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Is Syria the free world’s next mess?

Is Syria the next mess for the United States and the free world, including Israel? Syria, part of the ancient world, which figures prominently in Jewish history, came under the sway of the Muslim Ottoman Empire based in Turkey. The Ottoman Empire ruled the land from 1516 to the end of World War I, 1918. Syria was Muslim long before Sultan Selim I defeated the Mamluks in the battle of Marj Dabiq. As recently as 1831, Syria was invaded by the Egyptians. French forces prevailed in World War I and the Occupied Enemy Territory Administration was set up during World War I. A number of ...

Reflecting on miracles this season

In the summer of 1776, New York buzzed with tension as Commander-in-Chief George Washington readied his troops for an imminent British attack. The storm broke on Aug. 27 with British General William Howe’s forces clashing against Washington’s Continental Army. The battlefield echoed with the cries of soldiers, and the ground was stained with the blood of fallen heroes. Despite their courage, the Continental Army faced a crushing defeat, leaving them crippled and dispirited. Amidst the despair, a sliver of hope emerged. On the night of Aug. 29, under the cloak of darkness and a ...

Wright the right pick to lead Trump’s Department of Energy

I am pretty sure that no group of leftists are more despondent with Donald Trump’s election and staffing picks than the climate alarmist crowd – and they should be – because based on Trump’s picks, it seems that climate realism is coming to the White House. Most notably, Trump’s pick of Chris Wright as his energy secretary is an absolutely inspired choice if you are concerned with energy security and costs, which all of us should be. Detractors have already begun to complain that Wright is a “climate denier,” but that is false. Wright does not deny that the planet has ...

The future depends on a thriving free press

The press is the only profession specifically named and protected in the United States Constitution. And that’s because our founders knew it was inextricably linked to the success of our states, our country, and our young republic. Yet, most people’s experience with the news lately has been terrible. Extreme financial pressure has led to fewer trusted local reporters and diminished local reporting, while national media — especially cable news — has gotten louder and more divisive. Many people are tuning out, turning away, or worse, vilifying journalism as the enemy. Yet ...

Educate yourself about vaccines and help prevent a great tragedy

For most people alive today, polio, smallpox, tetanus, measles, whooping cough, diphtheria and birth defects due to rubella (German measles) are distant rumors. But in the early 1800’s half of all children born in the United States died before their fifth birthday. A hundred years ago one child out of every six in our country died before the age of 5. Most of these children died of those same infectious diseases I’ve listed. Up until the late 1960’s, thousands of American children were stricken with polio every year. Most recovered, but many died, and many were left with ...

Don’t throw in towel on ‘DOGE’

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy want to cut $2 trillion and make the government more efficient. It’s a high priority since the United States is barreling toward a fiscal crisis. Yet despite the mounting evidence of unsustainable spending and deficits, lots of people seem to believe that the goals of the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, are dead on arrival. Why? Because these doubters believe that Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid are completely off-limits for cuts. This is nonsense. Spending on these three programs represents roughly half of 2025’s $7 trillion ...