It’s been a week since President Obama announced the American brokered agreement with Iran, which purportedly limits the ability of the regime in Tehran to develop nuclear weapons. From a political perspective, it has been a tough week for the president, and the strain is showing. To make this deal …
Read More »Eric Shawn: The Hoffa hit, 40 years later
It all started, and ended, on this day four decades ago. It was a hot July afternoon, nearly 92 degrees, when Teamsters president and labor icon Jimmy Hoffa is said to have opened the rear door of a 1975 maroon Mercury in the parking lot of the Machus Red Fox …
Read More »Katrina: Lessons from the monster storm I will never forget
People ask me what’s the biggest weather event I’ve forecasted or witnessed as a meteorologist at Fox, and I never hesitate in my response: Katrina. That was 10 years ago this week, in the most active Atlantic Basin hurricane season in recorded history. There were 15 hurricanes in 2005, seven …
Read More »China's Currency Coup: How Beijing is targeting America's wallet and future
Last week, China showcased its military might and growing alliance with U.S. adversaries including Russia, North Korea and, at least for now, India. But that show of force is not the only threat posed by today’s axis of evil. Equally alarming is the insidious attack by China and its allies …
Read More »Trump gets it: Prayer isn’t the problem. Silencing it is
On Monday, speaking from the Museum of the Bible in Washington, President Donald Trump issued a clear and timely promise. He pledged that under his renewed leadership, the Department of Education will ensure no student or teacher is punished for praying in public schools. In a moment when so many …
Read More »Thatcher at 100: Lessons in civility, strength and enduring alliances
Monday marksthe100th anniversary of Margaret Thatcher’s birth – an occasion that brings together leadersandsupporters from acrosstheAtlantic to pay tribute to her life. We attheRonaldReaganPresidentialFoundation&Instituteare honored to participate inthecelebration, an occasion that also invites us to reflect on her legacyandconnection withRonaldReaganinthecontext of our modern era. Namely, what made her partnership with …
Read More »This agency targets individual Americans and small businesses — it must be reformed
As someone whose life’s work is helping small businesses navigate our nation’s complex tax system, I have witnessed firsthand how the Internal Revenue Service has become an outsized force that too often targets those least equipped to fight back. While the agency has long maintained that its enforcement efforts are …
Read More »Where addicts in Philadelphia bow to tranq, I saw why God hasn't given up on America yet
“God ain’t got no power over this hit. God got no power here.” The man gestured like a royal but the scene he revealed was the largest open-air drug market on the East Coast — the Kensington neighborhood in Philadelphia. The man then sat down on an overturned milk crate, …
Read More »DR. MARC SIEGEL: From Horror to Hope: What Gaza's freed hostages teach a weary world
Any person who can survive captivity under extreme conditions is a hero in anyone’s book. Yes, there are variations in the degree of starvation, torture, mental anguish and deprivation; the degree of exposure to respiratory and gastrointestinal infections; not to mention the compounded torment for those who have been injured, …
Read More »Housing costs are crushing families – here’s the way out
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent recentlydeclaredthat President Donald Trump’s administration is considering declaring an emergency situation forhousing.He pointedouttheweakest summer home sales in a decade, withmore than 15%of transactions falling through in July,thehighest cancellation rate since record-keeping commencedin 2017. Prices, though below pandemic levels,arestill too lofty for working- and middle-class Americans. Bessent …
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