What could possibly go wrong?: “This is a historic victory for New York City tenants. After reviewing the data and hearing from New Yorkers across the city, the independent RGB has delivered a freeze on one-year leases, and the first-ever … Continue reading →
From The New Yorker on X: Israel’s ban on Palestinian workers has left families hungry and parents unable to pay for their children’s school fees. Still, the ban is being justified in the name of security, and shows no signs … Continue reading →
The pattern repeats itself. In blue districts, the young people who’ve been indoctrinated into leftism want young telegenic socialists rather than the Democrat old guard. Thus, we have the defeat of the 67-year-old incumbent Diana DeGette, who has served in … Continue reading →
This article very much surprised me. Newark is a city that’s been in decline for my entire adult life. One branch of my family had been there since the mid-19th century, and the older people still lived there in my … Continue reading →
Well, allegedly anyway: A top Southern Poverty Law Center official is accused of helping funnel $1.2 million in donor money to an informant in the National Alliance white supremacist group — who was also allegedly her lover. The Department of … Continue reading →
… was “unexpectedly” good. Here’s a typical “yes, but” headline: “The jobs report doubled expectations. Why the stock market doesn’t like it.” More here.
Continue reading →The linchpin of the “Feeding Our Future” fraud in Minnesota, Aimee Bock, has received a 41-year sentence: Aimee Bock, 45, was handed the stiff sentence on Tuesday after being convicted of all counts last March – prosecutors describing her as … Continue reading →
From commenter “Keith”: All it takes to be an antisemite these days is to question why we give Israel so much money. Of course that’s not all it takes. In fact, it’s a question I’ve asked, too: why so much … Continue reading →
Hard to say exactly. Here are six points as the NY Post sees it: 1. Taiwan remains a flashpoint … 2. Xi shows willingness to help Trump on Iran [not with the war, but with keeping the Strait open] … … Continue reading →
Most people who aren’t hopelessly naive were aware that there is corruption involving government and its various handouts. But I certainly had no idea of its enormous scope until the last year or so. Here we have what’s been going … Continue reading →
I have the free YouTube service, and the ads are designed not only to promote whatever they’re promoting, but also to drive viewers to the point of such annoyance and frustration that they finally spring for the premium, ad-free version … Continue reading →
[Hat tip: commenter “AesopFan.”] I’ve seen it for years and years and years online: the idea that the Boomer generation has screwed the younger ones. It’s often advanced by 40-somethings or younger, who feel insufficiently flush with cash and that … Continue reading →