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The mayors of New York City and Chicago met Friday to exchange ideas on tackling crime, which continues to skyrocket in both cities - a trend that began during the worst days of the COVID pandemic and continues to dog both cities. New York's Eric Adams and Chicago's Lori Lightfoot, both Democrats, have in recent weeks sparred with their cities' top prosecutors and accused them of pushing for lenient policies that don't hold criminals accountable. Crime in NYC is up by over 45 percent compared to this time last year as Adams battles a growing crisis at Rikers Island -...

We are all witness to a historic event, the beginning of the Islamic Jihad in France and the Netherlands, soon to be spread to the rest of Western Europe. As Paris burns, as the Christian infrastructure is being destroyed, as some of the most fundimental historical foundations of the Western world is now threatened, it is foolish to allow negative feelings for past deeds by the French or any other to cloud our collactive judgements. We should not snicker, we should not cheer, we should not jab them in the ribs. We are Christians, might I remind you, and the...

NEW YORK, NY — “This will not stand,” fumed General Walter Isaacson, CNN’s commander in chief, as he announced his declaration of war on Roger Ailes and the FOX News Channel yesterday. The dispute between CNN and FOX has been simmering for years, exploding into public view in recent months. But the final straw for CNN was when Britt Hume mocked CNN’s “sexy Paula Zahn ad” on his show, Special Report. Isaacson blames Roger Ailes for the anti-CNN attacks, so CNN helicopter gun-ships struck a commissary just yards from the FOX News leader's New York office yesterday. Simultaneously, CNN F-16...