A myth is a story that expresses the collective dreamworld of a culture: its fears, its wishes, its self-conception. Some myths refine themselves over generations. Others spring into consciousness in an instant. A bit of story or news captures the imagination so thoroughly that the entire culture suddenly projects its hope or terror onto a Read More…
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Here’s alarming news: AI bots rely heavily on Wikipedia, which feed them a diet of half-truths, ideological bias and leftist lies — and then pass along the propaganda to millions of unsuspecting readers. A new study from Axios reveals that ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude — three of the most popular AI bots — use Read More…
Border Czar Tom Homan threw down a welcome warning to illegal-immigrant thugs — and a lifeline to beleaguered New Yorkers: ICE is coming, and it’s going to “flood the zone.” That’s good news: New York City’s crazy “sanctuary” laws let illegal immigrant criminals hide in plain sight. “Sanctuary cities are now our priority,” Homan announced, after an Read More…
The United States may finally be getting serious about defanging the Muslim Brotherhood. A new bill making its way through Congress, the Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation Act of 2025, represents a new chapter in America’s complex history with the oldest and most influential Islamist movement. The bipartisan legislation, led by Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Read More…
Columbia University’s long-overdue crackdown on the dozens of students who violently took over Butler Library mark significant if belated steps toward accountability. For nearly two years, these students have occupied campus buildings, spread terrorist propaganda, praised convicted terrorists, posted Nazi-style antisemitic flyers, smashed doors, disrupted classes, harassed Jewish students and openly endorsed “liberation by any Read More…
President Donald Trump has identified a real problem: artificial intelligence systems are exhibiting an undeniable political slant. His administration’s new AI action plan, released Wednesday, promises to eliminate “ideological bias” from American AI. Silicon Valley engineers do lean left, and they’ve built their AI systems to reflect progressive values. The results have been embarrassing for everyone. When Google’s Read More…
The Issue: Hunter Biden’s comments on immigration, his father and other topics during a recent interview. Hunter Biden is a lowlife — everyone knows this (“Joe on Ambien for debate: Hunter,” July 22). Why, then, would any decent interviewer give this person a platform to spit out his vile thoughts? It is dangerous and exceedingly Read More…
OPINION: At last, Democrats have latched onto something that promises to derail the entire Republican agenda: Jeffrey Epstein. This shady multimillionaire was first investigated for engaging in unlawful activities with underage girls two decades ago. Despite holding the levers of power for much of this period, liberals never called for transparency. Their sudden interest in Read More…
Every week, The Post will bring you our picks of the best one-liners and stories from satirical site the Babylon Bee to take the edge off Hump Day. Want more of a chuckle? Be sure to click the links. mfalzone In addition to worrying about what is happening to immigrant families being separated due to deportations, Read More…
Kids know: Time for peace Shalom. A one-word Hebrew prayer meaning peace. That’s even if the adults can’t bring it about in the Middle East. Maybe some day — soon day — it may come out of the mouth of babes. Long back a first attempt to join Arab and Israeli children — from both Read More…
Here’s a novel idea for Gov. Kathy Hochul: Focus on growing the state’s economy — keeping taxes low, unleashing fracking, easing regulations — and generating new revenue to avoid painful cuts and tax hikes as she closes her massive budget gap. President Donald Trump’s federal budget restructuring popped a hole Hochul’s own $254 billion spending Read More…
We’ve arrived at a grim reality: Our culture is overdosing on the F word. It’s so sad to see such a good bad word dragged through the mud like this. Stripped of its zing. Its shock value. Now, it’s just another word. F–k has become almost boring, the way it’s barfed up with reckless abandon Read More…
Who represents the Democratic Party in the year of our Lord 2025? This is the question on many of the greatest minds in the nation these days. There are a myriad of arguments, which, in and of itself denotes no one is leading the pack right now. Names like Jasmine Crockett, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Zohran Read More…
It’s almost conventional wisdom in certain quarters that Jeffrey Epstein must have been working for the Israeli intelligence service Mossad. “It’s extremely obvious to anyone who watches that this guy,” Tucker Carlson said of Epstein the other day, “had direct connections to a foreign government. No one is allowed to say that that foreign government Read More…
It sure is about time: Columbia University is finally starting to deal with the vile, antisemitic hooligans on its campus. What took so long? The Ivy League school is set to discipline more than 70 pro-Palestinian students for rampaging through Butler Library in May and for their involvement in last year’s encampment. Most face suspensions Read More…
OPINION: The leader of California’s most iconic fast-food chain is fleeing the rapidly tarnishing Golden State. In-N-Out Burger President Lynsi Snyder announced Friday that she was packing her bags for Franklin, Tennessee, suggesting she was taking the heart of the company with her. “There’s a lot of great things about California, but raising a family Read More…
OPINION: The idea that Vladimir Putin conspired to put Donald Trump in the White House was widely broadcast under orders issued by Barack Obama in his final weeks as president. Records unsealed Friday trace the origin of this deception to a December 2016 gathering of the National Security Council. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard Read More…
