In one day of savagery, Hamas brought the world’s oldest hatred into the mainstream. The upwelling of antisemitism around the globe, and especially in the United States, mocks the naivety of those who imagined that the oldest hatred was mostly in the past, that Israel could be a normal ...
Remembering a deadly dayOn October 23, 1983, 241 United States military personnel, including 220 Marines, 18 sailors and three members of the Army, were killed when a terrorist drove an explosives-laden truck into the Marine barracks in Beirut, Lebanon.Shortly thereafter, another terrorist in a ...
After two weeks, we are still building an impression of the new House speaker, Rep. Mike Johnson. Moderates like me, and others to my left, will not find much common ground with the Republican from northwest Louisiana on issues.Nonetheless, I don’t want Johnson to fail. I want him to change. ...
Whether we are talking about individual incidents or the attacks with high casualty numbers like those in Uvalde, Texas, or Newtown, Conn., everyone agrees that children should be safe at school.They just don’t agree on how to make that happen. Some want more gun control. Some want more ...
Allegheny County voters go to the polls on Tuesday to choose the first new chief executive in 12 years. Over the past year, the Allegheny Institute for Public Policy has made four key recommendations that the incoming Allegheny County executive must entertain.In 2024, the county government will ...
The 10-story Brown Building, site of one of the deadliest workplace disasters in United States history, stands one block east of Washington Square Park in New York City. Despite three bronze plaques noting its significance, it has long been easy to pass by without further thought.On March 25, ...
