X Story Stream recent articles In March of 2017, with the battle for control of Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city, raging just miles away, I was driven into the town of Karamles, recently liberated from ISIS control. Together with a journalist friend, the parish priest of the town and an American adviser to the Catholic Read More…
Lately we’ve heard a lot from Democrats about GOP dirty tricks. Topping their complaints is the claim that Republicans have weaponized the drawing of electoral districts to their advantage. But a recent attempt at gerrymandering in New Jersey is a reminder that Dems, too, have a penchant for ruthless power politics. New Jersey state Senate Read More…
In yet more proof that tech jobs will come to New York City without massive special subsidies, Google on Monday announced plans to double its presence here, to 14,000 jobs. What a contrast to the Amazon deal, where Mayor de Blasio and Gov. Cuomo ponied up $3 billion in various subsidies to lure 25,000 jobs Read More…
Tuesday’s midterm elections weren’t a slam dunk for either party, not by anyone’s estimation. Democrats managed to avoid another apocalyptic election meltdown and keep their base from flipping out by flipping the House, if barely, and Republicans added slightly to their already slight majority in the Senate. We sent at least three Red State fake Read More…
X Story Stream recent articles WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump launched the Pentagon’s new Space Command Tuesday, an effort to better organize and advance the military’s vast operations in space that could cost as much as $800 million over the next five years. Trump signed a one-page memorandum Tuesday authorizing the Defense Department to Read More…
X Story Stream recent articles WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate passed a sweeping criminal justice bill Tuesday that addresses concerns that the nation’s war on drugs had led to the imprisonment of too many Americans for non-violent crimes without adequately preparing them for their return to society. Senate passage of the bill by a vote Read More…
X Story Stream recent articles Good morning, it’s Wednesday, December 19, 2018. Today’s date is a most momentous one in history for those of us who write for a living. That includes sportswriters and foreign correspondents, novelists dabbling in magical realism, or authors devoted to simply amusing their fellow human beings. Mostly, I have in Read More…
| Posted: Dec 19, 2018 10:21 AM The opinions expressed by columnists are their own and do not represent the views of Townhall.com. Editor’s note: This column was co-authored by Emma Kaden. On Friday, the federal government will partially shut down, unless Congress passes last-minute funding measures. Many Americans worry the Christmastime shutdown will be Read More…
Whether you love President Trump or loathe him, if you call yourself a Christian, this appeal is for you. All of us, regardless of our background or voting preference, are called to pray for those in authority (see 1 Timothy 2:1-4). Now is the perfect time to pray. We all know that the president is Read More…
The Washington Post is lamenting the evil Russians again. Don’t get me wrong. I’m no fan of a nation that has had one of the most brutal dictatorial regimes in human history. But sometimes evil is a lot closer than you think. The Washington Post is invoking a report from a foreign source, Oxford University Read More…
In case you haven’t heard, a new trend is sweeping through the administrations of American colleges and universities. In an effort to keep pace with progressive politics, which already dominate the academy, schools are hiring administrators who carry titles like “Vice President of Diversity and Inclusion.” These bureaucrats are paid exorbitant amounts of money to Read More…
X Story Stream recent articles When I talk to young people, I try to offer them what I was offered when I was their age but is rarely offered today: wisdom. I was given wisdom largely because I went to a religious school — a yeshiva, a traditional Jewish school in which the long day Read More…
X Story Stream recent articles LEXINGTON, Va. — Mark Rush could not name the last movie in the past 10 years that gave him a belly laugh — or made him snort or chuckle or laugh out loud, at least for any extended period of time. “The last side-splitting movies I saw were ‘Caddyshack’ or Read More…
Getting a jump on the arrival of the Democrats’ big new Senate majority in Albany, Gov. Cuomo this week delivered a preview of his annual State of the State Address. He used it to remind his fellow Democrats of the many areas where they agree — but also to draw a few lines he won’t Read More…
A federal district judge in Texas struck down the Affordable Care Act as unconstitutional Friday. The lawsuit was brought by Republican officials from 20 states, who want their residents to have more insurance choices and lower premiums. Though the suing states won in Texas v. Azar, their victory won’t help consumers reeling from ObamaCare sticker-shock Read More…
