The Syrian government under President Ahmad al Sharaa has moved to reassert control over Kurdish-held territories in the country’s north and northeast. Kurds facing pressure both from Damascus and from their former Arab allies against ISIS were pushed out of Aleppo and Raqqa. The Syrian government subsequently took control of oil and gas fields in […]
“You see George, you really had a wonderful life, don’t you see what a mistake it would be to throw it all away?” These words still fresh in mind from the holiday classic “It’s a Wonderful Life” always hits hard, the angel Clarence pleading with George Bailey not to take his own life. The concern […]
The Houston Independent School District announced a large drop in student enrollment this year, as did most major cities, including New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Seattle, and Denver. While many blue states are just losing population entirely, even some red state cities, such as Houston, are losing children to surrounding suburbs. If cities are going […]
A federal judge granted a temporary restraining order barring DHS and related agencies from "destroying or altering evidence" tied to the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.
The Syrian government under President Ahmad al Sharaa has moved to reassert control over Kurdish-held territories in the country’s north and northeast. Kurds facing pressure both from Damascus and from their former Arab allies against ISIS were pushed out of Aleppo and Raqqa. The Syrian government subsequently took control of oil and gas fields in […]
“You see George, you really had a wonderful life, don’t you see what a mistake it would be to throw it all away?” These words still fresh in mind from the holiday classic “It’s a Wonderful Life” always hits hard, the angel Clarence pleading with George Bailey not to take his own life. The concern […]
The Houston Independent School District announced a large drop in student enrollment this year, as did most major cities, including New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Seattle, and Denver. While many blue states are just losing population entirely, even some red state cities, such as Houston, are losing children to surrounding suburbs. If cities are going […]
It wasn’t surprising to learn that there was more to the story of the 5-year-old detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Minneapolis last week than met the eye. The heartrending picture of the frightened boy in his winter hat being led into a dark vehicle by a masked officer sparked a visceral response. But as it […]
Unveiling his latest “Worst Landlord” list last week, Public Advocate Jumaane Williams raged at greedy landlords' thousands of open violations and other poor conditions.
When it comes to public safety, resiliency is paramount in communications, particularly in a time of crisis. In the coming year, Congress has an opportunity to fix a program intended to help first responders communicate more efficiently in emergencies, but in critical moments, it has fallen short. The First Responder Network Authority was established by […]
The U.K. government has approved China’s plans to build a “mega embassy” in London. After years of delay, Prime Minister Keir Starmer endorsed the project, despite concerns that the embassy would be used for spying. The decision is a bad one from an unpopular and misguided administration, and it is sure to complicate the increasingly […]
EUROPEANS WOULD BE BETTER OFF IF THEY HAD LISTENED TO TRUMP. President Donald Trump is back in the United States, tending to urgent political matters, including the upcoming midterm elections. But as usual, when he travels to Europe, Trump leaves a lot of turbulence in his wake. At the World Economic Forum in Davos, many European […]
PITTSBURGH — A little more than 75 years ago, my father and a handful of friends, all sons of Italian immigrants, hitched up their sleds and rode them from the top of the city of Pittsburgh’s Summer Hill neighborhood slopes onto East Street during what was later called the Great Appalachian Storm. That superstorm on […]
Despite pushback by President Donald Trump, woke programming at US colleges continues to infect young minds, scarring generations — and one particularly sickening example...
