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Lee Traub, dancer and wife of the late Bloomingdale’s chairman and chief executive officer Marvin Traub, died July 5 at the age of 95. Traub, who studied dance under Martha Graham, was a familiar figure in retail and fashion circles, accompanying her husband to black-tie events and fundraisers and on travels to exotic places around the world, where for many years together they would discover indigenous merchandise and craftsmanship, much of which Bloomingdale’s, under the direction of Marvin, brought to the States for splashy import promotions in the Bloomingdale’s stores. They helped elevate the profile of the business and piqued...

n a monumental development, the Supreme Court overturned the Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion in all fifty states. This is incredible news. Roe v. Wade, an environmental disaster on the moral ecology of our nation, harmed society in general and women in particular. Roe is widely recognized as the most controversial court decision in recent history, as it ruled that an entire class of human beings—unborn human beings—would be denied the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Roe’s ruling both threatened and diminished the civil rights movement’s gains for this class of individuals. Roe was fundamentally...

Today I am risking being too glib, but my excuse is aspiring to meet the Einstein standard, “Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler.” It’s not hard to see that as rough as economic conditions are now, they are set to get worse. And it’s not hard to see that despite the considerable blowback from the sanctions against Russia, the West is not going to relent. Here’s a simple baseline forecast. Russia wins in Ukraine. The West may try to define it somehow as not a victory, but it’s hard to see how Russia does not take the...

Turns out Nicolás Maduro's still the guy the world has to talk to in Venezuela. But recognizing Juan Guaidó as the country's legitimate president is still a useful tool. This week Colombia’s leftist President-elect Gustavo Petro said he recently discussed bilateral issues with Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro — despite the fact that Colombia does not recognize Maduro as Venezuela’s legitimate head of state. But even top aides to President Biden are visiting Caracas lately to talk with top Maduro aides, even though the U.S. doesn't recognize Maduro, either. (On Thursday, the Biden Administration said it would make it easier for...

Former House Speaker Paul Ryan was so "disturbed" by the events of the January 6 riots that he "found himself sobbing" while watching the events on television. Ryan, a Republican, told journalist Mark Leibovich for his upcoming book "Thank You For Your Servitude" that he often did not cry but "something snapped in him" that day, CNN reported. "I spent my whole adult life in that building," Ryan said. "And I saw my friends, a lot of cops, some of my old security detail – I'm still friends with a bunch of those guys. It really disturbed me, foundationally." Ryan...

With the Russian invasion of Ukraine now in its fifth month, Western leaders are beginning to recognize, if not openly acknowledge, that their unprecedented sanctions against Moscow are hurting their own countries’ economies without significantly crimping the Kremlin’s war machine. As the recent back-to-back Group of Seven and NATO summits underscored, Western leaders are straining to find new ways to deter Russian President Vladimir Putin.

An acquaintance asked me by email what my predictions for the near future are (he’s from another country, and wanted to see what the perspective of an average Russian looks like). I sent him the attached points and this map. I thought maybe it would be interesting to a wider English-speaking Western audience. This is by no means some fancy analysis piece by an expert, just a compilation of what I’ve read from different sources and my modest knowledge of history. * Lvov and Lutsk regions will be annexed by Poland (marked on the map with the Polish flag). Almost...

RED LION, Pa. — Signs and flags emblazoned with the phrase “Let’s Go Brandon” and the stronger-language phrase it substitutes for aren’t an uncommon sight in Central Pennsylvania yards and on cars. Flying a flag with the “F” word on it offends some, while others, like Melissa Low of Mount Wolf, are concerned about its impact on kids. “No matter your political opinion, I don’t think it needs to be that vulgar,” she said. One can debate whether the phrase is in bad taste, but there’s likely no legal basis to remove them. Free speech does have some limits;...

Japanese voters went to the polls Sunday in the shadow of the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was gunned down while making a campaign speech. Abe's governing party appeared to be cruising to a major victory. As people voted, police in western Japan sent the alleged assassin to a local prosecutors' office for further investigation. A day earlier a top regional police official acknowledged possible security lapses that allowed the attacker to get so close and fire a bullet at the still-influential former Japanese leader. In a country still recovering from the shock, sadness and fear of...

@julie_kelly2 Now you know why the FBI is hunting down Ashley Biden’s diary.

