This is a painful column to write. All my life, I have seen the United States as the repository of mankind’s loftiest hopes and ambitions, the nation that would place its flag on Mars as surely as it did on the moon. Even when the U.S. clashed with my British homeland, as when American troops […]
The state Senate and Assembly's proposed budgets rejected Gov. Hochul's push to make it easier to involuntarily commit mentally ill people who are a...
Responding to Ukraine’s acceptance of a U.S.-brokered 30-day ceasefire agreement on Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin attempted to manipulate President Donald Trump regarding Russia’s acceptance of that agreement. Ever the KGB-trained manipulator, Putin knows he cannot outright reject Trump’s overture. To do so would invite Trump’s wrath and crystalize for the president what is known […]
California Gov. Gavin Newsom is gloating once again about how much better his state is than its most prominent red state counterparts. He is probably hoping that noise drowns out his latest accounting blunder. Newsom told legislators on Wednesday that the state would need to borrow $3.44 billion to make up a budget gap for […]
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) emerged as the lone Republican to vote against the continuing resolution passed by the House of Representatives. Massie called the issue a “fake fight” and said House Democrats were only voicing opposition to the bill because they knew it would pass anyway. “They plan to pass it with all Republicans here […]
