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OPINION: New York State’s Raise the Age Policy is Putting Lives at Risk
New York’s effort to relieve burdens on the criminal-justice system by “raising the age” of criminal responsibility is a flawed and failing policy. Young offenders committing violent crimes face little to no repercussions and are emboldened by a policy that has fallen woefully short of delivering the “reform” it was supposed to provide. For example, […]
OPINION: Fractional HR Support: the Benefit of HR Outsourcing
For business owners and executive leadership, we understand that turnover in your organization can be frustrating, especially in human resources (HR). Fractional HR support refers to the practice of outsourcing or utilizing part-time HR professionals or services rather than hiring full-time HR staff. There are several reasons why fractional HR support can be advantageous for
OPINION: Helping Families Afford Childcare is Critical For Strong Communities
Spikes in childcare costs, like those impacting just about every other good and service in New York, have created economic hardship for families all over the state. These challenges have forced many families to pass up earnings opportunities in order to care for their children, and for too many families, those missing wages are the
OPINION: NATO’s 75-year history is worth celebrating
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) marks its 75th anniversary this month. The observance, part of a NATO summit hosted by the United States in Washington, D.C. [July 9-11], is a big deal, and it should be. NATO is one of the most successful and important alliances in history. For any partnership of diverse nations
VIEWPOINT: Stay Alert: Government & School Orgs Targeted by Cyberattacks
What do Huber Heights, Ohio (population 43,439), Cullman, Alabama (population 14,775) and Scotland, Connecticut (population 1,576) all have in common? Yes, they represent a cross-section of “small town America.” They also were all victims of costly cyberattacks in 2023. Unfortunately, these municipalities are not unique in their experience with cybercrime. In 2023, government organizations and
OPINION: The U.S. will eventually elect a woman president
Claudia Sheinbaum made history [in early June] when she became the first woman elected president of Mexico. What will it take for a woman to become president of the United States? I think we will eventually elect a woman president. There is no shortage of highly qualified women in politics. Women have shown, time after
OPINION: Supreme Court fails to rein in deep-state coercion and censorship
First Amendment in Peril It is appalling that the Supreme Court failed to rein in the intelligence and law-enforcement agencies’ abuse of individual First Amendment rights in the Murthy v. Missouri case [with the decision announced on June 26]. The contorted logic that those in the federal government who abused their power with the worst
OPINION: A Big Issue No One is Talking About this Election Year
Though the pace won’t really pick up until the fall, federal election campaigns are well under way. And we’re hearing a lot about a welter of key issues like abortion, immigration, the ethics of the Supreme Court, wars in Europe and the Middle East, and the like. But at a time when candidates should be
OPINION: Border Security Wildy Popular
Majority of Americans support deportation, curbing asylum seeking at border Americans have had enough with the open-borders agenda, and polls show a vast spike in the share of Americans supporting the deportation of illegals and a reduction in asylum processing along the border. In other words, Americans now favor significantly stricter immigration policy than just
OPINION: Americans have lost trust in government
Americans are more dissatisfied with their government than the citizens of any other major democracy, according to an analysis by the Washington Post. And we seem to be growing more skeptical of government every year. In 1964, when I was first elected to Congress, nearly 80 percent of Americans trusted government to do the right
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