John F. Di Leo

We have been told many things about the longshoremen’s strike over the past week. Most of the reporting has been in half-truths, at best – possibly because the press doesn’t know any better (the operations of our seaports are an admittedly…

Hurricanes can be predicted; the devastation they leave behind often cannot.Hurricane Helene left some people on its path alone, while causing devastating flooding for others. As with any massive storm like this, there were some…

Even before the expected longshoremen's strike begins, we have learned a great deal about the shortsightedness and incompetence of the modern Democrat party.First, some background is in order: The United States have several dozen…

ABC staged a debate this week. A presidential debate. Ostensibly between former president Donald J. Trump and former senator Kamala Harris, but in actuality between Trump and the partnership of Harris and ABC.There is…

The Houthi rebels have been fighting in Yemen for thirty years, as part of the general power struggles between Shia and Sunni that define so many Islamic countries. While their disruption was primarily confined to their home turf of…

In the latest tragic news from Israel, we learned that the Israeli Defense Forces was in the process of a rescue mission, having intelligence that indicated where six of the remaining living hostages were, in a tunnel in Gaza.Hamas murdered…

How are you supposed to run a party convention? And how are you supposed to behave when you stage one?Can’t look to the Constitution for guidance; the Constitution was silent on political parties, since its writers hoped against…

For months, election-watchers have wondered: will Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. make it onto enough states’ ballots to have an impact? Will he have the money to run a real campaign? And most importantly, who will he hurt…

Kamala Harris is doing better in the polls than Joe Biden was. No surprise there.But that’s not just because he’s a dementia patient and she’s not. There’s more to it than that. In the political world, it is often assumed that…

On Sunday, July 21, 2024, the White House issued a written statement in which Joe Biden announced that he was withdrawing from his reelection campaign, while intending to remain in office for the six remaining months of this term.The…