Meet Yevgeny Prigozhin — the man who may succeed Vladimir Putin
Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the elusive Wagner Group, has emerged as a potential successor to Putin and a possible candidate during next year's presidential election.
Torres to introduce bill requiring disclosure of AI content
Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.) is planning to introduce a bill this coming week that would require any content produced by generative artificial intelligence (AI) to include a disclaimer noting the content’s source. The bill, entitled the “AI Disclosure Act of 2023,” would require any output from AI to include the sentence “Disclaimer: this output has...
The irony of Lebanon’s survival: Success could be holding it back
For the moment, they seem too busy earning a living to take up the fight again.
Biden signs bill to raise debt ceiling
President Biden on Saturday signed legislation to raise the debt ceiling into 2025 and avert a default, marking a significant bipartisan accomplishment amid divided government in Washington, D.C. The president signed the bill just days before Treasury officials warned the department would run out of money to pay the nation’s bills, potentially triggering a recession...
If pro-lifers want to win hearts and minds, they need to be anti-poverty
It's somewhat rare that a given course of action is both morally correct and politically advantageous.
Meet Yevgeny Prigozhin — the man who may succeed Vladimir Putin
Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the elusive Wagner Group, has emerged as a potential successor to Putin and a possible candidate during next year's presidential...
The James Beard Foundation now ‘interrogates’ its award nominees
When the once-respectable James Beard Foundation went woke a few years ago, it switched its main focus from celebrating great American cuisine to “equity,” “diversity” —...
NYC’s legal marijuana efforts are going to pot
I am the founder of Gotham, a legal cannabis concept store. I emphasize the word legal because, despite what most New Yorkers probably think, there are currently...
Don’t believe the Left’s anti-DeSantis narratives
Initially, much of the national press coverage of Gov. Ron DeSantis's (R-FL) presidential primary campaign rollout this week began with a fixation on proving whether or not he was likable to Republican primary voters.
Both parties have an old candidate problem
The video of President Joe Biden's fall at the U.S. Air Force Academy is more frightening than most descriptions. Biden shakes the hand of an Air Force cadet, turns left, trips, falls to his knees, attempts to rise on his own, falters back down, and then is finally helped up by the Secret Service and Air Force personnel.
NY pols keep putting special-interests (and themselves) over their own constituents
This week Airbnb and some of its hosts sued the city over regulations that threaten to wipe out their entire business in New York.
Biden bamboozled TV networks into airing a purely political speech
When a president decides to make an address from the Oval Office, you expect a certain significance.
Workers just want to do their job, not be on the front lines of public safety
The videos from the Collective Action to Protect Our Stores coalition show how often retail theft can turn violent.
Thank Adam Smith for our prosperity — and hope progs don’t destroy it
Monday, June 5, marks the 300th birthday of a Scottish philosopher considered the father of free-enterprise capitalism and our prosperity.
McCarthy and Biden’s debt deal: Letters to the Editor — June 3, 2023
President Biden fell after he finished shaking hands with graduates and giving out diplomas.
Progressives have eroded safety and fueled tragic cases of self-defense
Charles Foehner, the senior citizen Kew Gardens resident who shot and killed his would-be mugger early Wednesday morning, will face weapons charges and nothing...
Debt deal shows Democrats are the party of freeloaders
On Wednesday night, the House passed legislation to raise the nation’s borrowing limit and cap future spending.
Shoplifters are LITERALLY killing folks. It’s time to end the madness
At a Home Depot in North Carolina, a worker was actually pushed to his death by a shoplifter running off with stolen merchandise.
Don (Rickles) Trump, Biden’s primary-elex woes and other commentary
The most recent CNN poll shows Robert F. Kennedy Jr. winning one in five voters, author Marianne Williamson at 8% and another 8% of...