‘Inflation is far too important a problem for the White House to keep making statements like this,’ Jeff Bezos tweeted. ‘It’s either straight ahead misdirection or a deep misunderstanding of basic market dynamics.’

In 1879, when James Murray was assembling the Oxford English Dictionary, he asked citizens to send him words he might have missed.

If this is the best punch Democrats have to throw at DeSantis, they are right to fear him as a White House candidate.

The New York Times laments that the Biden administration will be forced to ‘double down’ on persuading Congress to eliminate coal-powered electricity generation. Democracy is so inconvenient.

This time, President Biden is on notice that the problem is looming, and the time to address it is now.

Why are we sacrificing our own economic opportunities and handing them to China on a silver platter? The president, focused on windmills and solar panels, could not be bothered to care.

For many Americans, the idea of risking life or fortune for the cause of liberty seems increasingly distant or irrational.

Focusing on the youngsters who secured American independence is the way to restore pride in our country.

Aware of diverse American folkways, the Founding Fathers carefully created a limited federal government, leaving divisive issues to sovereign states.

The voters elect members of Congress and the Congress can make the laws. Unelected bureaucrats cannot.

The Founders would know that America will find the best ways to restore ‘life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.’

Most regrettably, the guy with a smile on his face is Vladimir Putin. The sanctions strategy has backfired on the U.S. and NATO.

They can’t make the strongest electoral case by letting their opponents determine the lexicon used in honest debate. 

This is a picture whose originality of vision is inseparable from its cinematic surety. For comparison, think of the stories of Gabriel García Márquez, perhaps, or the paintings of Henri Rousseau.

Underappreciated is Badger Clark’s sophisticated awareness of poetry, and in the simple voice he adopted, he manages a Romantic expression of seeking God in nature.

If there’s any musician who defines jazz as a magnificently social music, totally in touch with a specific audience, it’s this tenor saxophonist.

Aaron Sachs has written a sort of palimpsest of biography itself, showing how, generation by generation, we begin to see through the traffic between past and present that leads to rediscovery.

With Robert Service’s western verse, we begin to enter the second stage of Cowboy Poetry: the early 20th-century nostalgia for a world slipped away.

Eyal Vilner, the Tel-Aviv born bandleader, composer, arranger, and multiple reed player,  utilizes various combinations of old wine and new bottles.

Works by da Vinci, Van Gogh, Constable, and Turner have in recent weeks been targeted in an effort to conscript culture to the climate cause.

The new church, designed by the Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, is at a slightly different location, 130 Liberty St., and looks over the World Trade Center memorial plaza. 

The poem has a deliberate naiveté of form, with its slang and sometimes-iffy meter,  but jolts along to arrive, a little saddle-sore, at its tragic dénouement. 

Their unspoken but unapologetic and transformative balking of familial, racial, and gender-based conventions has established its sprawl in the American mindscape.

I’ll go out on a limb and say that the movie will transcend the vagaries of our moment and the sins of its maker, comedian Louis C.K. 

The 23-member OPEC+ alliance, which includes Russia, is struggling to produce enough oil to keep up with the rebounding demand for fuel since the Covid pandemic.

Advocates want to protect union organizing efforts from management interference during the often-lengthy election process. Critics fear that eliminating secret ballots could invite intimidation from union organizers and give a false impression of union support.

‘The large automakers have been scouting resources on a national and international level … to try to balance their dependence on Chinese suppliers.’

It’s been a sharp turnaround for Powell, who is widely credited with preventing what could have been a far worse economic crisis during the pandemic and who last month won bipartisan Senate confirmation for a second, four-year term.

Jeffrey Miron is an expert in the economics of libertarianism, and has advocated for many libertarian policies, including legalizing all drugs and allowing failing banks to go bankrupt.

The move will increase its benchmark short-term rate, which affects many consumer and business loans, to a range of 1.5 percent to 1.75 percent.

At least 10 states have passed or are considering tax rebates and other one-off refunds to taxpayers because of unexpectedly healthy balance sheets. Will those payments make inflation even worse?

