Kudos to speaker Adrienne Adams, who leads the city council to the obvious compromise on health care plans for retired city employees. The courts have ruled that Mayor Eric Adams has the power to simply enroll 250,000 eligible retirees in a high-quality Medicare Advantage plan and save the city $600 million a year, thanks in … Read more
It’s easy to feel the pain of Mayor Eric Adams: He sniffs at how “unfair” it is that cities and states have to cope with the “assault” of incoming migrants. Too bad he won’t sue President Biden for his refusal to 1) secure the border or even 2) deal with the fallout. It’s every city … Read more
Add another grim figure to the toll taken by catastrophic school closures in the COVID era: a huge penalty on the lifetime income of students forced to suffer from distance education, in all potentially $28 trillion (more than the country’s total GDP) for the remainder of the 21st century. Those numbers come from a new … Read more
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If Christmas around the world is a celebration of rebirth and redemption, performed in gaudy consumerism and materialistic frenzy, it is also a season for quiet contemplation. One of the highlights of 2022, worthy of a moment of reflection during this year’s festivities, was the series of breathtaking images of deep space captured this summer … Read more
CBorn in New York City in 1779, Clark Moore established a reputation as a scholar long before his death 84 years later. He was a noted lecturer and writer and also generously supported theological education. Yet his life would deserve little more than a footnote in New York history—except for that one poem for which … Read more
Who is responsible for America’s nightmare of illegal migrants? The latest rule from the White House is that it is anyone who spreads “misinformation.” to open the border. Seriously: “The border is not open”, press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre emphasizes. And “we are doing the work of the smugglers when we spread misinformation.” Mayor Eric Adams. … Read more
President Biden’s madness at the border isn’t just killing migrants and US law enforcement; it kills children and destroys families via the massive influx of drugs that the White House has invited. Title 42 — a Trump-era rule and one of the few brakes on our current mass influx of migrants — expires this week. … Read more
By striking down the Hochulmander and imposing truly nonpartisan redistricting, state courts have given New York four competitive House races on Long Island. With public safety, soaring inflation and a sagging economy the top issues on voters’ minds, the call in each is easy. In New York’s 1st Congressional District, we endorse Republican Nicolas LaLota. … Read more
Neon signs in Hong Kong. (Bloomberg) A group of young enthusiasts fight to give a new lease of life to Hong Kong’s famous neon signs, before disappearing completely from the city due to tightened government regulations and dwindling demand. Once ubiquitous in Hong Kong, the characters — made known to foreign audiences through films … Read more
Yes, Pennsylvania Democratic Senate candidate John Fetterman is bullshit: The Harvard-educated son of a self-made insurance manager lived off the family dime until he was nearly 50. But his cuddly, social media-driven campaign also hides just how terrible his actual, radical be policy. Consider his recent appointment of Celeste Trusty, a self-proclaimed “friend” of convicted … Read more