Keeping score of the daily ups and downs of the Trump revolution is tricky business. Some days, it looks as if the president is making good on his promise to liberate America from the stranglehold of the political elite and corrupt government insiders. Then there are days like Tuesday, when the deep state asserts its Read More…
The following are excerpts from US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley’s remarks Tuesday at the Security Council. When I first came to the United Nations two years ago, I was taken aback a bit by this monthly meeting. The fact that the UN would consider the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was not striking. It is, Read More…
Michael Flynn went to court Tuesday expecting to be sentenced, hopefully to probation, for lying to the FBI. He left with everything on hold — after the judge all but called him a traitor. Federal Judge Emmet Sullivan put the hold on because of a surprise from Special Counsel Bob Mueller’s prosecution team, which revealed Read More…
Add “stealing Christmas” to the side effects of the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights “mass bailout” stunt. Tamika West, 44, is back in jail, charged with raiding the “toys for tots” box in Assemblyman Jeff Dinowitz’s office. As Tuesday’s Post reported, she allegedly broke in and plundered the place Dec. 4, also swiping wallets, office Read More…
A batch of previously undisclosed emails The Post revealed Tuesday offer strong new evidence Mayor Bill de Blasio intentionally evaded public-disclosure laws. “Always stay in touch, but please do via this email or via cell rather than text,” de Blasio warns corrupt donor Jona Rechnitz in an email from his personal account. This and numerous Read More…
A century ago, life without electricity wasn’t hard to imagine. But today? There’s hardly an aspect of daily life that doesn’t rely on a steady supply of it. And in an instant, it could all grind to a halt. That probably sounds like the set-up to a new science-fiction series. In fact, quite a few Read More…
| Posted: Dec 19, 2018 12:01 AM The opinions expressed by columnists are their own and do not represent the views of Townhall.com. Among the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s responsibilities are approval and regulation of pharmaceutical drugs. In short, its responsibility is to ensure the safety and effectiveness of drugs. In the performance of Read More…
| Posted: Dec 19, 2018 12:01 AM The opinions expressed by columnists are their own and do not represent the views of Townhall.com. A patient with metastatic prostate cancer tried to kill himself after he could not get the medication he was prescribed for bone pain because a suspicious pharmacist called his insurer, which denied Read More…
Men get a bad rap. They’re blamed collectively for rape culture, violence, war, poverty, climate change and all other manner of global suffering. They’re forced to apologize on college campuses for their chromosomes, anatomy and athleticism. They’re vilified incessantly in women’s magazines, on women’s talk shows and at women’s confabs promoting the male-bashing #MeToo movement. Read More…
| Posted: Dec 19, 2018 12:01 AM The opinions expressed by columnists are their own and do not represent the views of Townhall.com. Last month, the New York State Education Department made a crucial decision: Commissioner MaryEllen Elia handed authority to local school boards to veto the right for private schools to operate. Those school Read More…
| Posted: Dec 19, 2018 12:01 AM The opinions expressed by columnists are their own and do not represent the views of Townhall.com. A federal district judge struck down the Affordable Care Act as unconstitutional on Friday, in a lawsuit brought by Republican officials from 20 states. They want their residents to have more insurance Read More…
President Donald Trump continues to take bold steps, recapturing America’s exceptionalism at home and leadership abroad. These important developments are too often getting drowned out by relentless noise in Washington, where the media obsess over many issues concerning this president except those most relevant to his job — his performance leading the nation to excellence. Read More…
When President Barack Obama and a Democrat-controlled Congress enacted the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in 2010, there was one thing they wanted everyone to understand: Their plan would not work unless they were to force Americans to buy health insurance. They wrote this point into the law itself. “(I)f there were no requirement, Read More…
“We simply cannot allow people to pour into the United States undetected, undocumented, unchecked, and circumventing the line of people who are waiting patiently, diligently, and lawfully to become immigrants in this country.” “Illegal immigration is wrong, plain and simple. Until the American people are convinced that we will stop future flows of illegal Read More…
