
Betsy McCaughey
Betsy McCaughey is a former lieutenant governor of New York.
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NY schools trap our kids in failure — how Trump offers an escape
February 3, 2025 | 5:53pmNew York isn’t just squandering money on its poor public schools, it’s squandering kids' lives — but a plan in Congress could force more school choice, despite Albany's reluctance. ??
Trump's pink slip for WHO was a good first step toward keeping Americans healthy
January 26, 2025 | 6:26amPresident Trump announced he was withdrawing the US from the World Health Organization during his first day back at the White House.
Woke one-party government has left NYC just as unprepared for disaster as LA
January 17, 2025 | 5:57pmNew Yorkers should feel scared as they watch Los Angeles neighborhoods obliterated by fire.?Gotham could be the victim of the exact same kind of dysfunctional one-party government that puts woke...
Trump must wage all-out war on obesity to boost US longevity
January 13, 2025 | 9:01pmDonald Trump and his advisers are about to launch a consequential battle against unhealthy food producers and the lackadaisical federal agencies that pander to them, and not a moment too...
Don't blame insurers' greed — government wrecked our health care
December 17, 2024 | 5:40pmThe politicians who backed Obamacare knowingly made a promise that was impossible to keep without insurers resorting to predatory practices.
Feds help health insurers hide dirty secret: rising denials
December 12, 2024 | 6:28pmThe risk of having your health insurance claim denied is roughly 10 times what it was a decade ago — but consumers can’t know which companies are the stingiest.
With 58K criminal migrants in New York, Eric Adams and Kathy Hochul must end sanctuary-city rules
December 3, 2024 | 6:32pmIt’s time to end the sanctuary-for-migrants madness, and start offering safety and sanctuary to New York’s legal residents.
Trump choices Marty Makary, Jay Bhattacharya will disrupt our health agencies to save lives
November 27, 2024 | 12:40pmThe public-health establishment and left-wing media are rushing to discredit President-elect Donald Trump’s picks to lead public-health agencies, but his choices of medical heroes like Marty Makary and Jay Bhattacharya...
Manhattan's 'vanished voters' have the power to oust DA Bragg
November 20, 2024 | 5:56pmNovember's election results hint at a huge voting bloc of Manhattan Democrats fed up with left-wing extremism that could elect a law-and-order DA to replace Bragg — if there's a...
Trump can make America healthy again with this 5-point agenda
November 13, 2024 | 5:41pmLife expectancy in the United States has been shrinking for a decade, despite trillions spent covering the uninsured and Donald Trump says we can do better.
The Biden-Harris open border is inviting yet another horror: tuberculosis
November 8, 2024 | 5:47pmThe Biden-Harris administration's open-border policies have cleared the way for a silent killer to make its way across the border, along with crime, drugs and human trafficking: tuberculosis.
Harris' abortion lies — here's what she and Trump CAN'T do
October 31, 2024 | 7:46pmAbortion rights do not hinge on who is elected president, or on which party controls Congress.?The issue is out of their hands.
New York City needs to take back the ever-more powerful — and deranged — City Council
October 25, 2024 | 5:10pmTo save New York City, New Yorkers will have to come out and vote next year for sensible City Council candidates, and boot the lunatics who have been fueling Gotham's...
Harris' new vote-buying try is a divisive 'equity' scheme
October 17, 2024 | 7:43pmKamala Harris is losing black support, so she's doubling down on the increasingly unpopular notion that certain benefits should be reserved only for minorities for “equity.”
Free Speech 101: Americans must re-learn our most basic right
October 9, 2024 | 6:11pmSince the mid-20th century, the Supreme Court has consistently struck down government attempts to silence speech — even speech that’s divisive, untrue or hateful.
Word games can't conceal the 'Third World' truth about open borders
October 3, 2024 | 6:29pmThe issue isn’t Trump’s choice of words, but the loss of life caused by Harris’ open border.
Sanctuary-city disaster could end under Trump — here's how
September 24, 2024 | 6:42pmThis time, he pledges to get Congress to choke off federal funds from sanctuary jurisdictions — but he'll need GOP House and Senate wins to do it.
Reparations stoke racial resentment — with Harris' support
September 17, 2024 | 6:50pmAmericans agree that slavery and Jim Crow were abhorrent parts of our nation’s past, but reparations won't heal racial tensions.
Kamala Harris' $25K homebuyer grant plan is an 'equity' giveaway in disguise
September 9, 2024 | 6:22pmKamala Harris is promising to provide “first-time homebuyers with $25,000 to cover the down payment.”
Kamala Harris is on the wrong side in the global war on free speech
September 3, 2024 | 6:45pmAmerican voters must decide if they want the government to limit what they can read and restrict the political views they’re exposed to — all part of how Kamala Harris...