MATT GAETZ’S NEXT MOVE. Not all that long ago, on Oct. 3, 2023, then-Rep. Matt Gaetz succeeded in his audacious plan to lead a tiny group of Republicans, eight in all, working in an alliance with 208 Democrats, to topple Republican Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy. Today, one year and two months later, Gaetz is […]
Russia launched its largest drone attack to date into Ukraine in late November. The week before that, President Vladimir Putin welcomed 10,000 North Korean troops into Russia and launched his largest missile attack in months. It’s clear this conflict is escalating as we near 1,000 days of war, and Washington is particularly eager to reverse […]
In Giuseppe Verdi’s La Traviata, the courtesan Violetta sacrifices her own happiness for the sake of her beloved’s family, immortalizing her love through virtuous surrender. Sean Baker’s new film, Anora, attempts a contemporary riff on this old archetype, once again placing a young woman enmeshed in transactional romance at the heart of a doomed liaison. Yet where […]
One of the hottest topics of the recent election was inflation. One side advocated tighter restraint of federal spending and increased marketplace competition to deal with inflation, while the other side advocated increased government controls and regulation. Sadly, little attention was focused on the results of each alternative. Grocery stores were demonized as greedy profiteers, and […]
If you believe courageous veterans like Daniel Penny are villains, and deranged shooters like Luigi Mangione are heroes, you’re a disgusting excuse for a...
At noon on Jan. 20, 2025, Donald Trump will become president for the second time. Unlike during his first term, Trump takes office with America engaged in two wars. One involving an ally, Israel, and one a country whose security we pledged to support, Ukraine. Trump campaigned saying he would negotiate an end to the […]
‘Tis the season to be nominating. At least it is for President-elect Donald Trump. He quickly announced his choices for various positions within his incoming administration. Some of these picks have received general approval, while others face a tough battle to receive the required Senate confirmation. Praise and criticism of these picks have fallen along […]
The fall of former President Bashar Assad’s tyranny in Syria is a strategic victory for the United States and a defeat for the U.S.’s main enemies in the region, Iran and Russia. It was not a victory authored by President Joe Biden’s foreign policy but the direct result of Israel’s brave and legitimate response to […]
CAN THE NATION WAIT UNTIL JAN. 20? Joe Biden has 42 more days to serve as president of the United States. But anyone watching events in Paris over the weekend would think President-elect Donald Trump has already taken office. The president-elect traveled to France ostensibly to celebrate the reopening of Notre Dame cathedral, but the visit […]
This case had the potential to completely destroy the delicate and implicit understanding that we, as New Yorkers who live and travel in sometimes-unnatural...
