Zohran Mamdani won the NYC Mayoral election with just over 50% of the vote, a slim plurality. Whether that constitutes a mandate is arguable. But it matters not. For many of us, the vote was a choice for hope over caution. Two women were elected as governors, in NJ and VA. Their victory speeches went on far too long; they thanked everyone and everything, omitting nothing or no one. Their remarks did not, however, rattle the rafters. Mamdani’s victory speech was fierce, fiery

Trump and his family are grabbing as much as they can as soon as they can. Crypto capitalism, crony capitalism, now-you-see-it-now-you-don’t. His M.O.is bluster, bombast, bloviation and bullshit, followed by backing off. Tariffs are a perfect example. Start high and then adjust, usually downward. By now, anyone who's ever bought a used car is on to it. Trump brought a cease-fire to Gaza and freedom for the hostages. Accolades earned and deserved! But a peace  prize? Not quit

“We who hate your gaudy guts salute you.” William Allen White, a moderate Republican, was Editor of the Empori a (Kansas) Gazette.  He only once praised FDR, whom he utterly detested and came up with that immortal line. Free: Omri Miran President Trump achieved an incredible outcome in pushing through a cease-fire and Hamas’s release of the 20 living hostages who were returned to Israel this morning. They were held under cruel and abysmal, conditions for two years. Long after