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Bethany Mandel

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Meta’s $18B settlement and new restrictions are vital — but the company didn’t put $1,000 phones in kids’ hands

A parent should not expect Meta to parent their child, but they should be able to expect that Meta isn't employing armies of engineers to figure out...

27.08.2026 10

New York Post

Bethany Mandel

Toxic mom rage is TikTok’s latest trend — and it’s making them (even more) miserable

The Lindsay Clancy trial has fed a social-media trend that turns therapy culture into performance art, with mothers throwing tantrums for the clicks.

27.08.2026 50

New York Post

Bethany Mandel

Abdul El-Sayed’s ‘Are you circumcised? blunder could cost Dems — and create greater party fracture

During a live interview on his show, Fox News host Jesse Watters asked Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed, “So you think it’s OK...

25.08.2026 10

New York Post

Bethany Mandel

How has Lindsay Clancy become a more compelling victim than her three children who she brutally killed?

Outside Plymouth Superior Court in Massachusetts this week, Americans are witnessing something resembling a mass psychosis event.

20.08.2026 10

New York Post

Bethany Mandel

Max Miller is the GOP’s Graham Platner — and Republicans must draw a line

Long-simmering rumors about Ohio Rep. Max Miller have hit the fan, in the ugliest imaginable way — forcing Republicans to choose between principles...

04.08.2026 10

New York Post

Bethany Mandel

Leftist hypocrites cheer women’s ‘freedom’ — yet shower scorn on moms

Progressives insist they’re defending women's freedom, yet they reserve their harshest criticism for women who freely choose marriage and motherhood.

24.07.2026 10

New York Post

Bethany Mandel

Dems are finally pulling the plug on Graham Platner — after selfishly ignoring all his warning signs

In a rational world, an actual Nazi tattoo would have meant Platner’s instant disqualification by national Democrats.

07.07.2026 10

New York Post

Bethany Mandel

America learned long ago that air-conditioning saves lives. Why does Europe remain so stubborn about it?

Ideology is ironically trumping science in the heat wave cooking Europe. America's progressives should take note.

05.07.2026 30

New York Post

Bethany Mandel

The Daughters of the American Revolution are in revolt — because trans zealots can’t leave ANYTHING alone

The Daughters of the American Revolution marked America's 250th anniversary by miring itself in an unnecessary woke battle that threatens the group's...

29.06.2026 30

New York Post

Bethany Mandel

The stories we should tell our children

12.06.2026 9

Washington Examiner

Bethany Mandel

HelloFresh should take notes from Bud Light — embracing Pride typically proceeds a business freefall

When a meal-kit company starts treating activism as the product, investors have every reason to wonder whether management has its priorities straight.

12.06.2026 10

New York Post

Bethany Mandel

NYC’s failing $43B schools need some tough Texas tutoring

While New York City schools remain trapped in apathy and excuses, a big-city district in Texas is demonstrating how to turn failure around.

06.06.2026 20

New York Post

Bethany Mandel

NY lawmakers’ gender-neutralizing bill would dehumanize women – and strip us of our most meaningful identity

Americans were assured that if Donald Trump became president, women would be stripped of our rights.

03.06.2026 10

New York Post

Bethany Mandel

Scientists are finally moving away from the UN-backed climate doomerism that scared a generation off having babies

Much of the climate anxiety shaping millennial and Gen Z attitudes toward the future was manufactured through exaggerated predictions that are now...

01.06.2026 40

New York Post

Bethany Mandel

Toxic media treats kids as luxury goods — and it’s destroying us

We're convincing ordinary Americans that family life itself is financially irresponsible. The cumulative effect is cultural poison.

10.05.2026 10

New York Post

Bethany Mandel

Group has twisted the meaning of ‘genocide’ — and hijacked a Zionist hero’s name — to suit its own woke purposes

The family of Raphael Lemkin are taking legal action against the Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention, which is using his name for its own agenda.

10.05.2026 20

New York Post

Bethany Mandel

Virginia’s gerrymander was justified by toddler logic

24.04.2026 40

Washington Examiner

Bethany Mandel

Teen girl stomped on NYC street shows a generation abandoned to phones and porn

Every generation has its “kids these days” moment.

23.04.2026 10

New York Post

Bethany Mandel

Elise Stefanik reveals the sick truth of elite colleges’ moral collapse

In an exclusive interview, Rep. Elise Stefanik describes how she views "antisemitism as a canary in the coal mine . . . an attack on Western...

15.04.2026 30

New York Post

Bethany Mandel

We HAVE to prepare against attacks: Jewish life in America today

On Thursday, a man rammed Temple Israel, a synagogue filled with 140 kids, with a vehicle packed with explosives.

13.03.2026 40

New York Post

Bethany Mandel

#FreeBritney was a mistake — and exposes society’s failures in dealing with mental health

The pop princess’ predicament echoes a debate unfolding on the streets of America’s largest cities.

