Jackie Gingrich Cushman, President-elect Donald J. Trump will be sworn in as the 45th president of the United States. His election is the 58th election of a United States president since we declared our freedom from Great Britain. While there is much media attention regarding those who are protesting, a bit of history might provide
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‘Repeal and Replace’: It’s for More Than Just Awful Obamacare
Seton Motley, “Repeal and Replace” is currently all the rage in Washington, D.C. As well it should be. As the newly ensconced Republican trinity (President, Senate and House) work to excavate We the People from the awfulness that is Obamacare. But there is a whole lot more government awfulness than just Obamacare. And there is
Hillary Clinton for NYC mayor? Probably not, but rumors persist
In the weeks since Hillary Clinton’s shock election defeat to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, a rumor has taken hold among New York City’s political chattering class: could she challenge Mayor Bill de Blasio’s reelection bid this year? Discussion of a possible Clinton campaign intensified last week when conservative news website Newsmax reported that Democrats unhappy
Is There Really An Over-Population Problem?
Renee Nal | New Zeal What if we took every person in America and spread them out evenly throughout the country? How about if we did that throughout the entire planet? “The power of population is indefinitely greater than the power in the earth to produce subsistence for man.” – Thomas Robert Malthus, An Essay on the Principle of Population,
Aging New York nuclear plant to close by 2021
The aging Indian Point nuclear power plant just north of New York City will close within about four years under a deal with Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has long argued it should be shuttered to protect the millions of people living nearby. Under the arrangement plant owner Entergy Corp. will shut both reactors at the
Pay to rise for millions as 19 states increase minimum wage
It will be a happy New Year indeed for millions of the lowest-paid U.S. workers. Nineteen states, including New York and California, will ring in the year with an increase in the minimum wage. Massachusetts and Washington state will have the highest new minimum wages in the country, at $11 per hour. California will raise
Free therapy because Trump won?
Dr. Keith Ablow, According to the New York Post, Mayor Bill de Blasio is creating a citywide safe space for New York City’s municipal workers and offering them psychotherapy sessions to deal with the results of the presidential election. Taken literally (and we should), the mayor is telling citizens of New York City that they
New York Staters Must Be Tired of Big City, Big Government Cronyism
Seton Motley, The 2016 presidential election has renewed the ridiculous argument that we should shed the Electoral College and decide the race by the popular vote. Because Republican President-elect Donald Trump decisively won the former - but received approximately two million less votes in the latter. Leave aside the fact that Trump ran the electoral
Ebenezer Hazard: Forgotten Founder
Rob Natelson, When we celebrate leading American founders such as George Washington and James Madison, we sometimes overlook their talented colleagues. One of these was Ebenezer Hazard. As postmaster general under the Articles of Confederation, he helped bind the country together. As a historical editor, he preserved precious documents for an entire generation of American
‘Hate Spaces’: The Politics of Intolerance on Campus
Frontpagemag.com, Americans for Peace and Tolerance (APT) is releasing a new documentary called Hate Spaces: The Politics of Intolerance on Campus to address the worsening anti-Semitic environment on our country’s college campuses. APT is a Boston-based non-profit organization dedicated to promoting peaceful coexistence in an ethnically diverse America by educating the American public about the need for a
U.S. police shootings echo through criminology classrooms
A new crop of ads on New York City subway cars reads “Justice now, but justice how?” The words evoke the tone of street protests over police killings of black men across the United States during the past three years. But the ads are not a plea from civil rights activists. They are a recruiting
President Elect Donald J. Trump - An American Success Story
Donald J. Trump is the very definition of an American success story, continually setting the standards of excellence for real estate, sports and entertainment. In New York City and around the world, the Trump signature is synonymous with the most prestigious addresses in the world. Mr. Trump was born in Queens, New York, and is