OPINION: In his run for mayor of America’s biggest city, Zohran Mamdani is following in the footsteps of socialists past. Like Sen. Bernie Sanders, he’s on a path toward affluence and comfort. Already a child of extreme privilege, Mr. Mamdani is campaigning on a classic “eat the rich” platform. That’s a curious choice for the Read More…
OPINION: The president is supposed to fire a Federal Reserve chairman only for cause, and now Donald Trump has it. An obstinate Jerome Powell is holding interest rates artificially high as he constructs a palace for himself. New economic data bolsters the case for relief. On Tuesday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that inflation Read More…
OPINION: Mass immigration created this nation’s greatest political challenge. Distracted by side issues, conservatives sometimes get frustrated with the White House, but deputy policy chief Stephen Miller explained the need to stay focused on what matters most. He described what major cities might look like if existing federal laws were fully enforced. “You’d be able Read More…
OPINION: Senate moderates are having a bad week. They are feeling the squeeze from the public and the White House over a bill that would claw back a thin slice of the pork they have been shoveling into the federal budget. Already, the squishes are howling about a mere 0.13% cut. Through a budgetary process Read More…
The “One Big Beautiful Bill” (OBBB) passed by Congress and signed by President Trump is a game changer that will benefit middle-income, working-class Montanans. Yet Montana Senate Minority Leader Pat Flowers (Montana’s top Democrat) said “I just think it is a betrayal of working Montanans and Americans,” mirroring national Democrats’ political talking points. One must Read More…
OPINION: When it comes to cultivating entrepreneurs, Virginia has a few lessons to teach California. Last week, the Old Dominion retained the top five spot on CNBC’s “Top State for Business” list, which it has held since 2018, despite recent cuts to the federal workforce that have sunk the economy in the D.C. suburbs. Gov. Read More…
OPINION: A week after moving into the White House, President Joseph R. Biden ordered his minions at the Justice Department to arrest Hillary Clinton’s online antagonist. Douglass Mackey became the first American captured, prosecuted, convicted and nearly imprisoned over a funny picture circulated on what is now X. Count the 2nd Circuit U.S. Court of Read More…
OPINION: More than 100 people died in the recent flash flooding in the Texas Hill Country. After hours of torrential downpours Friday, the waters of the Guadalupe River surged 30 feet in a torrent that swept away everything in its path, including a Christian summer camp located along the river and a nearby creek. Capitalizing Read More…
The national conversation around cannabis has shifted dramatically in the last few years. What was once a fringe issue is now a mainstream discussion, with a broad consensus emerging across the political spectrum: it’s time for federal cannabis policy to catch up with the reality on the ground in America. The proposed rescheduling of cannabis Read More…
OPINION: Defiance of court orders sets a bad precedent for the rule of law. Sometimes, however, following an order like the one issued Monday by U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani could lead to even worse outcomes. Without bothering to listen to the other side, the Boston-based magistrate, appointed to the bench by President Barack Obama, Read More…
OPINION: The world’s richest man is annoyed at President Trump. Elon Musk says the recently enacted One Big Beautiful Bill’s excessive spending levels have compelled him to become a political spoiler. He’s forming the America Party as a “moderate” voice for fiscal sanity. It’s correct to say elected Democrats and many Republicans aren’t serious about Read More…
OPINION: Hillary Clinton wasn’t the only one engaged in dirty tricks against then candidate Donald Trump during the 2016 presidential election. An analysis released last week by the Central Intelligence Agency admits the intelligence community’s December 2016 assessment of Russian interference in the election was the product of political manipulation. On Dec. 6 that year, Read More…
OPINION: Hillary Clinton wasn’t the only one engaged in dirty tricks against then candidate Donald Trump during the 2016 presidential election. An analysis released last week by the Central Intelligence Agency admits the intelligence community’s December 2016 assessment of Russian interference in the election was the product of political manipulation. On Dec. 6 that year, Read More…
OPINION: Earlier this year, Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders outlawed anti-competitive practices in the pharmacy industry, and lobbyists are hopping mad about it. There are many reasons drug prices are inflated, but she realized some of the biggest retailers have figured out how to game the system. “These massive corporations are attacking our state because Read More…
OPINION: One year from today, America will observe its semiquincentennial. That’s a milestone worth celebrating, as few forms of government have lasted 250 years. Our republic’s longevity is a testament to the truth of the propositions set forth in 1776. Donald Trump will rise to the occasion. When the Army knocked on his door, saying Read More…
OPINION: The judicial resistance sustained a major setback last week. Thanks to a long-overdue Supreme Court intervention, lone judges can no longer hold the nation hostage to their whims. In the 5½ months since President Trump’s second term began, Justice Amy Coney Barrett sat on the sidelines with Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. Their Read More…
OPINION: Sometimes the desert can turn into a swamp. It happened last week in Phoenix, when Arizona politicians gathered for the end of the legislative session to tell their constituents one thing before proceeding to do the opposite. There’s no better example of legislative legerdemain than the state House’s decision, by a 34-22 vote, to Read More…
OPINION: President Trump is on a roll. By Friday, the stock market had recaptured the value lost after traders sustained a severe case of tariff jitters. A successful strike against Iran’s nuclear development sites ended with a ceasefire. And the One Big Beautiful Bill Act cleared Senate procedural hurdles Sunday. These victories are precarious, as Read More…