‘I do expect inflation to remain high although I very much hope that it will be coming down now,’ Secretary Yellen told the Senate Finance Committee.

The bill comes at a tumultuous time for cryptocurrencies, including the May meltdown of the terraUSD stablecoin and luna, the coin meant to buy and sell assets, which traded at a value of less than one ten-thousandth of 1 cent.

The longtime COO was responsible for nurturing Facebok from its infancy into a more than $100 billion-a-year powerhouse.

The ESG ratings judge corporations against peer companies, which means that while Tesla was dropped, oil giant Exxon remains a member in good standing.

Higher prices are a response to temporary imbalances between supply and demand. Price controls are misguided and counterproductive. 

The lawsuit claims Musk has sought to drive down Twitter’s stock price because he wants to walk away from the deal or negotiate a substantially lower purchase price.

The Sun is rooting for Johnson as he tries to face down the mutiny within his own party. His mandate — and it is colossal — is to secure for Britain the independence that voters asked for in June 2016 and December 2019.

The Times has trouble comprehending that the Supreme Court can save 21st Century America by going back to the Lochner Era.

If 80 percent of success is showing up, then the chancellor of the City University of New York, has earned in respect of antisemitism a failing grade

As the percentage of Americans who are extremely proud of their country falls to a record low, let us study the story of the farm boy turned Marine, who lived to be the last person to wear the Medal of Honor from World War II.

The justices would be wise to take notice or there will be scant authority left in the Empire State — or others — to any of their rulings.

Democrats are reacting with fury to decisions calculated to return to the most democratic of our constitutional branches, the Congress, authority over major matters. 

Cheney offered plenty of words against those Republicans who have yet to abandon the former president. We have yet to hear her defend the Constitution when it was — and often still is — being violated by the Democrats.

As the shockwaves of today's testimony reverberate, we endeavor to see clearly the affronts of President Trump while also standing on firm constitutional bedrock.

Florida and three other states have a right of privacy that is not hidden in any penumbras or emanations, but is embedded in the black letter text of the state constitutions themselves.

It seems obvious that a just-the-facts-ma’am approach to the incident is in order. Which is why we keep asking: Where is the bullet? 

Justice Thomas marks how our country is awakening to an infuriating possibility — that there never was a right to an abortion in the Constitution itself, an error that can be traced to a fiction known as ‘substantive due process.’

Maine’s attorney general seems to be determined to follow in the steps of James G. Blaine, a 19th-century politician who spent much of his career trying to block public funds from sectarian schools.

Hochul and Adams are already circling the wagons, pointing to potential loopholes in Justice Thomas’ opinion that could enable the Empire State effectively to nullify the ruling.

The Pennsylvania state senate passes a bill to restrict classroom instruction on gender orientation and sexual identity.

‘The proposed regulations would give the Department of Education’s blessing to schools that want to cut corners.’

The Adams administration will now turn its attention to the educational agenda the mayor has been announcing over the past few months: increasing resources for gifted and talented programs, dyslexia support, and minorities studies programs.

City schools could see a return to a system of governance involving 32 separate community boards and a weakened Panel for Educational Policy.

‘The top guy in charge who gets paid $670,000 a year with our taxpayer dollars does not have the guts to show up.’

The high court’s ruling in Dobbs is likely to limit university students’ access to abortion services. 

Liberals are scrambling to find a solution that would allow them to comply with the court’s ruling without funding religious schools.

‘A State’s antiestablishment interest does not justify enactments that exclude some members of the community from an otherwise generally available public benefit because of their religious exercise.’

New legislation would require private colleges and universities to cut ties with sanctioned companies, reflecting mounting concerns about the ethics of endowment portfolios. 

Many are facing profound learning difficulties. One of several pressing issues is mask mandates, which might have enduring ramifications on educational outcomes.

Due to concerns about Covid, New York students who fail the Regents exams will be eligible for the local diploma, usually conferred upon students with disabilities.

