Beware the company Zohran Mamdani keeps

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January 05, 2026

Beware the company Zohran Mamdani keeps

Zohran Mamdani has become New York City mayor just a few years after being an unemployed wannabe rapper, a few years after becoming an American citizen, and even a few years after flipping off Christopher Columbus. In other words, he’s the poster child of the modern Democratic Party, especially when we consider that his first […]

The military’s staggering competence under Trump

Let’s stipulate that there’s a long way to go in Venezuela. As my colleague Tom Rogan wrote earlier today, Delta Force’s daring operation will go down as one of the most remarkable in our nation’s history — and yet that was the easy part. Restoring the rule of law to a nation overrun by violent […]

Mamdani is the fresh face of old and discredited ideas

On the surface, it’s easy to see why New York City elected Zohran Mamdani mayor. The charming state assemblyman put New York first during his campaign, all while smiling blithely, a proverbial cat in the sun. Ask a random person on the street why NYC opted for Mamdani, and you’ll likely hear something along the […]

The Left must quit its zero-sum thinking

In recent years, researchers have increasingly focused on zero-sum thinking, namely the widespread belief that economic, social, or political gains for one group can only be achieved at the expense of other groups. Shai Davidai and Martino Ongis of Columbia University in New York are among those to have investigated the relationship between zero-sum thinking […]

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