“It’s not safe to be a Jewish student at UC Berkeley.” That was the message a Jewish student delivered before the House of Representatives’ Education and the Workforce Committee last Thursday, just days after anti-Israel agitators at UC Berkeley assaulted Jewish students. To shut down an event featuring an Israeli speaker, the mob last week spat on, […]
The war between Israel and Hamas has unleashed a torrent of antisemitism throughout the world. In America, college professors have targeted pro-Israel students and even encouraged violent attacks on “Zionist” journalists. In the most extreme cases, people have been killed in the spiraling tensions, such as a Jewish man in California who died following an altercation with a pro-Palestinian demonstrator. How […]
The United States economy outperformed expectations in 2023, and economic activity in the first quarter of 2024 signals continued solid economic growth. That backdrop coupled with a very strong stock market and continued elevated wage inflation are calling into question whether the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates this year. The Fed will cut interest rates. […]
The Los Angeles School Board last month narrowly passed a provision making it increasingly difficult for charter schools to lease unused space in traditional public schools. This is the latest effort in a nationwide battle to keep charter schools out of communities. While 17 states expanded school choice last year, school boards and other local governing bodies […]
The headlines coming out of the Super Tuesday primaries have it right. Former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden will be, barring cataclysmic changes, the Republican and Democratic nominees for president in 2024. Some 29% in Republican contests and 14% in Democratic contests voted for other candidates or none. With Nikki Haley’s withdrawal, there […]
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) criticized former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R) for not endorsing former President Trump after she bowed out of the Republican primary race earlier this week, referencing the GOP's loyalty pledge. “I signed the pledge and you signed the pledge saying that you're gonna not take your ball and go...
Former President Trump, who skipped out on the GOP primary debates, is calling on President Biden to face him on stage, as the two gear up of for a rematch in November. “It is important, for the Good of our Country, that Joe Biden and I Debate Issues that are so vital to America, and...