After an alleged threat involving the Weedsport Central School District, a teenager has been arrested, police said. The Weedsport Police Department student resource officer assigned to the school district took a complaint Wednesday, Oct. 26, from district administration of a possible threat to the school community, according to a police department news release issued Friday. … Read more
The Biden administration’s national security strategy, released last week, deserves credit for correctly identifying China as America’s most “consistent geopolitical challenge.” But by calling climate the “existential” threat to the United States and encouraging cooperation with Beijing on the issue, the strategy document creates a dangerous contradiction. The focus on climate will make it more … Read more
If I had to choose the most troubling characteristic of our current dystopia, I would choose the disturbing disconnect between the seriousness of the challenges we face and the public discourse that is supposed to address them. A dangerous war rages in Europe as a failing nuclear-armed tyrant launches desperate new waves of cannon fodder … Read more
President Biden’s Sept. 1 speech in Philadelphia on “unity” is a poignant example of the confusion surrounding the concept of democracy. Mr. Biden declared that MAGA Republicans threaten “the very foundation of our republic.” The phrase a “threat to American democracy” is so common these days that it has almost no meaning—except that it encapsulates … Read more
Vladimir Putin’s threat to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine must be received soberly, if for no other reason than that leaders occasionally do what they say they will do. There are reasons beyond that. He has lost hardware, soldiers, land and face. He is cornered and escalating, increasing the chances of mistakes and miscalculations. Great … Read more
The U.S. faces the most daunting security landscape in 45 years. That’s no coincidence. Earlier this year Russia launched the bloodiest armed conflict in Europe since World War II, and this summer China publicly displayed plans to strangle or swallow the free people of Taiwan. Leaders in both countries examined the landscape and determined they … Read more
President Joe Biden and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi listen as Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer speaks in Washington on August 9. Photo: Evan Vucci/Associated Press The greatest global threat facing the United States is Communist China. Fortunately, we have a weapon that Beijing lacks: economic freedom. If we harness the spirit that has made America … Read more
Tel Aviv Another round of fighting in Gaza has ended with a brokered ceasefire after a limited but deadly exchange of fire between a terrorist organization and the Israeli Defense Forces. The fighting lasted three days, more than 1,000 rockets were fired at Israel – including at Tel Aviv and Jerusalem – and millions of … Read more
SAY THEY ARE JUST DESTROYED TO SEE WHAT THIS FIRE DID WITH THIS QUARTER EARLIER TODAY. YOU’RE NOTICING THAT THE FIRE IS STILL. HERE JUST OVER THE STREET. IT’S HARD TO GET THEM OUT, IT’S REALLY DARK OUTSIDE AT THAT POINT, BUT THEY GO THROUGH WITH LAMPS THAT ARE STILL INVESTIGATED. MOVED AND HOW IT … Read more
