LETTERS OPINIONS
September 11 seems like yesterday in New York City
Smoke still rose from the ruins of the World Trade Center, and the smell of nearly 2,000 deaths lingered miles uptown. A reporter asked New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani whether he worried that the city’s Muslim neighborhoods would be attacked in revenge for that Islamist-inspired atrocity. Giuliani responded that he …
The Best of us: 25 years later, reflecting on windows of hope
For those who remember the way savagery shattered serenity on Sept. 11, 2001, the last 25 years haven’t dimmed the memory of the evil that occurred that day. One remembers the photos of the missing, murdered plastered on Manhattan’s buildings and street poles and The New York Times obituaries — …
President Bush addresses the nation
On the evening of Sept. 11, 2001, millions of Americans were struggling to make sense of the events that occurred earlier that day. In what seemed like the blink of an eye, Americans were forced to confront the unsettling reality that America was under attack.
Fashion queen’s luxury splendor, moral squalor
Anna Wintour spent nearly four decades reigning over Vogue magazine. She was chair of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute and its glitzy gala. Wintour is an inspiration for the imperious fashion editor in “The Devil Wears Prada.” With her trademark bob hair, sunglasses and snotty English accent, Wintour …
Rent control ... still doesn’t work
In 2022, politicians in Minneapolis and St. Paul voted for rent control. I said that would lead to bigger problems. Was I right? My update video reveals what happened.
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Into the breach: Global Camps Africa works to rescue Africans’ future
Historians may settle on President Donald Trump’s demolition of the United States Agency for International Development as the perfect exemplar of America’s precipitous plunge: the nullification of the best and most idealistic of what we have to offer by those whose values are the worst and most cynical we’ve ever …
Harry and Meghan. Who are these people?
It was a day of deep thinking and heroic typing, my brain so fried I could hardly call out for pizza. Then the news and social media feeds exploded with reports that Harry and Meghan plan to leave California and move back to England. What was that to me? I …
Few Democratic socialists are blue collar. Most everyone knows it.
Classic Labor Day imagery shows men wearing hard hats and tough women in uniforms. These are Americans who did not build their muscles at a wellness club. By contrast, actual photos of the Democratic Socialists of America show seas of white faces belonging to college graduates. The only work most …
Ditching net zero
What a difference a few years make. Not long ago, politicians said climate change was going to kill us, so we must move to “net zero” emissions. This is theoretically possible. Since vegetation removes carbon, we could get to net zero by burning fewer fossil fuels.
‘Kudos to my friend’
To the Editor: Recently, a dear friend of mine decided to do something very well thought-out and generous: a community event. She decided to host a “household items garage sale” and collected items from many friends and neighbors. The three-day sale was well attended and very productive in $$$ raised …
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Racist tests
Did you know that the SAT is racist? During Woke I, as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez now calls it, “antiracists” said the SAT’s creators “were avowed eugenicists.” No wonder Black people get lower scores.
Insulting Canada is sick economic policy
Oh good, another war. This time a trade war with Canada and for no other reason than ... what? To give Donald Trump a new stage for big-league bullying? To divert attention from the Jeffrey Epstein files? Who knows. Whatever. Trying to humiliate our closest ally does not serve American …
Who can take AOC seriously?
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has begun the process of freezing her eggs for future childbearing. Not only does AOC talk about it, she shares Instagram videos of her getting hormone shots in her belly.
Trial time for Trump: The Democrats’ impeachment imperative
Except for those in districts that are deeply, deeply blue, Democratic Congressional nominees won’t be making the impeachment of President Donald Trump a campaign issue this fall. There’s no percentage for them in doing so. For Democrats in contested districts, the “I-word,” like Voldemort, is the thing that shall not …
Are mainstream Democrats taking back the wheel?
You couldn’t find a wackier candidate than Francesca Hong, the Democratic Socialist vying to become the governor of Wisconsin. She wanted to defund police and abolish ICE, topping it all off with a call to end Thanksgiving. “Saturday Night Live” couldn’t have made her up.
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