Heavy-handed efforts to coerce change in Cuba are liable to backfire. Murals of Che Guevara and posters of Fidel Castro proclaiming the Cuban Revolution’s success remain a common sight on the streets of Havana. The Cuban regime’s commitment to anti-colonial internationalism is equally visible, evident for instance in schools…
On January 10, 2026, Jonathan Greenblatt sat down with Rabbi David Wolpe at Sinai Temple on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles for what was billed as a conversation about “the golden age of American Jewry—how we got here and whether it’s coming to an end.” What happened in between reveals…
While the Iranian saga has kept the world in suspense, it has now gone from a travesty in the making to a complete farce. The USS Gerald R. Ford—the most expensive and “advanced” aircraft carrier in history—has become “caught” in a serious stench after it was revealed that demoralized…
If there had been any confusion over what Democrats believe or whom the Democrat Party supports, this week has been clarifying. Susan Rice — the serial liar who falsely blamed the September 11, 2012, murder of four Americans in Benghazi, Libya, on an Internet video; …
Eighty-three years ago, Joseph Goebbels published an essay entitled Die Krise Europas—“The European Crisis.” Like most of his essays, it was insightful and prescient. It dealt, of course, with the crisis of the moment: namely, a war turning against Germany, a resurgent Judeo-Bolshevism, and the vital role of…
‘Only four children spoke German!’ A growing number of Austrian parents who can afford it are withdrawing their children from public schools over concerns that insufficient German language proficiency in classrooms is undermining academic standards. As reported by Heute, Sabine G., a mother of three from Vienna, made that…
“I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.” King David This column is written each Tuesday evening prior to the Thursday publication. Therefore, I am not able to watch President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address. I actually find that to be a blessing, as 4 or 5…
It’s a disturbing commentary on our times when the concept of men and women being required by law to admit their proper biological sex becomes headline news, but here we are. For the past decade, transgender ideology (with zero basis in scientific reality) has surged to the forefront of…
Every now and then, some dirt surfaces that make everyday Americans stop and ask a very simple question: who on earth thought this was a good idea? That is exactly where we are now. But this “dirt” actually surfaced a year ago, and many people missed it. And we…
Growing friction between the United States and Canada is being interpreted by some analysts as part of Washington’s wider effort to tighten alignment among allies in its strategic competition with China. Canada is already so economically, militarily, and politically integrated with the US it has no practical agency or…
