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His father’s values explain why he hates the America you love. In today’s political landscape, few figures embody the fusion of imported radicalism and homegrown extremism more vividly than Zohran Mamdani. His rise is not an isolated phenomenon. It’s the product of a layered history that stretches from the British Empire’s colonial machinations in East Africa to the ideological battleground of New York City. Understanding his ideological roots reveals not only where this movement came from but where it may be heading. The story begins in colonial Uganda, where the British cemented their rule by granting privileged status to Indian...

Federal employees face a long overdue reckoning Give this some thought: We are a nation based on a system of federalism, which means that largely sovereign states are united under a limited federal government that performs only certain essential functions - those enumerated in the Constitution - and leaves all functions not so enumerated to the states by law. That is the idea. So how did we get to the point where a federal government supposedly so limited has 2.1 million employees? And how did that group of federal employees become such a privileged class that they're almost impossible to...

Teacher attacked, students may be charged with hate crime Last Update: 3/1/2006 10:20:53 PM A substitute teacher at a local school says he was beaten by students and called dirty names. Now, authorities say whoever is behind the beat-down could face hate crime charges. Carlton Miller says the gash over his right eye and broken glasses are a result of being beaten and heckled by students at Grand Park Career Center. Miller says he was leaving the school premises when five students jumped him. Miller believes an exchange he had with a student earlier in the day may have prompted...

Judge tosses impersonation charge against Reggie By The Associated Press GRETNA -- A judge has dismissed a police impersonation charge against media consultant and Democratic Party operative Raymond Reggie, ruling that prosecutors waited too long to bring him to trial. Reggie, the brother-in-law of U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy, had been accused of stopping three women in Metairie by using a blue police light. The charge carried up to two years in prison. State District Judge Robert Murphy ruled Monday that Reggie's trial on the charge, filed in 2002, should have taken place by July 14, 2004. Defense attorney Mike Ellis...