Opinion

Public-opinion polls repeatedly show New Yorkers believe their state is headed in the wrong direction. After five months of legislative work and $220 billion in taxpayer money spent, that wrong direction hasn’t changed. The 2022 legislative session only served as a reminder that state government is as expensive and dysfunctional as it’s ever been. The […]

In the wake of the leaked draft opinion by Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito overturning Roe v. Wade and holding that there is no constitutional right to an abortion, there has been a tidal wave of commentary on the Court’s politicization.  Much of it recently has come from the left or from abortion-rights advocates, arguing that

As a state and as a nation, we are racing a growing and unprecedented gun-violence and mental-health crisis that has completely shaken our most basic sense of security. The horrific events that have taken place recently, especially the mass shootings in New York City, Buffalo, and Texas, have devastated communities and forced us to pause

A recent column in the New York Times argued that American voters “haven’t been worried like this in a long time” and that their fears could have a big influence in the 2022 elections. It’s certainly true that voters have a lot to be concerned about — and that our fears and worries affect how we

Comes amid wave of dissatisfaction as 54 percent disapprove Voter attitudes are setting in ahead of the 2022 Congressional midterm elections amid a wave of dissatisfaction over high inflation, food shortages, and an imminent recession. President Joe Biden is garnering a whopping 54 percent disapproval rating, according to [a recent] average of national polls by

Recently, reporters at The New York Times published an intriguing story about conversations between House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy and other members of his leadership team. It was shortly after the events of Jan. 6 at the Capitol, and they were talking about what to do about then-President Trump. His conduct, McCarthy said, had been “atrocious

Too often, the Democrat majorities in the New York Legislature fail to properly prioritize the needs of New Yorkers. Recently, members of the Assembly Health Committee provided yet more examples of their inability to distinguish between what this state needs to improve the quality of life for its residents and what they want for their

Several decades ago, I noticed the rise of China coming up in international discussions with increasing frequency. It was, at the time, a startling change. We gradually realized we had a new great power in the world.  It had become obvious that China was not going to fade away. Everyone seemed to be noticing this;

New York Democrats have a longstanding habit of taking an issue like environmental policy and addressing it with the most extreme, unrealistic solutions conceivable. The Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA) passed in 2019 is one such example of that type of overreaction, and [as of press time] several Assembly committees were set to

Having just watched a U.S. Supreme Court nominee supported by a comfortable majority of Americans draw just three Republican votes in the Senate, you could be forgiven for thinking bipartisanship in Congress is a thing of the past. And in the case of Supreme Court nominees, you’d be right: The last time a nominee received more