The uninvited-guest problem at President Barack Obama’s recent White House state dinner strikes me as more than a mere security lapse. If we were living in a perfect world and no existential threat to the United States presented itself, a publicity-seeking party-crasher at such an event might be dismissed as a minor concern, even an [...]

NEW YORK — The “Greatest Generation” just lost another son, and the world is poorer for it. Ralph Dyer, a lifelong resident of this city and former Navy man, courageously and ably served his country in World War II, ferrying the fallen from the battlefields of France to their final resting places. Now, they are [...]