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opinion
How the Left Conquered the New York Times
Editor’s note: The following excerpt is from Christopher Rufo’s new book “America’s Cultural Revolution: How the Radical Left Conquered Everything.” Communist radical Herbert Marcuse believed that the university could serve as the “initial revolutionary institution” but was not, in and of itself, powerful enough to transform the broader society. The intellectuals could produce knowledge but, left… -
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Toll of Border Crisis on States, Part 4: New York City
This is part four in a series about the toll that the Biden Administration’s intentional promotion of illegal immigration is taking on the states and the public. [Read Part 1 (national overview); Part 2 (Texas); and Part 3 (Florida).] As the border crisis persists, and illegal aliens disperse into every congressional district in the country, each state is affected by the… -
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Chinese Communist Party Infiltrates New York University at Cutting Edge of Army Missile Technology
Spy balloons hovering high overhead in U.S. airspace are one thing, but the Chinese Communist Party also has interests on the ground here. Take Alfred University, for example. Alfred is a small (1,600 students), private institution in upstate New York. It is not known for much, but it has one important distinction; namely, its College… -
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New York Wedding Photographer Won’t Share Her Beliefs About Marriage Because Speaking Out Could Put Her in Jail
ORLANDO, Fla.—Emilee Carpenter, a Christian wedding photographer, had to turn to her lawyer when asked about her religious beliefs about marriage because New York law prevents her from speaking about those beliefs in conjunction with her business. “So New York’s law is actually so severe, I think I need to pass this over to my… -
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Dishonest New York Times Series Does Not Deserve a Pulitzer
Following an 18-part investigative series in The New York Times alleging various forms of maleducation and malfeasance in New York City yeshivas, the New York Board of Regents began implementing regulations targeting these Hasidic Jewish day schools. These included requiring certain classes (currently not taught at yeshivas) to be taught for a specified length, allowing… -
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Why Students, Alumni of King’s College Fear Closure of Christian Outpost in New York
No student, professor, or alumnus of The King’s College wants May to mark the financial ruin of the respected Christian liberal arts school in New York City. But the 85-year-old school will need a miracle to keep its doors open after several years of New York’s COVID-19 restrictions, decreased enrollment, and questionable business calls. … -
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The ‘Sainted Junior Senator From New York’ Turns 100
James L. Buckley turns 100 Thursday. America’s oldest living former senator and older brother of the late William F. Buckley Jr., Jim Buckley achieved the first third-party victory to the Senate in 40 years when he won in 1970 as the candidate of the Conservative Party in New York. A veteran of World War II,… -
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Antisemitic Hate Crimes Doubled in NYC as The New York Times Targeted Orthodox Jews, Hasidic Group Says
An Orthodox Jewish organization in New York City has launched a public information campaign to combat what it describes as The New York Times' "crusade" against Hasidic Jews and their schools, a torrent of negative coverage that comes amid an uptick in antisemitic hate crimes shown by police data. The organization, Agudath Israel of America,… -
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‘New York Must Stop Disarming Its Religious Citizens’ Under New Court Order
A federal court has blocked New York from enforcing a ban on the concealed carrying of firearms at houses of worship, ruling Thursday that the state law likely discriminated against religious New Yorkers and may have violated the First Amendment. The state’s Democratic governor, Kathy Hochul, signed the legislation (S.51001/A.41001) in July, restricting concealed carry… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Georgia’s Raffensperger Squelches New York Times Claim He’s Pushing Ranked-Choice Voting
Georgia’s top election official pushed back Thursday on reports that he advocates implementing ranked-choice voting, a controversial procedure known as an instant runoff, in the state. The denial from Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger’s office comes one day after he called for the state Legislature to reform the state’s election system to avoid future… -
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I (Used to) Love New York
I was a teenager when I first visited New York. The flight cost $15 on the Eastern Airlines Shuttle from Washington, D.C. You could buy your ticket from a flight attendant on board. She (and it was always a she back then) would roll a cart down the aisle with a credit card device on… -
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5 Reasons I Moved From New York to Florida
“Why, after three decades of life as a New Yorker, did you move to Florida?” I’m often asked this question with a mix of wonder, as if I’d just traveled across Mongolia on horseback, tainted by Upper East Side disdain (“Did you retire early?” How was the hurricane?” etc.). For background, I first came to… -
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How Crime Surge Shaped New York’s Elections
A red tsunami didn’t quite hit New York, but there definitely was a shift in the state’s politics. Gov. Kathy Hochul, the incumbent Democrat, defeated Rep. Lee Zeldin, R-N.Y., in what turned out to be a tightly contested governor’s race. New York is, of course, a reliably blue state. That Zeldin made this a close… -
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Jewish Leaders Condemn ‘Antisemitic’ New York Times Article for ‘Whitewashing’ a ‘Pogrom’
Jewish leaders, speaking to The Daily Signal, condemned a New York Times article for having “whitewashed” a “pogrom.” As Republican gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin met with rabbis in New York City’s Orthodox community, promising support for yeshivas (Jewish schools) and racking up endorsements, America’s newspaper of record published an article explaining “How the Hasidic Jewish… -
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Judge Blocks New York’s Ban on Guns in Church—for Now
A federal judge last week stopped New York state officials from enforcing the part of a new gun law that bans firearms from places of worship, at least temporarily. The Oct. 20 ruling is a small but important Second Amendment victory for New Yorkers and advocates of self-defense in a state that largely has been… -
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New York Supreme Court Reinstates Unvaccinated Employees With Back Pay: ‘It Was About Compliance’
A New York judge ordered Monday that Department of Sanitation employees terminated for refusing to get vaccinated be reinstated to their full employment status, writing that the vaccination mandate for city employees was "not just about safety and public health; it was about compliance." Judge Ralph J. Porzio wrote in his ruling that if the… -
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Surprise! New York Times Discovers Biden’s a Liar—but Soft-Pedals It
The New York Times is signaling that it’s not wild about Joe Biden running for president again. Suddenly, it announced his statements are routinely unfactual. He’s a habitual liar. Why is this discovery emerging now? The online headline of its Oct. 11 story was: “Biden, Storyteller in Chief, Spins Yarns That Often Unravel.” The subtitle:… -
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Congresswoman Seeks DOJ Review of Missing Data for 3.1M New York Voters
As New York state struggles with allegations of election fraud, a new review of its voter lists shows that basic personal identification information is missing for 3.1 million registered voters, in apparent violation of federal law. States vary, but the general standard for voter registration information is to include either a Social Security number or… -
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‘Time Has Arrived’ to Legalize Polygamy, Writes New York Judge
A funny thing happened to the Democrats’ same-sex marriage bill on its trip from the House to the Senate: People actually started reading the legislation. When they did, an uncomfortable reality set in—nothing in the text explicitly outlawed polygamy. It was just a “drafting error,” the more liberal senators claimed. But it wasn’t a “drafting… -
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New York Will Ban Gas Car Sales by 2035, Copying California
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, said Thursday that New York will follow California’s lead by banning the sale of gasoline-powered cars and light trucks by 2035. All passenger cars, pickup trucks, and SUVs sold in the state will have to be classified as “zero-emissions vehicles” by no later than 2035, according to a press release….