Most modern socialists revealingly call themselves “democratic socialists.” The one socialist organization that didn’t do this, the exception that proved the rule, was the biggest communist state of all, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. It was a place of frank, archetypal dictatorship with no nonsense about democracy; its leaders wouldn’t stoop so low. But […]
“If we stop supporting Ukraine, we allow the invasion of Ukraine. I am not hypocritical enough to mistake an invasion with the word ‘peace,'” Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said in a fiery 2023 speech. This is from a leader who, when she rose to power in Italy, Western media branded as extreme right-wing. She […]
An original black-and-white chart from a 2009 law review article written by Columbia Law School professor Bernard E. Harcourt was colorized by the Economist, and you’ve probably seen it on whatever social media platform you get your news from. The chart shows the number of Americans, per 100,000, who were held in either prisons or […]
Airline passengers are grappling with an increase in flight delays and cancellations after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced new flight reductions to boost safety across airports that are severely understaffed amid the government shutdown. All commercial airlines have been impacted by the FAA’s directive requiring the companies to scale back flights by 4 percent...
The government shutdown hits Day 38 on Friday, and flight cancellations are rippling across U.S. airports as the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) looks to ease the burden on unpaid air traffic controllers. The Department of Transportation announced it would start by cutting 4 percent of flights on Friday, ramping up to as much as 10...
More than 1,000 flights across the country were canceled as of Friday morning, as the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and airlines look to deal with staffing shortages exacerbated by the ongoing government shutdown. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced earlier this week that flight reductions were necessary to ensure safety amid the lapse in funding. The...
Democrats have been blissed out since Tuesday’s romp in the off-cycle elections in New Jersey, Virginia, New York City and state legislative and local elections from coast to coast. After a year of raising canes, they were finally raising Cain this week, and it no doubt felt very good for them. But does it mean...
the most highly educated voters picked 34-year-old democratic socialist Mamdani, who promised gullible followers free stuff to make life in the Big Apple more affordable. His socialist-based ideas have never succeeded in the real world, but somehow he conned the most “educated” among us into believing that this time would be different.