In this crucial presidential election, Americans should ask themselves: what distinguishes great leaders and enables them to inspire the people they serve? Charles Moore, biographer of Margaret Thatcher, noted that “if there was one...
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Researchers may one day manage to explain why New York has suffered so much more intensely from coronavirus than other big cities across the country. It’s not a simplistic matter of race: the nation’s next largest city, Los Angeles,...
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For decades, progressives have pushed relentlessly for public transportation to replace private cars and for greater population density to provide cheaper housing. But now the disproportionate impact of the coronavirus on New York—our...
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Even the New York Times now acknowledges it: the COVID-19 pandemic isn’t so much a national crisis as it is a localized New York catastrophe. Columnist Bret Stephens shows New York City alone – representing less than 3% of the national...
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The Netflix series TIGER KING drew 35 million viewers in its first 10 days of release, likely qualifying as the most successful documentary in television or movie history. Producer-director Eric Goode presents a rich cast of indescribably...
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Imagine a pandemic at least ten times more deadly and devastating than COVID-19, killing nearly 700,000 Americans – while the President of the United States never once makes a public statement about efforts to stop the slaughter. That...
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With stay-at-home orders still in force across the country, some families seized the opportunity to welcome new pets. The Wall Street Journal wrote about the decision to name one such puppy: after considering “Tina”—as in...
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Many of us who shelter at home find the best chance for exercise and escape through long walks in our own neighborhoods. In a piece of coincidental good timing, the Journal of the American Medical Association just published a study showing...
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I recently came across a month-old clipping I had meant to use on my radio show—a clipping that conveys a very different message now. The advice column “Ask Amy”—with questions addressed to a would-be successor to “Dear...
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According to scientific experts, there’s good news and bad news on the COVID-19 Pandemic. The good news is that social distancing measures will succeed in “flattening the curve”, allowing a return to most aspects of normal...
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At festive Passover celebrations, Jewish people traditionally ask: “Why is this night different from all other nights.” This year, we’ll ask: “Why is this Passover different from all other Passovers?” In place of Seder tables...
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— BY DIANE MEDVED — Every April 22 is Earth Day, a time to appreciate our environment and consider what more we can do to protect it. But this year is special—no, not just because the Coronavirus is raging and we’re confined to our...
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