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If you can read this, you did not attend a public school in Chicago

I hereby apologize to and seek forgiveness from the Los Angeles Times, the rest of the left-wing media and the Democratic Party for the sin of being a proud, no-excuse American. I apologize for being raised by two hardworking, God-fearing parents who grew up in the Jim Crow South, who cared ...

Summers is not the biggest reveal in the emails

If you followed the twists and turns of the Jeffrey Epstein saga during the last few weeks, you already know that several prominent names emerged from the tranche of emails that the Epstein estate released. Former Treasury Secretary and Harvard President Larry Summers, who exchanged scores of ...

Policies are right, but the messaging is wrong

I am very willing to criticize President Donald Trump. From tariffs to some of his pardons to his behavior, I am not willing to serve as an apologist or yes-man. He is surrounded by those who will not truly challenge him. We all know the difference between superficial pretenses of pushback and ...

We’re working toward the ‘permanent pause’

Following the shooting of two National Guard members in Washington the day before Thanksgiving, President Trump announced he wants to “permanently pause migration” at least until he is satisfied that those from Afghanistan and other unstable countries have had their backgrounds thoroughly ...

What’s happening in Ireland is disgraceful

Belfast-born, Dublin-raised Chaim Herzog was a son of Ireland, through and through. Educated at Irish colleges, fluent in Irish and with an Irish brogue he carried with him through life, Herzog was a rugby star and a boxing champion. His father was the chief Rrabbi of Ireland, dubbed the ...

Epstein’s sexual scandals are distractions from real threats

A few weeks ago, commentator Peggy Tierney wrote a Substack piece in which she referenced a long article — a profile piece — written about Jeffrey Epstein in 2014 by well-known author and journalist Michael Wolff. According to Tierney, although the article was intended to polish Epstein’s ...