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By Trudy Rubin TORKIV, Ukraine — At the entrance to the village cemetery, where they buried Vasyl Pushkar, stands a tall, gray stone marker. The stone is engraved with an Orthodox cross and the words “Holodomor, 1932-33,” a memorial to the four million or more Ukrainian peasants who were starved to
Culture
By Johnathan Zimmerman In the 1950s, the greatest threat to American freedom was the attack on communists and their so-called fellow travelers in government, academia, and the arts. Led by a firebrand senator from Wisconsin, Joseph McCarthy, the anti-communist campaign destroyed countless lives and careers. To place someone under suspicion,
Immigration
I don’t want to be gloating over New York City’s discomfort. Wait! I do want to gloat, because what I warned it against has come true. New York Mayor Eric Adams reverses course on shelter (Photo: CNN) Which is to say, its virtue-signaling and defiance-of-law status as a
Politics
Devon Archer’s Monday testimony before the closed-door House Oversight Committee was a split decision, with the Republicans slightly worse for wear. Devon Archer on Capitol Hill (Photo: ABC News) Archer is Hunter Biden’s longtime friend and business associate, not to mention a convicted felon in 2018 for a
Aliens
So are they here among us? The aliens, I mean. I grew up in the post-World War II era, and I was entranced by science fiction because I had a bent for science, and because I believed it was a peephole into the future. Isaac Asimov wrote the book on
Race
Here’s an unpleasant truth: During the Holocaust, in the Nazi death camps, some Jewish prisoners used their skills to escape extermination, even as their brethren were marched into gas chambers. Vice President Kamala Harris (left), has her facts wrong, says Dr. William Allen One example were Jewish musicians who
Politics
For seven years, he was America’s Mayor. Rudy Giuliani was dying to be President As he connected with, and managed the aftermath of, the greatest attack ever on America, Rudy Giuliani’s calm, steadfastness, defiance, and hope, made him a beacon not just for New Yorkers, but for Americans,
Culture
I went to see “Sound of Freedom” for much the same reason I went to see “Barbie” -- to see if the pre-opening buzz was valid. In the Good Old Days, the pre-opening buzz was gushing, usually planted and ignited by the studios, to amp up appetite for the film.
Politics
By Bret Stephens WARSAW — Last week, a friend asked me what I could learn from a four-day trip to Ukraine I was planning that I couldn’t glean just by reading the news. It was a fair question. With the trip now behind me, I can answer. I learned how
Culture
I’ve got nothing but admiration for Taylor Swift, from the time she was an inner-directed young teen straight outta Wyomissong who knew she was destined to be a professional country singer, to when she exploded into a pop mega star unafraid to take on record companies and concert producers.
Culture
Because of my previous association with her, I had to be the first kid on the block to see the “Barbie” movie, which is getting tons of free publicity, and marketing tie-ins. But before I tell you about the movie, led me tell you what happened Friday morning when I
Education
For as long as I can remember, especially for the low-to-middle class, a college education was believed to be the golden key that would open the gates to a rich, fulfilling, and financially secure life. Gallup has just knocked the legs out from under that belief, with research that reports