Increasingly, first-generation immigrants, many with limited educational backgrounds and English language skills, are opting to homeschool their children.

Occurring in the wake of a pandemic that rocked campuses to their core, the exodus signals a changing of the guard at some of America’s most prestigious colleges and universities.  

Labor leader, itching for a chance, vows his party would stick with Brexit as Conservatives scramble for a successor.

Prime Minister Johnson with his dog Dilyn, May 5, 2022. 

It’s also a proxy war for the ideological divide in the party, with Sanders on the left and Buttigieg on the right.

The man who wrote the first draft of the country’s proposed new constitution, Sadeq Belaid, is no longer backing it, warning it would ‘pave the way for a dictatorial regime.’

Graham was one of a handful of Trump confidants and lawyers named by the Fulton County district attorney as part of her investigation into alleged efforts to interfere with 2020 election results. 

‘This is an example of the odd way they interpret the word diplomacy,’ the Kremlin spokeswoman said.

The New York Sun’s mission is to gather and disseminate the news in a lively and honest report and to uphold the finest journalistic traditions. For nearly two centuries it has stood for safeguarding liberty and defending the national welfare. It seeks to speak out the sentiment of the people in a voice that is true to its motto, “It Shines for All.”

Publisher Dovid Efune delivers remarks at the New York Sun Relaunch Celebration on March 30th, 2022 at Carnegie Hall. 

New York City mayor Eric Adams gives a red carpet interview at the New York Sun Relaunch Celebration on March 30th, 2022 at Carnegie Hall. 

Russia’s Defense Ministry says military units involved in combat in Ukraine were given time to rest. Shelling of eastern Ukrainian cities persisted, leading to more civilian deaths.

Johnson finally agreed to step down after one of his closest allies, Treasury chief Nadhim Zahawi, told the prime minister to resign for the good of the country.

Officials described it as the first time that leaders of the FBI and MI5 had shared a stage for a joint speech.

Johnson is struggling to stay in power after the resignation of two top ministers and a slew of more junior officials, who said they could no longer serve under his scandal-tarred leadership.

Blinken will find himself among diplomats from countries wary of the U.S. approach to Ukraine and concerned about its impact on them.

'The destiny of the whole country will be decided by the Donetsk region.'

Kyiv wants to see $500 billion in frozen Russian assets seized, but the Swiss leader is against it.

‘In the last months, we have identified the most significant Iranian military presence in the area in the past decade.’

Warnings that time has run out whiz past with each passing month, as Yanks grow exhausted.

The treasury chief, Rishi Sunak, and the health secretary, Sajid Javid, resigned within minutes of each other.

At Lugano parley, Ukraine meets headwinds to its hoped-for recovery.

The membership bids of the two nations will now go to the alliance capitals for legislative approvals — and possible political trouble in Turkey, which could block the deal.

An American investigation was hindered because the bullet was damaged. 

We reflect on and look forward to what it means for abortion, the midterm elections, and President Trump’s political future.

‘As I sit here in a Russian prison, alone with my thoughts and without the protection of my wife, family, friends, Olympic jersey, or any accomplishments, I'm terrified I might be here forever.’ 

At the center of the case is the question of whether private citizens with influence over the government have an obligation to provide the public with ‘honest services.’ 

It is a story as old as the bloody conflicts over this land: What is the relationship between what the Supreme Court calls ‘Indian country’ and America’s federal and state governments?  

The ruling comes the same week that 53 bodies were found in a truck from Mexico — a macabre reminder of an immigration landscape that has generated human tragedy and political crisis.

The warrant is for the arrest of the woman who set off the case in August 1955 by accusing the 14-year-old Till of making improper advances at a family store at Money, Mississippi. 

The sentence was the punctuation mark on a trial that explored the sordid rituals of a predator power couple who courted the rich and famous as they lured and exploited vulnerable girls as young as 14.

‘A private business should not be required to make political positions to engage in business,’ the ACLU said.

