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Michael Goodwin: The New York Times nauseatingly admires former Cuban leader Raul Castro — even though he destroyed entire island

A New York Times Saturday story had the headline on its reference box “Cuba Backs Elder Statesman,” when referring to America’s murder indictment of former Cuban president Raul Castro

An Autopsy on an Autopsy

The ruinous price increases that took place during the Biden-Harris administration do not get...

Ebola resurgence sparks global concern, travel restrictions: What to know

The resurgence of Ebola in central Africa is prompting international concern, with health officials issuing urgent warnings and travel restrictions as an outbreak linked to the rare Bundibugyo strain spreads. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared a global public health emergency last week amid a growing number of reported cases in Congo and Uganda. A...

Secret Service respond to shots fired near White House

U.S. Secret Service rushed reporters into the press briefing room on Saturday after gunshots were fired near the White House, according to The Hill’s sister network NewsNation. A law enforcement source told NewsNation that a man armed with a pistol opened fire near 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW, and Secret Service returned fire, taking...

GOP Sens. Lindsey Graham, Roger Wicker blast reports of 60-day ceasefire deal with Iran

Key Senate Republicans are raising concerns about a reported peace deal being negotiated with Iran, arguing it would be a disaster for the United States that would make meaningless the war launched by President Trump nearly three months ago. “The rumored 60-day ceasefire — with the belief that Iran will ever engage in good faith...

What Zelensky can learn from Netanyahu — and his Oval Office meltdown with Obama

Volodymyr Zelensky's White House lecture reminds me of the lessons I learned when Israel's Netanyahu had a similar run-in with a US president —...

Forget ‘baloney’ budget claims — I’m voting to break feds’ debt addiction

The reckless addiction to overspending in Washington has real-life consequences for NY families: ever-increasing taxes, record inflation and a constantly rising cost of living....

New York City needs a hero, but what we have is Andrew Cuomo as the next mayor

Don’t personally adore Andrew Cuomo? So what? He himself doesn’t love a load of people. Me, I like him. But he doesn’t even really like...

Enough! End gov’t funds for Jew-hating colleges like Barnard, Columbia, The New School

Enough with the task forces and commissions: It’s time to defund campus Jew-hatred — starting, say, with New York’s Columbia University, Barnard College and...

Europe must awaken its patriotism to halt its decline — and face Putin

Europe's leaders embraced a progressive liberalism that demonized all the traditional sources of a nation’s strength — its historic religion, patriotic pride and industrial...

Pittsburgh mayor took ‘MAGA’ donations too

PITTSBURGH — The Democratic primary race between incumbent Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey and Corey O’Connor, the Allegheny County controller, has Gainey’s allies crying racism because O’Connor has received donations from Republican donors. “Can’t wait to see the back flips of the Gainey haters have to try to spin this one,” Bethany Hallam, a left-wing county […]

Bronx Councilwoman Althea Stevens disses her own voters’ crime fears

Watch out, Bronx voters: One of your City Council reps thinks you're idiots.

Zelensky pulls a Trumpian trick, how to save public housing and other commentary

Volodymyr Zelensky “did exactly what Trump has done on dozens of occasions” during the Oval Office blow-up last week, argues Christopher Caldwell at The...

Trump’s chumming gift to the Russian cyber shark

President Donald Trump has made a foolish decision to suspend certain Russia-focused activities by the U.S. military’s Cyber Command. Cyber Command is responsible for all military cyber operations in the United States. As first reported by the Record, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the Command to “stand down from all planning against Russia, including […]

Unleash DOGE on the Pentagon

For decades, I served this nation in uniform, rising through the ranks to witness firsthand the extraordinary capabilities, and the often-maddening inefficiencies, of our military-industrial complex. I saw the courage and ingenuity of our troops, but I also saw waste on a scale that defies comprehension, nowhere more glaringly than in the Defense Department’s budgeting […]

Hollywood claims to support women. But its films really hurt them

Since I was rooting for A Real Pain to win some Oscars, I was thoroughly pleased with how adorable and real Kieran Culkin’s acceptance speech for Best Supporting Actor was. My family has four kids, and I fully support Culkin in his goal of celebrating his Oscar win by having two more.  But the film […]

Kieran Culkin’s Oscars moment highlights the power of permanent things

When Kieran Culkin won the Oscar for best supporting actor, he reached the pinnacle of his profession. It was a crowning achievement, the kind of moment many actors dream about but few ever experience. Onstage, basking in the thrill of well-earned success, Culkin had the entertainment world at his feet. But instead of dwelling on […]

Why making New York safe again means admitting ALL crimes matter

When cops question platform smokers or other "small" violations, they often dig up the real bad guys.

Trump should not be afraid to fire people at the FBI

When a new president takes office, he gets to determine who will head the departments in and around the executive branch. However, people within the departments are often holdovers from previous administrations and may be hostile to the current president’s agenda. Elon Musk summed it up in a Feb. 28 post on X. “Imagine if […]

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