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National Columnists

Iran strike was ‘America First’ in action

My young family and I were in Israel when the Israel Defense Forces and Mossad began their offensive operations against Iran on June 13, commencing what President Donald Trump has since called the “12-Day War.” Although the Mossad’s intelligence and the IDF’s rapid establishment of air ...

Mamdani probably won’t be NY mayor

Zohran Mamdani seemed to hit the political jackpot in besting former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the New York City Democratic mayoral primary. Hyper commentary now portrays this once obscure state assemblyman from Queens as a political meteor. The thing about meteors is that they burn ...

NY mayoral race could be test for Democratic comeback

A seasoned veteran of Chicago politics once told me that it often takes Democrats a couple of four-year cycles out of office before they can pull their fractious factions together into a winning coalition. There’s a lot of truth in that, and that’s why I am not surprised to see the off- ...

Social media’s influence cannot be ignored

A plethora of lawsuits, involving more than 1,800 plaintiffs, have been filed against social media companies within the past two years. We are now seeing some progress being made toward litigation, as 11 social media addiction cases have been selected for test hearings by U.S. District Judge ...

Choice is heat stroke or air conditioning

If you asked my dad the top three causes of illness worldwide, here’s what he’d say: No. 3: Walking around inside the house barefoot. No. 2: Leaving the house with wet hair. No. 1: Air conditioning. I understand not being accustomed to air conditioning. He didn’t grow up with ...

Western European leaders in sync with actions

President Donald Trump does not want to be a wartime president. He wants to be the president who, as he did at Mar-a-Lago in 2017, enjoyed “the most beautiful piece of chocolate cake you’ve ever seen,” as he informed Chinese President Xi Jinping that the U.S. had just dropped bombs on ...