If Democratic Mayor Eric Adams wants to insult his constituents, he simply should walk up to every New Yorker he can find and bitch-slap him in the face. That straightforward approach would be cheaper and easier to forgive than his…
Edmund Burke, a central figure in conservative thought, is sometimes quoted as saying, “By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.” Burke understood the intricate connections between seemingly minor disruptions and the potentially damaging effects they…
We shouldn’t be in a situation where suburban, exurban, and rural conservatives laugh with schadenfreude over the pain and tragedy that blue cities are inflicting on their own people. We shouldn’t be in that situation, but we are. And while…
Recent public complaints by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) that New York costs too much for the working class (and should increase taxes on wealthier residents!) are rubbing salt in the wounds of her strident opposition to Amazon locating its headquarters…
You will not be saved by General Motors or the pre-fabricated house. You will not be saved by dialectic materialism or the Lambeth Conference. You will not be saved by Vitamin D or the expanding universe. In fact, you will…
In the early days of the last century, the city of New York faced a serious horse-manure crisis. “Experts” were predicting that by 1930, the stuff would be piled three stories high in the streets. But then, just in time,…
Before you ask, no, I don’t remember what it was like to fly in an airplane without TSA commanding you to sacrifice your privacy and your shoes before you ever reached your aircraft. As far as I remember, airports have…
Last night, 60 Minutes broadcast a moving story of firefighters in the World Trade Center 22 years ago. Scott Pelley carefully used that word, “firefighter,” throughout the elongated feature. 60 Minutes, choosing diversity when it clashes with truth, highlighted several…
New York City is grappling with an unprecedented migrant crisis, as the city has experienced a staggering influx of over 100,000 migrants since the spring of 2022. More than 2,000 new immigrants continue to arrive every week. The once harmonious…