New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu, a Republican, lambasted GOP gubernatorial candidates across the country running on a platform of objecting to the 2020 presidential election results in an interview Sunday. Sununu made the comments while appearing on CNN's State of the Union, after anchor Jake Tapper asked if he thought it was "disqualifying" for Republican gubernatorial hopefuls to campaign on former President Donald Trump's discredited claims that the 2020 election was stolen through widespread fraud. Getting specific, Tapper made reference to Doug Mastriano in Pennsylvania, Kari Lake in Arizona, and Darren Bailey in Illinois, three Trump loyalists who have campaigned...

They tend to collapse spectacularly and the "powers that be" almost-never survive politically -- and frequently physically. Sri Lanka is the latest example; they are literally bankrupt, having bought into the "green" thing and then... oops. The root causes were many, but chief among them were overspending and a commitment to "green" farming practices, which decimated crop yields, spiked prices and then of course here comes higher oil costs. The combination proved fatal to the economy. "The rich" are being literally chased down and slaughtered, with "rich" being defined as "has something, when we have nothing." The President fled the...

Earlier today on Meet the Press with Chuck Todd MSNBC hack accidentally slipped up and said the silent part out loud. Democrats and Never-Trumpers want Trump dead. During a discussion on whether President Trump will run again in 2024 one of the guests, Mark Leibovich, admitted Democrats have no plan for Trump’s three-peat except hoping he dies. Mark Leibovich: “Look we have no plan for this, except sitting around hoping [Trump] dies.”

2021 Interview of David Horowitz by Dave Rubin

Illegal immigrants who mow the lawns and paint the mansions of wealthy Hamptons residents are being forced to live in hovels hidden in the woods due to the sky-high cost of residing in the summer playground of celebrities such as Jerry Seinfeld, Billy Joel and Jay-Z and Beyoncé, The Post has learned. Squalid encampments exist around the tony town of Southampton, including just off the main highway and in the waterfront village of Westhampton Beach. “I work for very rich people in the Hamptons but I can’t afford somewhere to live,” lamented Juan Antonio Morales, 40. “I am paid very...

A pregnant Texas woman said her unborn baby should count as a second passenger in her vehicle after she received a ticket, citing Texas' penal code in the wake of Roe v. Wade's being overturned. Brandy Bottone, 32, of Plano, was pulled over while driving in an HOV lane. Bottone was stopped by the Dallas County Sheriff's Department, which was looking for drivers violating the HOV rules requiring drivers to have at least one passenger when using the lane. When a sheriff's deputy told Bottone about the rule, she said she did, in fact, have a second occupant in her...

Members of the 4chan online community have allegedly hacked Hunter Biden's iCloud backup data by cracking his iPhone's password on Saturday. Human Events host Jack Posobiec posted July 9 on Twitter, "4chan has apparently cracked Hunter Biden’s iPhone backup password and are leaking everything." The Gazette reports that 4chan users were rapidly posting the alleged contents of Hunter's iCloud account to the forum on Saturday night. Site administrators were rushing to take down or archive the posts as quickly as they went up.

Kwasniewski’s “True Obedience” Provides Critically Important InsightsLast October, I had the privilege of attending the annual Catholic Identity Conference (CIC) for a fifth consecutive time, a gathering which features some of the brightest minds and most articulate voices in the cause of defending the Faith and Mass of all time and restoring all things in Christ.One of the weekend’s most impressive talks was presented by Dr. Peter Kwasniewski, an author and speaker known for his Thomistic precision, liturgical expertise, sharp wit, and good humor. His speech, “Discerning True and False Obedience in the Era of Traditionis Custodes,” was geared specifically...

Former House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) said he was “sobbing” as he watched the Jan 6, 2021 attack at the Capitol happen, according to a new book. In Atlantic journalist’s Mark Leibovich’s new book, “Thank You For Your Servitude,” Ryan said he felt “disturbed” about what was taking place in a building in which he spend most of his political life, according to CNN. Ryan, who was Sen. Mitt Romney’s (R-Utah) running mate in the 2012 presidential election, retired from his position as House Speaker in January 2019. He stepped into the role following former House Speaker John Boehner’s (R-Ohio)...

A month ago, world renowned CV19 critical care and pulmonary expert Dr. Pierre Kory, said ,” “This is a humanitarian catastrophe, and it has been ignored. It has been suppressed. It has been censored.” Well, the dark powers who pushed the vax bioweapon have stopped ignoring the growing massive deaths and injuries and are now trying to shut people up. Namely, doctors like Perrie Kory, who is under investigation by his certification board for so-called “misinformation” about treating Covid and vax injuries that have followed the injections. The facts and data show Dr. Kory has been right all along. Dr....