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Evict the squatters — because our universities are still worth saving

Higher education once upheld a mission to cherish and pass on the ideals of Western civilization. They can be those protectors again.

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Libby Emmons

Start to Trump’s sweeping tariffs: Letters to the Editor — April 7, 2025

The Issue: President Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs imposing an initial 10% baseline tax on all imports. The Post brilliantly sums up the bitter...

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Post Readers

NYC crime is dropping — but NYPD’s success is alarmingly fragile

The platforms of top mayoral contenders means it's a grievous mistake to take this good news for granted.

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Rafael A. Mangual

Save our buildings — or The Bronx (and the rest of NY) will ‘burn’ again

Years of capped rents coupled with rising operating costs due to high inflation led to buildings with revenue that didn’t cover expenses.

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Kenny Burgos

Harvard University: The Ivy League teaching remedial math

Harvard University: The Ivy League teaching remedial math

Harvard might be America’s most elite university — but now it’s offering remedial math classes. The school’s math department is providing a...

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Rikki Schlott

FBI’s ‘gag order’ on Hunter’s laptop and more: Letters to the Editor — April 6, 2025

FBI’s ‘gag order’ on Hunter’s laptop and more: Letters to the Editor — April 6, 2025

Laptop cover-up There is no clearer sign of political corruption than the FBI’s denial of what it knew to be true: The Hunter Biden laptop story...

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Post Readers

Why Trump’s tariffs may not deliver the American ‘golden age’ he’s promised

Why Trump’s tariffs may not deliver the American ‘golden age’ he’s promised

Donald Trump almost always has a point — including the bold ones he made on what he dubbed as “Liberation Day” late Wednesday afternoon.  On the...

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Isaac Schorr

The lies behind the Gaza casualty figures and the thousands of names removed without explanation

The lies behind the Gaza casualty figures and the thousands of names removed without explanation

According to the independent analysis group Honest Reporting, the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry recently updated its casualty list, quietly...

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John Spencer

Why the Feds are eyeing China’s grifter oligarchs — and how they’re shedding light on corruption at every level

Why the Feds are eyeing China’s grifter oligarchs — and how they’re shedding light on corruption at every level

The unclassified report from US spy agencies is only seven pages long. But it surely struck fear into the hearts of China’s Communist overlords...

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Steven W. Mosher

Michael Goodwin: Trump bets the White House — and GOP control of Congress — on tariffs

Maybe all that winning was becoming boring. 

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Michael Goodwin

Florida town’s $30K fine for too-long grass is proof that liberty’s lawn gone

Florida town’s $30K fine for too-long grass is proof that liberty’s lawn gone

It’s finally spring. Better mow your lawn. If you don’t, your town government may fine you thousands of dollars a day. Worse, if you can’t pay the...

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John Stossel

Trump is playing with fire in declaring an ‘emergency’ to roll out his tariffs

Trump is playing with fire in declaring an ‘emergency’ to roll out his tariffs

The Trump administration is using Humpty Dumpty rules to justify its new tariffs.  The anthropomorphic egg famously said in the Lewis Carroll novel...

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Rich Lowry

Hamas admits it lied to the world about how many children and civilians died in Gaza

Hamas admits it lied to the world about how many children and civilians died in Gaza

Since the horrific attacks of October 7, 2023, Hamas and its sympathizers at the United Nations and college campuses have lied to the world. They...

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Andrea Peyser

Post-COVID, mentoring young adults can make all the difference

Post-COVID, mentoring young adults can make all the difference

Five years ago, the COVID-19 pandemic upended the lives of our six teenage and young-adult daughters. Like millions of other parents, we watched in...

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David Mccormick, Dina Powell Mccormick

Eric Adams’ ‘Independent’ makeover: Letters to the Editor — April 5, 2025

Eric Adams’ ‘Independent’ makeover: Letters to the Editor — April 5, 2025

The Issue: Mayor Adams announcing he will run for reelection as an independent. What a disgrace (“Dems The Breaks!” April 4). A judge dropped the...

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Post Readers

So long to Biden’s ‘environmental justice’ scams — Team Trump is tackling REAL threats to water, air

So long to Biden’s ‘environmental justice’ scams — Team Trump is tackling REAL threats to water, air

For too long, politicians and bureaucrats have been fleecing the public purse under the guise of “environmental justice” — a favorite leftist...

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Lee Zeldin

How did young people go so wrong they cheer killers and rapists of Hamas?

How did young people go so wrong they cheer killers and rapists of Hamas?

I’ll be launching my new book Friday afternoon at Columbia University. “On Democracies and Death Cults: Israel and the Future of Civilization”...

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Douglas Murray

The end to war in Ukraine is clear — and Trump holds all the cards

The end to war in Ukraine is clear — and Trump holds all the cards

Aside from the rhetoric, there is a growing consensus among Western diplomats, military analysts, military officers, heads of state and even much...

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Victor Davis Hanson

Cory Booker, white supremacist? Bloviation bares his party’s shameless playbook

Cory Booker, white supremacist? Bloviation bares his party’s shameless playbook

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s dulcet tones pierced the air of Congress’ upper chamber Tuesday night. “Do you know you have just broken the...

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Isaac Schorr

Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariff blitz: Letters to the Editor — April 4, 2025

Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariff blitz: Letters to the Editor — April 4, 2025

The primary purpose of President Trump’s tariffs is to protect domestic industries by encouraging consumers to purchase locally made products,...

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Post Readers

I don’t care if I lose friends, I’m standing up for women-only sports

I don’t care if I lose friends, I’m standing up for women-only sports

A few weeks ago I was inadvertently dragged into an online controversy by my friend — maybe former friend now? — Bravo host Andy Cohen. The...

