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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
OPINION: Delaying congestion pricing is a big win for New Yorkers
Delaying congestion pricing [which would have charged drivers a $15 fee to drive into the central business district of Manhattan] is a victory for hardworking New Yorkers and small businesses that would have borne the brunt of this costly policy. When we hear Gov. Kathy Hochul say we must focus on “putting money back in
OPINION: The U.S. is no longer the dominant superpower
It was an article of faith, through most of my life, that the United States was the world’s dominant power. We had the most powerful
OPINION: We Can Do Better Fighting the Opioid Crisis
New York has made strides in combating the ongoing opioid crisis, but much work remains as we still have far too many deaths in the state. For many of us, this epidemic is personal. It could be an acquaintance, friend, or family member — the opioid crisis doesn’t discriminate. Sadly, more than 2 million Americans
OPINION: State Attorneys General Should Sue N.Y. over Election Interference
State attorneys general have a duty to sue the city and state of New York, which rewrote federal election and state business-records law to interfere with the 2024 election, throw former President Donald Trump in jail, and disenfranchise tens of millions of Americans’ right to vote for their choice for President — all in violation
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