Crime beat: Family Violence Needs Cop Response<\/p>\n
The case where \u201c19-year-old Damien Hurstel of Staten Island [is charged with having] murdered and decapitated his mother\u2019s boyfriend\u201d is \u201cjust the tip of the iceberg when it comes to family violence,\u201d thunders Naomi Schaefer Riley at City Journal<\/a>. \u201cIntimate partner violence: rose 29% in NYC last year\u201d; it\u2019s made up nearly 40% \u201cof felony assault cases in the Big Apple\u201d since 2020. The activist campaign to \u201cdecriminalize domestic violence\u201d complicates efforts to prosecute offenders. Family violence is a key indicator for \u201cchild abuse, and for violence outside the home.\u201d The next mayor must \u201cstay committed\u201d to the NYPD\u2019s \u201cnew domestic-violence division.\u201d<\/p>\n Welfare watch: Get Feds Out of Food Programs<\/p>\n \u201cThe best way to ensure healthy outcomes\u201d for low-income kids \u201cand protect them from the partisan crossfire of D.C. politicking is to break the federal grip on nutrition programs,\u201d Romina Boccia & Tyler Turman contend at Reason<\/a>. \u201cFederal food aid has routinely failed to deliver healthy diets for low-income families,\u201d as SNAP participants \u201chave higher rates of obesity and poorer nutrition than nonparticipants.\u201d Post-1996, states used the flexibility of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families block grants to shift welfare funds \u201cfrom pure cash assistance to targeted supports,\u201d helping parents \u201covercome employment barriers and increase their income,\u201d lifting \u201cmore than 1.6 million children\u201d out of poverty within a decade. \u201cSNAP is outdated. Congress should devolve funding and administration to the states,\u201d so they can \u201cpursue more effective nutrition policies for low-income families.\u201d<\/p>\n Conservative: KJP\u2019s Book Is So Bad .\u2009.\u2009.<\/p>\n Karine Jean-Pierre has produced \u201cthe worst political memoir ever written in the history of the English language,\u201d a book \u201cso bad it could shame Democrats and liberals into second-guessing their cult-like devotion to DEI,\u201d chuckles The Washington Free Beacon\u2019s Andrew Stiles<\/a>. \u201cMany liberals\u201d now have \u201cto embrace the possibility that Jean-Pierre was utterly unqualified\u201d foe her 2022 \u201cpromotion to White House press secretary.\u201d She now \u201cclaims she never noticed Biden\u2019s cognitive decline\u201d despite daily meetings. \u201cDemocrats are so annoyed\u201d by Jean-Pierre as \u201cshe has no useful suggestions to offer\u201d except to leave their party, with no destination in mind except, in her words, \u201cleaning into our own truth.\u201d<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\tGet opinions and commentary from our columnists\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSubscribe to our daily Post Opinion newsletter!\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n Scholar: \u2018Christian Zionism\u2019 Dates to the Pilgrims<\/p>\n