The word that Palestinians use for the 1948 displacement of many of their forebears is "Nakba," Arabic for "catastrophe." That displacement, of course, was a self-inflicted catastrophe, but also one that Arab leaders inflicted on the rest of the world, which has paid a heavy price for it. It ...

The way America thinks about health care is terribly wrong. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that a staggering 74% of adults in America are obese or overweight. Don't search for a scapegoat like McDonald's or Kentucky Fried Chicken. The problem is that we ignore ...

My initial reaction to the issuance of a full pardon by President Joe Biden to his son Hunter was emotional. What father wouldn't pardon his own son, if he could? I suspect that the president has harbored these paternal thoughts even while he denied numerous times that he was planning on ...

Some union leaders are self-destructive idiots. America's ports have fallen behind. Not a single one ranks in the top 50 worldwide. A big reason is that dock unions stop innovation. This fall, the International Longshoremen's Association shut down East and Gulf coast ports, striking for a ...

Coincident with Donald Trump's electoral victory, increasing numbers of America's corporations are backing off their DEI - diversity, equity, inclusion - programs. Trump opposition to DEI is clear, and J.D. Vance's bold opposition to this agenda was one of the reasons for his selection as ...

Of all the neighborhoods in Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's district, one stood out on Election Day as a considerable surprise. The left-wing congresswoman represents a very diverse population ranging from struggling immigrants in Queens and a piece of The Bronx to young professionals ...