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Meghan Mccain

Trump’s tariffs aim to reset global trade — and boost America’s workers

Trump’s tariffs aim to reset global trade — and boost America’s workers

President Trump ushered in a new era of US trade policy Tuesday — a national course correction after decades of unfair trade practices harmed...

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Mark Diplacido

Cory Booker’s marathon anti-Trump rant: Letters to the Editor — April 3, 2025

Cory Booker’s marathon anti-Trump rant: Letters to the Editor — April 3, 2025

The Issue: Sen. Cory Booker lambasting the Trump administration in a 25-hour speech on the senate floor. Sen. Cory Booker’s 25-hour speech was...

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Post Readers

Meghan Markle’s jam and flower sprinkles are finally here — and so is her inauthenticity

Meghan Markle’s jam and flower sprinkles are finally here — and so is her inauthenticity

Dude, it’s just a jar of jam. Pardon — fruit spread, as Meghan Markle is now forced by the FDA to call it. But the Duchess of Sussex, who debuted...

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Kirsten Fleming

Farewell to Val Kilmer — a Hollywood icon and dear friend

Farewell to Val Kilmer — a Hollywood icon and dear friend

Val Kilmer. To the public, a movie star. To me, a devoted friend. Quirky, offbeat. Count the ways: Early one morning. He shows up at my home....

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Cindy Adams

Inside the secret fees grabbing millions a month from our MTA fares

Inside the secret fees grabbing millions a month from our MTA fares

The MTA is desperately fighting the Trump administration to keep collecting its congestion-pricing tax — but a hefty chunk of the nearly $40 million...

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Howard Husock, Aaron Klein

Best of the Babylon Bee: JD Vance throws in Statue of Liberty to sweeten Greenland deal

Best of the Babylon Bee: JD Vance throws in Statue of Liberty to sweeten Greenland deal

Every week, The Post will bring you our picks of the best one-liners and stories from satirical site the Babylon Bee to take the edge off Hump Day....

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The Babylon Bee

Miranda Devine: New FBI chat logs reveal extraordinary ‘gag order’ senior leadership used to shutdown any Hunter Biden laptop discussion

Miranda Devine: New FBI chat logs reveal extraordinary ‘gag order’ senior leadership used to shutdown any Hunter Biden laptop discussion

New chat logs released by the House Judiciary Committee this week show the extraordinary lengths the FBI went to behind the scenes to shut down any...

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Miranda Devine

Stand firm, Speaker Johnson — proxy voting makes a mockery of Congress

Stand firm, Speaker Johnson — proxy voting makes a mockery of Congress

For over 200 years, Congress has stood as a deliberative body, its members bound by tradition and constitutional duty to assemble in person to...

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Carol M. Swain

Trump tariffs could stoke massive short term pain for better trade deals

Trump tariffs could stoke massive short term pain for better trade deals

President Trump and his team are telling top financiers his tariff plan unveiled today is all about playing the long game — getting trading...

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Charles Gasparino

Don’t be fooled by special elections — Democrats are still in trouble

Don’t be fooled by special elections — Democrats are still in trouble

Break out the big blue hype machine: Democrats and their media allies are swooning over Tuesday’s special election results in Wisconsin and in...

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Henry Olsen

John Sterling on the phone call that changed his career — and Yankee history

John Sterling on the phone call that changed his career — and Yankee history

Tomorrow I’ll stop humming “Take Me Out to the Ball Game,” but for now it’s John Sterling, who’s been the voice of the Yankees since we...

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Cindy Adams

Michael Goodwin: Anti-Israel lefty Zohran Mamdani’s NYC mayoral campaign is a preposterous bid for a radical City Hall takeover

Michael Goodwin: Anti-Israel lefty Zohran Mamdani’s NYC mayoral campaign is a preposterous bid for a radical City Hall takeover

On paper, the mayoral candidacy of Queens Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani is preposterous. He is a 33-year-old Muslim and a harsh critic of Israel...

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Michael Goodwin

Teens are losing their minds over college rejections — we need to give them some perspective

Teens are losing their minds over college rejections — we need to give them some perspective

College admissions decisions are pushing kids off the deep end. Of the 1.2 million kids who applied to college this year, many of them won’t get...

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Rikki Schlott

The left’s global lawfare claims a new victim — and America isn’t safe

The left’s global lawfare claims a new victim — and America isn’t safe

Elections are supposed to be decided at the ballot box, not in the courtroom — unless you’re French, or, in this country, a liberal. What a judge...

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Daniel Mccarthy

Columbia alumni’s foolish diploma shredding: Letters to the Editor — April 2, 2025

Columbia alumni’s foolish diploma shredding: Letters to the Editor — April 2, 2025

The Issue: Columbia University alumni ripping their diplomas in protest of Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest. The activists who shredded their diplomas at...

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Post Readers

With tariffs, Trump wants to restore American industry destroyed by decades of unfair trade

With tariffs, Trump wants to restore American industry destroyed by decades of unfair trade

Will “Liberation Day” — Wednesday, when the Trump administration unrolls its new tariff policy — be remembered, like Dec. 7, 1941, as a “day...

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Michael Lind

RFK Jr. must reform CDC to fight killer hospital fungus

RFK Jr. must reform CDC to fight killer hospital fungus

A deadly fungus is spreading like crazy across the United States, sickening and killing hospital patients — and the federal response has been...

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Betsy Mccaughey

Army’s swamp tragedy shows America who our friends are

Army’s swamp tragedy shows America who our friends are

When four US soldiers were killed in Lithuania last week during a routine Army maintenance mission, we learned once again why America needs highly...

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Peter Doran