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The ‘religion’ of anti-religionists, good moms vs. suspicious schools and other commentary

“I resigned” from the Freedom From Religion Foundation, explains Jerry A. Coyne at The Wall Street Journal, because it had “abandoned science.”

Why are New York taxpayers funding the Legal Aid Society as it promotes crime?

No sane person would pay a group to promote crime. Yet New York’s doing just that.

Fresh signs that New York needs to spike its ruinous clean-energy mandates

New York won't come close to its "mandatory" goal of slashing gas emissions by 40% by 2030, let alone achieving 100% zero-carbon-emission electricity by 2040, but the state will inflict...

Get real about consequences for New York's worst drivers

Don't stop at suspending their licenses; start routinely impounding their cars.

Fresh proof that Trump is right on Chinese control of the strategic Panama Canal

Friday, Beijing launched a review of Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison's planned sale of its Panama Canal ports to a US-based firm, scuttling the deal for now — and proving that...

Why did the Legal Aid Society target the personal info of NYPD cops?

The left's attack on policing is inexorable — but it must be resisted, on all fronts, or public safety will vanish like smoke. 

New Yorkers must pray that the state budget standstill lasts for a good long time

The longer they're at loggerheads over policy issues, the greater the chance some power player will admit to these dangers and reopen the fiscal debate.

Let's hope Wisconsin voters stand up for democracy in their Supreme Court race

Democracy is on Wisconsin ballots Tuesday — because it'll get rolled back if the Democratic candidate wins the state Supreme Court race.

Trump shouldn't wait a day longer to make Putin feel pain for playing him for a sucker

Impose those secondary tariffs on Russian oil now, so Vlad finally realizes you’re serious.

Time to privatize the US Postal Service, the leak double standard and other commentary

The United States Postal Service “lost $9.5 billion shuffling paper around the country in fiscal year 2024” and is projecting another “$6.9 billion loss in fiscal year 2025,” so The Free...

Trump needs to start fighting hard for his tax cuts, or that Golden Age is a goner

House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune are pushing hard to get that “big, beautiful bill” onto President Donald Trump’s desk by the end of April —...

Forget the 51st state, Mr. President, and consider a common market with Canada

As President Donald Trump continues to toy (troll?) with the idea of Canada becoming the 51st state, he should consider a better option: Build a common market with our neighbors...

How to break the back of the plutocrat-lefty-thug industrial complex

Fat cats like George Soros hand out big bucks to violent criminals to serve as political shock troops.

Lefty loons' ridiculous reason not to restore NY's anti-masking law

As Gov. Kathy Hochul pushes to ban nefarious mask-wearing, a band of loony Senate and Assembly Democrats insist on protecting criminals, antisemites and Antifa radicals — in the name of...

Stefanik deserves key House roles after giving up UN ambassadorship

Rep. Elise Stefanik just proved her mettle yet again, as the White House pulled her nomination to be US ambassador to the United Nations months after the fact because it...

Trump is making us freer, good riddance to DEI statements and other commentary

“By now, two months into [Donald] Trump’s second term, I had expected to be embarrassed and outraged by our new president,” reports USA Today’s Nicole Russell.

How the Trump Smithsonian order is fighting another bulwark of woke insanity

President Donald Trump on Thursday ordered that “improper, divisive or anti-American ideology” be removed from the Smithsonian Institution, according to reports.

Rep. Jasmine Crockett can't quit calling for violence, NPR boss denies network's bias and more

Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett said that Sen. Ted Cruz needs to be "knocked over the head" in addition to insulting Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and making a threat to Elon...

Will any would-be mayor get real on school corruption — or is Trump NYC kids' only hope?

Here's a test for the mayoral candidates: Who will promise to crack down on corruption in the public schools by beefing up the Special Commissioner of Investigation?

Why is Judge Dale Ho playing 'Sword of Damocles' with Eric Adams — and NYC voters?

The judge in Eric Adams' case asked for outside legal advice around a dismissal, why hasn't he followed the advice he asked for yet?