With the Nine charting a new constitutional course, the senior justice emerges as the one to watch to learn where the court is heading.

The court ruled 6-3 in favor of the coach, with the conservative justices in the majority and its liberals in dissent. The justices said the coach’s prayer was protected by the First Amendment.

With a landmark religious liberty case already handed down and epochal rulings expected on environmental regulation, gun rights, and of course abortion, America's legal landscape is in a revolutionary moment.

Attorney General calls on lawmakers to ‘ensure that public money is not used to promote discrimination, intolerance, and bigotry.’ 

The Supreme Court could end the era of the Miranda warning.

A spokesman tells the Sun that the party is in consultation with lawyers now and is seeking to have the new legislation thrown out in its entirety.

Ryan Kelley has been pitching himself as a ‘fighter’ and a ‘political prisoner’ and turned his role in the January 6 events into a point of pride. He now refers to himself as a ‘J6er.’

The marshal of the Supreme Court has asked officials in Virginia, Maryland, and the counties outside Washington, D.C., where six Republican-appointed justices live to step up and enforce local laws against picketing private residences.

A Georgia prosecutor convened a special grand jury in part to be able to issue subpoenas to people who have refused to cooperate otherwise.

The closely watched lawsuit is part of a flurry of activity that has occurred in state courts nationwide since the Supreme Court ruled.

Authorities said a 22-year-old man was taken into police custody Monday evening after an hours-long manhunt. The shooting killed six and left at least 30 wounded.

‘Morning Edition,’ one of America’s highest-rated public radio shows, abandons a 34-year-long Fourth of July tradition. 

Even as she has endeavored to tamp down speculation about a future run, the secretary has displayed little hesitation in weighing in on the fray.

‘He left an indelible mark on our Marine Corps,’ one general said. ‘As long as there are Marines, his legacy will live on.’

Red state Republicans seek to prevent courts from using state constitutions to block restrictions on abortion.

The court ruled Thursday that the agency exceeded its authority to reduce power plant emissions that contribute to global warming. The precedent is widely expected to invite challenges of other rules set by government agencies.

One recent protest outside a justice’s home involved dozens of people chanting, ‘no privacy for us, no peace for you’.

‘Now we’re going to let the pizzeria owner decide whether or not I can express my constitutional right,’ a Republican state senator said. ‘This is a disgrace. See you in the courts.’

The decision stands in stark contrast to others in higher education such as the recent one by Cornell University to remove a bust of President Lincoln. 

This is a story that few in our elite class will care about because they cannot see how it affects them, just as they could not see how a factory closing down so many years ago would affect them. But it did, it does, and it will.

There is something about being in France that seems to fill me with patriotism. Not quite sure what it is. 

Sometimes a war of aggression is just a war of aggression, but then again, who’s to say? 

The left claims the reversal of Roe v. Wade is so radically out of step with the American public that it is an undemocratic, minoritarian power grab. 

As his health falters, Francis appears to be consolidating his legacy and sending a message meant for America.

Although I don’t know if certain people will choose to carry, the bad guys won’t know, either. That ambiguity is a powerful deterrent.

Poor countries need to become prosperous before they can fight corruption.

An attack on Twitter against Ivanka Trump backfires on its author.

Call the CDC the Centers for Deception and Cover-ups. The feds seem to think they work for the hospital industry, not for you.

No one has been hit harder in the past year in this country than women under age 45, no matter their socioeconomic status. The strain it is placing on them is palpable.

The French economist is out with a new book to delight Senators Warren and Sanders.

Childhood independence has become so denormalized so quickly that only about 10 percent of children walk to school anymore.

‘People like JB because he was a Democrat who ran on things that were very popular amongst Democrats, and then he did basically *all* of those things in office.’

An eagle-eyed writer watching this week’s January 6 hearings noticed that the closed captioning software was having a hard time with the name. The rest is history.

The Constitution does not specify the number of justices on the  Supreme Court, and pressure to add more is mounting.

