English is a remarkable language, and I consider myself lucky to have grown up speaking it. Today, it also serves as the world’s primary lingua franca — a shared language that enables communication across borders and cultures. It has become the dominant tongue of...

Two days ago in the city that never sleeps Zoran Mamdani was sworn into office…and Frank Sinatra is turning in his grave.  But let’s be clear: casting a vote for a politician with socialist branding doesn’t mean New Yorkers have suddenly turned against capitalism....

Christmas occurs on the 358th day of the 12th month of the year (except leap year when it occurs on 359th) New Year’s occurs on the 1st day of the 1st month of the year – why then do we always think Christmas comes before New Year’s? And speaking of the holidays, is...

For fifteen wonderful years, I taught skiing for Vail Resorts and had the opportunity to teach people from all over the world.  I loved every minute of it.  Being a ski instructor was that rare job where work felt like play, and where having fun wasn’t a distraction...

We hear the refrain, “We’re a nation of immigrants,” but that’s just more ill-thought-out bumper-sticker mentality because beneath the noise lies a much deeper philosophical divide.  The real debate shouldn’t be about immigration per se.  Rather, as a nation we need...

~ Today’s post is the first of a two-part series regarding our failing immigration system and what we need to do about – part two will appear tomorrow. ~ An Afghan refugee who once worked with the CIA ambushes two American National Guardsmen, killing 20-year-old Army...

I am writing prior to the Sunday morning talk shows and don’t know if the ambush deaths of two American servicemen and an interpreter Syria will keep Rep. Ilhan Omar’s immigration issue from being the day’s headline, which it likely will.  Nonetheless, the Minnesota...

Yesterday, Democrats released what they described as another tranche of “bombshell” images from the Epstein files, prominently featuring a decades-old photograph of Donald Trump.  The clear intent was to suggest that Trump is somehow implicated in Epstein’s criminal...

The Second World War has always fascinated me for any number of reasons, and yesterday in honor of the attack on Pearl Harbor I wrote about ‘the carriers that weren’t there.’   And today I want to continue with the World War II theme and offer an opinion about the...

Eighty-four years ago today, on December 7, 1941, “a day that will live in infamy,” the United States was attacked by the naval and air forces of Imperial Japan—an event that plunged our nation into World War II.  It’s often been said that America was “lucky” none of...