Here’s What American Tourists Are Experiencing in Israel

Since last night, I have been receiving updates from U.S. citizens on tour in Israel.  An American staying in Tiberias told me that when the attacks started and sirens began going off, the tourists were woken to pounding on the...

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Fri, 13 Jun 2025 16:25:12 +0000

Politicians Imitating Protestors Bad Omen for Democratic Party

Senator Alex Padilla crashing Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s Thursday press conference, shouting over her about her “exaggerations,” and pushing against federal law enforcement officers exemplified the Democratic Party’s sudden preference for stunts over substance. In the streets, activists engage...

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Fri, 13 Jun 2025 15:30:34 +0000

Trump Tariffs Spur $4 Billion in GM Investments in US Factories., Reversing Company’s Decades-Long Trend

General Motors Co. announced on Tuesday that it plans to invest $4 billion in U.S. manufacturing plants over the next two years. The new investments in its domestic factories will increase U.S. production of both gas and electric vehicles, enabling...

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Fri, 13 Jun 2025 02:09:00 +0000

Flag Day, and President Trump’s Birthday Arrives: The Left Recoils

But of course. Flag Day is described thusly by no less than the Associated Press: The first, local Flag Day observances came after the Civil War and eventually a federal law designated June 14 as Flag Day in 1949, under...

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Fri, 13 Jun 2025 02:07:30 +0000

The Irony and Absurdity of ‘Stolen Land’ Virtue Signaling

Mexican Senate President Gerardo Fernández Noroña made a striking comment Wednesday when asked about the ongoing unrest in Los Angeles over illegal immigration. Speaking about American borders and migration into the U.S., he said, according to a translation, “We’ll build...

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Fri, 13 Jun 2025 02:06:01 +0000

Don’t Confuse Obama’s Rioters With Martin Luther King Jr.’s Protesters

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass misspoke Monday when she said of the rioters in her city that “people should exercise their right to protest; that’s their First Amendment right.” But she had good reason to expect that few Americans would...

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Fri, 13 Jun 2025 02:05:08 +0000

The Two Americas

The United States is “united” in name only. The blue/red state political divide masks a much deeper cultural divide that exists within states, within cities, within suburbs, though less within rural America. The divide even exists within the two major...

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Fri, 13 Jun 2025 02:04:04 +0000

Mel Gibson’s Excellent American-Italian Idea

I recently wrote a column titled, “Why Is Trump Protecting Hollywood?” It was written in response to a proposal from President Trump to impose a 100 percent tariff on movies produced in foreign countries. “The Movie Industry in America is...

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Fri, 13 Jun 2025 02:04:00 +0000

Five Quick Things: The Walmart Heirs Turn on America

I’m just going to get this started. This is the kind of week that’ll leave you speechless, and I’m right there with you. 1. You Might as Well Pick Now to Boycott Walmart She isn’t the CEO of the place,...

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Fri, 13 Jun 2025 02:02:00 +0000

Thanks to the Supreme Court, Government Should Finally ‘Get Things Done’

 “A 1970 legislative acorn has grown over the years into a judicial oak that has hindered infrastructure development ‘under the guise’ of just a little more process.” Justice Kavanah’s words in the Supreme Court’s majority opinion in Seven County Infrastructure...

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Fri, 13 Jun 2025 01:57:56 +0000