Despite going all out for Pride Month on their English-language websites, some Democrats are toning it down on that topic on their Spanish-language websites even though LGBT acceptance among Hispanic and Latino voters has reached record levels in recent years.

Pelosi’s home archbishop has said he will no longer allow her to receive the sacrament in his archdiocese because of her support for abortion rights. 

Hochul enters the campaign with a big advantage, running as the incumbent with a substantial fundraising lead in a state that has more than twice as many registered Democrats than Republicans and has not had a GOP governor in 16 years.

The hearing scheduled for 1 p.m. on Tuesday comes after Congress left Washington for a two-week recess. Lawmakers on the panel investigating the January 6, 2021, attack said last week that there would be no more hearings until July.

This week’s nominating contests could offer the first clues as to whether the political landscape has shifted following the Supreme Court ruling eliminating the constitutional right to an abortion.

The Florida governor could find himself in a situation reminiscent of Jeb Bush, who had his presidential hopes quashed by losing a gubernatorial race in 1994.

The measure would toughen background checks for the youngest gun buyers, keep firearms from more domestic violence offenders, and help states implement ‘red flag’ laws.

Judge rules that there is evidence to suggest the Fox chairman and his son, Lachlan Murdoch, played direct roles in coverage that Dominion Voting Systems alleges was defamatory.

A spokeswoman for Senator Johnson confirmed he had wanted to hand-deliver the slate of fake electors to Vice President Pence.


Whether it’s the inflation, the border, the crime, the gas prices, the Afghanistan exit fiasco or the stock market collapse, the president has become an expert at pointing the finger at someone else.

Are Biden, Schumer, and Pelosi really going to stand by idly and let the states take away abortion rights? They just might. 

A professor describes the trend as ‘a reaction against neo-confederate sentiments in the U.S., as well as against right-leaning movements, policies, and court rulings.’

The recent death of Baxter Black provides an occasion to take a closer look at the strange and wonderful cultural phenomenon known as Cowboy Poetry. 

What does this up-and-coming entrepreneur, who pays attention to numbers and is building a company to make money in the prediction market, do when she’s stressed? Read on... 

The meeting minutes suggest that there may be a sharp debate among policymakers about how quickly to tighten credit after the June and July meetings.

The People’s Liberation Army could be looking at catastrophic casualties should Beijing wheel on the Republic of China. So the martial rhetoric over Taiwan raises the question whether Beijing — or Mr. Biden — is bluffing.

With a six-justice majority, the court is well on its way to vindicating the promises of core articles of the Bill of Rights. It’s rare for a generation to learn the meaning of the First, Second, and Fifth Amendments anew. 

Lawrence Bacow is stepping down after five years, a period marked by dealing with the pandemic, a series of conflicts with both students and faculty, and a looming constitutional fight. 

Masks would become optional at schools and daycare centers, but nevertheless suggested indoors for New Yorkers of all ages.

The Commonwealth admits Gabon and Togo as its 55th and 56th members, as it raises its international profile.

The Abu Akleh case is complicating the president’s upcoming Mideast trip, as is another issue that just flared up.

A British court ruled in April that Assange could be sent to America over WikiLeaks’ publication of a huge trove of classified documents more than a decade ago.

Do the justice’s kind words signal an attempt to conciliate the court’s conservative stalwart or express satisfaction over an abortion compromise already struck? 

Guns. Families. Nudists. Economists. ‘Free staters’ are flocking to New Hampshire.

Applicants would have to show they have ‘the essential character, temperament and judgment necessary to be entrusted with a weapon and to use it only in a manner that does not endanger oneself and others,’ according to the bill.

The modern left doesn’t even bother pretending they believe the Supreme Court has a responsibility to act as a separate branch of government and adjudicate the constitutionality of law.

It was the sum of the personal net worth of all his partners.

The drama of these hearings revolves not around the events of a year and a half ago, but around the possibility of criminal charges in the future. 

Senator Cornyn gets an earful after backing ‘red-flag’ laws.

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