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Getting the Tiger by the Tail

Antisemitic attacks in the United States have increased over 100% since Oct. 7, according to a Reuters report. Globally attacks against Jews have surged after Hamas attacked innocent Israelis. As a result, President Biden announced a new “U.S. National Strategy to Counter Islamophobia in the United States.” Islamophobia? It is because the Democrats have the tiger by the tail. Recently, a reporter asked the dimwitted White House press secretary, who makes Kevin Malone of “The Office” look Mensa worthy, a question about rising antisemitism in the United States. Karine ...

Marshall County Crash Causes Multiple Injuries

From STAFF REPORTS Five people were injured, including four flown out for medical care, after a two-vehicle head-on crash on Fork Ridge Road in Marshall County on Monday afternoon. Marshall County Sheriff Bill Helms said the crash between a truck and a car occurred around 4:30 p.m. Monday about 5½ miles out Fork Ridge Road. There was one occupant in the truck and five in the car. Four were flown from the crash site for medical care, while one was driven by EMS. That section of Fork Ridge near the Williams Energy Oak Grove Plant was closed for several hours. Helms said sheriff’s ...

New Edition Announces Las Vegas Residency Dates

LOS ANGELES (AP) — R&B group New Edition will bring their New Jack Swing tunes to Las Vegas early next year. The Grammy-nominated sextet announced Monday that New Edition: Las Vegas will kick off Feb. 28. The group confirmed six residency shows at the Wynn Las Vegas’ Encore Theater, where acts like Diana Ross, Duran Duran, Lionel Richie and Brad Paisley have taken the stage. “We just caught lightning in a bottle,” said Ronnie DeVoe, a founding member of New Edition — which includes Michael Bivins, Bobby Brown, Johnny Gill, Ralph Tresvant and Ricky Bell. Monday’s ...

Take a Step Back: Is a Trump Renomination Really Inevitable?

Is it inevitable that Donald Trump will be the second person in history — Richard Nixon was the first — to win the Republican Party’s nomination for president three times? Many thoughtful observers, and others as well, think so. They have some solid evidence. Polling has been showing majorities of Republicans favoring Trump since Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg indicted him March 30 on charges that seemed both trivial and invalid. The day before that, Trump led Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., by just 44%-29% in the RealClearPolitics average. By April 6, Trump’s lead rose to ...

The Tiki Torch Brigade of the Left

It’s been a disquieting time for well-meaning liberals who have been suddenly confronted with the realization that their own side is rife with fanatics and haters. The explosion of anti-Israel and anti-Jewish feeling on campuses and the streets after Oct. 7 has shaken left-of-center people who didn’t know, or want to know, who their allies were. The long-standing presumption of progressives has been that their own side is identified with righteousness — with tolerance, reason and the finest of American traditions — while conservatives are hateful troglodytes who aren’t ...

Perry and the Cult of Celebrity

I never saw an episode of “Friends,” but that is probably because I am from the television era that began with black-and-white pictures and television screens so small you had to draw a chair up to the box to see a flickering image. Back then, celebrity was a byproduct of talent and accomplishment. I did have breakfast once with another “Friends” cast member, David Schwimmer, who was in town to promote a film. The female servers swarmed our table. One of the stars on “Friends,” Matthew Perry, 54, died in a hot tub in Los Angeles. No cause of death has been announced, ...