It’s bad enough when leftists smear capitalism. I hate it more when capitalists do it, too. I’d hoped for more from the world’s current richest man, Jeff Bezos. I love the service he created. Amazon lets me buy Christmas gifts right from my couch. Its prices are so low that the Fed chairman says Amazon Read More…
ANALYSIS/OPINION: Abody doesn’t need an advanced academic degree to practice common sense. That’s why working folks who carry the nation on their backs have grasped the limits of the renewable energy revolution more quickly than those enthralled with the promise of a fossil-fuel-free future. The United Nations’ 24th annual climate-change conference concluded the other day Read More…
X Story Stream recent articles WASHINGTON — The racket inside Donald Trump’s head must sound like the roar of a train. Investigations are coming at him from all sides — from the special counsel, from the U.S. attorney in Manhattan, from the New York state attorney general, from the relentless poking around of news organizations Read More…
The first iron rule of American politics is: Follow the money. This explains, oh, about 80 percent of what goes on in Washington. Shortly after the latest “Chicken Little” climate change report was published last month, I noted on CNN that one reason so many hundreds of scientists are persuaded that the sky is falling Read More…
Kim Jong Un, angered by the newest U.S. sanctions, is warning that North Korea’s commitment to denuclearization could be imperiled and we could be headed for “exchanges of fire.” Iran, warns Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, is testing ballistic missiles that are forbidden to them by the U.N. Security Council. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Read More…
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona’s governor on Tuesday appointed U.S. Rep. Martha McSally to replace Sen. Jon Kyl in the seat that belonged to the late John McCain, sending the GOP congresswoman back to Washington just a month after she lost a tight race for the state’s other spot in the Senate. McSally, a former air Read More…
Security desk: Michael Flynn Deserves an Apology Michael Flynn was forced to resign as President Trump’s national security adviser after widely being branded a traitor over his alleged collusion with Russia during the 2016 transition. But as Bloomberg’s Eli Lake notes, “none of this was true.” So how, he asks, “did Washington get sucked into Read More…
X Story Stream recent articles In March of 2017, with the battle for control of Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city, raging just miles away, I was driven into the town of Karamles, recently liberated from ISIS control. Together with a journalist friend, the parish priest of the town and an American adviser to the Catholic Read More…
The sentencing of former Trump White House National Security Adviser Michael Flynn on a single charge of lying to the FBI turned into a dramatic scene in a Washington, D.C., courthouse Tuesday. Federal Judge Emmet Sullivan excoriated Flynn for what is called uncharged conduct — that is, for crimes which Flynn has not been formally Read More…
X Story Stream recent articles A federal judge in Texas just threw out the Affordable Care Act root and branch. If the decision were to survive legal challenges, an estimated 17 million Americans could lose their health coverage. Uncounted others would face monstrous premium hikes as protections for pre-existing conditions vanish. Upheld, the ruling would Read More…
X Story Stream recent articles Good morning, it’s Tuesday, December 18, 2018. Three marriages took place in the White House during Woodrow Wilson’s presidency, none of them his own. First, daughter Jessie married in the East Room in 1913; the following year her sister Eleanor took her vows in the Blue Room. The president’s niece Read More…
| Posted: Dec 18, 2018 1:06 PM The opinions expressed by columnists are their own and do not represent the views of Townhall.com. On December 15th, the United States Department of State issued a statement concerning the recently concluded United Nations climate conference in (COP24) in Katowice, Poland. In it, they strongly defended America’s determination Read More…
X Story Stream recent articles WASHINGTON (AP) — Having raised interest rates with steady regularity in recent months, the Federal Reserve may embrace a new message this week: Flexibility. On Wednesday, the Fed is set to announce its fourth rate hike of the year. But after this week, no one is sure what it will Read More…
TO HONOR the memory of 49 men from Prince George’s County, Md., killed in action during World War I, a 40-foot memorial cross made of concrete and pink granite has stood for nearly 100 years at an intersection in the town of Bladensburg near Washington, DC. Though it was erected with private funds, the cross Read More…
Many media commentators are warning readers about a new Ohio bill because it could prevent women from obtaining abortions before they know they’re pregnant. But in the process of doing so, they’re making a pro-life message go viral: Abortion stops a beating heart. On Dec. 12, the Ohio Senate made national headlines for approving abortion Read More…