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GOP will need unity to cut spending

Republican fiscal hawks have every justification to be concerned about the federal government’s finances. Both the federal budget deficit and total federal debt held by the public are at all-time highs. For the first time ever, the federal government is spending more on interest payments to service its debt than it spends on national security. […]

NYPD’s sex abuse scandal: Letters to the Editor — Dec. 24, 2024

The Issue: Ex-NYPD Lt. Quathisha Epps’ charges of sex abuse by Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey. The stench coming from One Police Plaza (which...

Scaramucci advises Musk to ‘stick to business’ because ‘these people can hurt you’

Former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci on Monday urged Elon Musk to stay out of politics and focus on his successful businesses. “Stick to business. You‘ve done great. You‘ve made a couple hundred billion dollars since the election,” Scaramucci said in an interview on CNN’s “The Situation Room” with Wolf Blitzer, describing his advice...

Mulvaney on Trump, Panama Canal: It’s a negotiation

Former White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney said on Monday that President-elect Trump's recent provocations about the U.S. possibly retaking control of the Panama Canal are part of a negotiating tactic to get the rates down. Mulvaney added, however, that Trump has leverage in the negotiating process because he makes “credible” threats. “This is...

Part of Santa Cruz wharf collapses sending 3 people into the ocean

Part of the Santa Cruz, Calif., wharf collapsed on Monday, sending three construction workers into the ocean. All victims were rescued — two by a lifeguard unit and a third managed to swim to safety, according to the Santa Cruz Fire Department, which noted that there were no reports of significant injuries “at this time.”...

Biden’s horrific commutations are a grotesque abuse of the US justice system

President Biden, or whoever is running the White House, has grotesquely abused the pardon power, yet again. 

In a Christmas season of renewal, Trump’s boldness is bringing hopeful change

It’s a Christmas season in which hope abounds, in the US and beyond.

Panama is violating its Canal Treaty by cozying up to China — risking US safety

Donald Trump has threatened action to end the outsourcing of Panama Canal operations to a Hong Kong company, which has given Beijing de facto...

Migrant suspected of setting woman on fire should be the last straw: End NYC’s sanctuary-city laws

The latest illegal-migrant atrocity should remove any doubt: It’s beyond time to end sanctuary-city policies in New York. The appalling heinousness of that atrocity...

Why did no one help her? Fatal subway burning exposes New York City’s sad disconnect to humanity

There's a chilling apathy toward our fellow citizens — and a gross fascination with filming on our phones, not intervening. 

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