known for its science, technology, engineering, and mathematics programs […]
Most assassins and failed assassins are mad more than anything else, and their grievances are totally incoherent. Cole Allen, the man who allegedly tried to shoot President Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, was different. Allen’s apparent manifesto was eerily lucid, and to the extent he was divorced from reality, it was exactly […]
As electricity demand rises for the first time in decades, utility companies such as Exelon, PPL, and FirstEnergy are making what seems like a simple request to state policymakers: Let us build generation in the Mid-Atlantic region again. What they don’t disclose is that utilities can already build generation in competitive markets. What they’re actually […]
Zohran Mamdani is trying to signal solidarity with regular New Yorkers and their housing problems — but his performative videos show he’s getting those...
In 1997, when the Smashing Pumpkins were arguably the world’s top alternative-rock band, they released a promotional single, “The Beginning Is the End Is the Beginning,” in conjunction with one of the year’s bestselling films, Batman & Robin. The stars seemed aligned for a hit. Joel Schumacher’s movie had an A-list cast — George Clooney, […]
The following is the winning college entry for the Network of Enlightened Women’s 2026 Essay Contest. Be sure to follow NeW on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, or sign up for the NeWsletter to stay informed about the 2027 Essay Contest. As America is approaching its 250-year anniversary, people all over America have been thinking about […]
The following is the winning high school entry for the Network of Enlightened Women’s 2026 Essay Contest. Be sure to follow NeW on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, or sign up for the NeWsletter to stay informed about the 2027 Essay Contest. The most powerful reminder of what America’s founding principles mean came from watching my […]
Patients shouldn’t be penalized for finding a better deal on their prescriptions. Too often, they are. Those who pay out of pocket for medications — often at lower prices through direct-to-consumer platforms — typically receive no credit toward their health plan’s annual deductible. Higher-priced drugs purchased through an insurer’s preferred channels, on the other hand, […]
The Democratic Party has become an anti- Israel party. The Left’s turn against the Jewish state has taken decades — it began in the 1960s — but former President Barack Obama put it into high gear, and it has accelerated under his militant heirs. The Senate recently rejected a measure sponsored by Sen. Bernie Sanders […]
GUNMAN’S MANIFESTO IS ANTI-TRUMP SOCIAL MEDIA COME TO LIFE. Like many a would-be killer before him, Cole Allen, the armed man who allegedly crashed into the White House correspondents’ dinner in hopes of killing President Donald Trump and top administration officials, wrote a manifesto explaining his actions. It wasn’t a crazy manifesto, like the Unabomber. It wasn’t […]
