Memo to Mamdani: Institutions ain’t got no soul; Warm up to rugged individualism

Memo to Mamdani: Institutions ain’t got no soul; Warm up to rugged individualism

Special to WorldTribune.com Commentary by Larry Ward, January 5, 2026  [First published by Human Events.] In his inaugural address as New York City’s new mayor, Zohran Mamdani promised to “replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism.” It’s a revealing turn of phrase from the self-described democratic socialist, and a familiar one […]

Opinion: On the bright side, Somali fraud is the path back to DOGE and restored MAGA unity

Opinion: On the bright side, Somali fraud is the path back to DOGE and restored MAGA unity

Special to WorldTribune.com Commentary by Larry Ward, January 7, 2026 The best part of the incoming Trump Administration was DOGE, the Department of Government Efficiency. Here, finally, was the program promised by every Republican since Dr. Larry Hunter drafted the Contract with America for Newt Gingrich in 1994. After thirty years of talk about eliminating […]