As an amateur scholar of the Holocaust, I have agonized over whether and how much information children should receive about the devastating antisemitism that spawned the destruction of 6 million Jewish lives during World War II. Given the 337% increase in antisemitic incidents in the United States alone after Hamas terrorists killed more than 1,400 innocents and took over 200 hostages on Oct. […]
No one can doubt Fareed Zakaria’s level of education. But after hearing him express concern about Israel’s war to destroy the terrorists controlling the Gaza Strip — asking on his CNN show: “Has it been proportional to the damage that Hamas inflicted on Israel?” — I’m sure his early education was lacking in sufficient exposure to Bugs […]
Longtime advice columnist E. Jean Carroll has now taken former President Trump to civil trial two times, winning tens of millions in damages after a legal battle that began in 2019 when she accused Trump of sexual assault. Her courtroom success has followed a multi-year, complicated legal fight that has included two cases and multiple different...
President Biden promised to shut down the border “when it becomes overwhelmed” if Congress passes a bipartisan border security bill. “Let’s be clear,” Biden said in a statement Friday. “What’s been negotiated would — if passed into law — be the toughest and fairest set of reforms to secure the border we’ve ever had in...
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) plans to fly a plane banner around Las Vegas attacking former President Trump over reproductive rights while he is holding a rally in the city. The DNC will fly a banner that reads “Donald Trump: Ban Abortion, Punish Women” for a few hours on Saturday during Trump’s rally, the committee...
The Biden administration sought to flip the script on the economy this week, touting major investments and key endorsements on the back of more surprisingly strong economic data. While new polling shows that Americans' views of economic conditions are improving, they're mostly in negative territory and a serious source of frustration for an administration that...
For House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), the easy part is over. The untested GOP leader stormed into the top ranks of power last fall and spent the first three months negotiating a series of spending bargains with President Biden, all without suffering the same political blowback as his predecessor, former Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), who...
Nikki Haley is facing broadening calls to drop out of the GOP primary even as she publicly signals no intention to do so ahead of South Carolina’s contest next month. The head of the Republican National Committee (RNC), the Georgia Republican Party and growing numbers of GOP lawmakers are urging her to drop out, arguing...