Debra J. Saunders
“Does calling for the genocide of Jews violate (your university’s) code of conduct or rules regarding bullying or harassment?” Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., asked three university presidents on Tuesday. The occasion was a House Committee on Education and the Workforce…
Woody Allen famously said, “Eighty percent of success is showing up.” If he’s right, that’s bad news for some 30 percent of public school students who, according to a recent study conducted by Stanford professor Thomas Dee, were chronically absent…
Having turned 81 on Monday, President Joe Biden is the oldest U.S. president ever. When he was elected in 2016, former President Donald Trump, now 77, was the oldest person elected to a first term in the White House. Old…
There have been more than 2 million illegal border crossings during each of the last two years under President Joe Biden. It should be no surprise then that a September Reuters/Ipsos poll found that 54 percent of Americans agree with…
When the young woman tore down a flyer supporting Israelis kidnapped by Hamas, she probably thought she could take the leaflet down — basically muzzling someone else’s speech — and never have to explain herself. If so, she was wrong….
Former President Donald Trump “has called for the return of ‘mental institutions’” to get the homeless off the streets, Axios reported Tuesday. Was he serious or just spitballing? The Trump campaign did not respond when I asked for further clarification….
The BDS — or Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions — movement began in 2005 as a progressive effort to defund and isolate Israel. The goal has been to pull money from Israeli institutions, isolate the Jewish State, and stoke cowardice in corporate…
There is an element in the Republican Party that is completely at peace with losing elections. All of them: Races for the White House. Congress. The speakership. You name it. Even when party leaders win, they find a way to…
I’ve been to Israel four times. The first visit was a vacation in 2015. While many Americans experience Israel in a group during an extended tour, we traveled alone and booked day guides or specific tours. We started in Jerusalem,…
