New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani signed executive orders recognizing the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and handed one of the pens to his chief counsel, Ramzi Kassem, who once represented an al-Qaida operative.
The Trump administration on Sunday renewed its appeal to the Supreme Court after a federal judge blocked new restrictions on mail ballots ahead of the midterms.
As the House OK'd an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden's dealings with his son Hunter Biden's businesses, Hunter defied a congressional subpoena.
On Thursday, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu defended her decision to host an "Electeds of Color Holiday Party," excluding the City Council's seven white members.
Jack London’s “To Build a Fire” (1908) must rate as one of the bleakest short stories ever written, a kind of Winterreise gone wrong that wears its air of resolute determinism like a Red Sox sweatshirt. A tenderfoot, accompanied by a wolfish dog, is making his way along the Yukon Trail. It is 75 degrees below — too cold to be out, so cold that spittle freezes in the air before it reaches the ground — but the newcomer marches on regardless. And then, all too foreseeably, disaster strikes: Our man fails to notice the sinister, candy-textured surface of the ground beneath him, and, without warning, his feet plunge through the ice into an underground stream.
As Washington's foreign focus is absorbed by the wars in Gaza and Ukraine, China is escalating its threats against the Philippines. Considering that the Philippines is a U.S. treaty defense ally, this is no small concern.
Efforts to decriminalize drugs in Oregon and create a nirvana of stoned people have been a disaster. After the carnage and chaos that has accompanied decriminalization efforts, many now want to reverse course.
Many people have criticized the Bidens White House Christmas extravaganza that the first lady posted yesterday on X, formerly Twitter. As the Washington Examiner previously reported, the video featured an interpretive dance performance by the group Dorrance Dance. Many roasted the footage, claiming it was disturbing, dystopian, and resembled scenes from The Hunger Games. Nevertheless, the most important criticism about the video should be that it did not acknowledge the word “Christmas” or the birth of Jesus Christ.
San Francisco’s problems stem from unchallenged progressive governance that encourages drug abuse, crime, and homelessness. Naturally, some San Francisco progressives want to blame the boogeyman of capitalism.