06.03.2026 30

New York Post

Bethany Mandel

It’s normal to want a cleaner, healthier life for your family. But some moms are being driven to paranoia

“I’m so overwhelmed.” That’s how a recent post in a Facebook group for “Crunchy Moms” began. The new mother wrote that her eyes were...

28.02.2026 40

New York Post

Bethany Mandel

‘Gentle parenting’ is a delusion — and now there’s proof

The short-term discomfort that comes with setting boundaries yields long-term stability.

27.02.2026 40

New York Post

Bethany Mandel

Why Montgomery County is paying millions to parents

Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland has now spent millions of taxpayer dollars learning a lesson it refused to accept voluntarily: Parents...

24.02.2026 30

Washington Examiner

Bethany Mandel

Green rhetoric, polluted water: The Left’s DC sewage failure is a disgrace

Massive sewage spill dumps hundreds of millions of gallons into Potomac River near D.C. Trump calls in FEMA while local Democratic leaders stay...

18.02.2026 2000

Fox News

Bethany Mandel

Car-service apps promise safety, but that turns out to be one big lie

Car-service apps didn’t just sell convenience. They sold safety. But that promise is now unraveling — and Uber’s response has been to turn on...

16.02.2026 20

New York Post

Bethany Mandel

The media needs to stop gaslighting us about the reality of trans mass shooters

Another mass shooting, and another devastated community.

12.02.2026 100

New York Post

Bethany Mandel

Not All Socialization Is Good For Your Kids

If your child spends most of his waking hours in a classroom where a large chunk of the kids are developmentally far behind, it will affect him.

06.02.2026 20

The Federalist

Bethany Mandel

The perils of toxic empathy in Minneapolis makes it feel like 2020 all over again

Anti-ICE protests are saturating Americans with emotion — intense, performative and increasingly untethered from reality.

30.01.2026 50

New York Post

Bethany Mandel

Why Brooklyn Beckham’s break from his family should be a wake-up call for all parents

The Beckham family drama isn’t really about celebrity dysfunction, but about what happens when parents confuse visibility with love and...

22.01.2026 40

New York Post

Bethany Mandel

Fury over Jennifer Lawrence’s dog reveals a culture that puts kids last

Refusing to sign your kids up for an animal-rescue experiment isn’t a failure of compassion, it’s responsible parenting.

15.01.2026 30

New York Post

Bethany Mandel

New CDC stance on kids’ vaccines isn’t ‘anti-science’ — it’s pro-parent

Stripped of partisan politics and overheated rhetoric, what’s actually happening at the CDC is something far more modest — and far healthier.

08.01.2026 30

New York Post

Bethany Mandel

European leaders fail the international law test on Venezuela

06.01.2026 20

Washington Examiner

Bethany Mandel

Why Maduro’s capture is such a major crisis for Cuba

06.01.2026 20

Washington Examiner

Bethany Mandel

Which companies might be winners and losers in Venezuela?

06.01.2026 50

Washington Examiner

Bethany Mandel

Will any Democrat condemn Mamdani’s Marxist tenant advocate?

06.01.2026 30

Washington Examiner

Bethany Mandel

The Temple Mount post-Oct. 7: Where faith and politics collide

06.01.2026 30

Washington Examiner

Bethany Mandel

Bondi Beach brings back the true meaning of Hanukkah: resistance

Well-intentioned commentators have proclaimed anguish that this holiday of “light” and “togetherness” could be marred with a massacre. But...

17.12.2025 60

New York Post

Bethany Mandel

I took our six kids overseas — and saw a ‘family-friendly’ nation in joyous action

If you’ve ever wanted to feel like a celebrity, turning heads everywhere you go, I recommend taking a gaggle of children to a country with a...

13.12.2025 50

New York Post

Bethany Mandel

The fight to keep politics out of medicine

05.12.2025 30

Washington Examiner

Bethany Mandel

How insurance mandates and policy incentives drive autism diagnoses

26.11.2025 30

Washington Examiner

Bethany Mandel

Young women are saying ‘hard pass’ to motherhood — this viral post reveals why

A cultural script, backed by 13 million scolds on X, is telling women that once you have a baby, you cease to exist as a whole human being.

20.11.2025 40

New York Post

Bethany Mandel

Kelsea Ballerini's haunting new song exposes the loneliness feminism forgot

Singer Kelsea Ballerini's new viral hit, 'I sit in parks,' exposes generational regret among women who prioritized career and independence over...

16.11.2025 30

Fox News

Bethany Mandel

How do two privileged New Jersey teens get seduced by ISIS?

Two teenagers from one of New Jersey’s wealthiest suburbs were arrested this week for allegedly plotting to join ISIS and carry out mass killings of...

07.11.2025 30

New York Post

Bethany Mandel

The US is the freest country the Jewish people have ever known

22.10.2025 30

Washington Examiner

Bethany Mandel

Parents flex their power with anti-woke ‘Cancel Netflix’ boycott

When Elon Musk joined the fray — posting “Cancel Netflix for the health of your kids” on X — subscribers followed, and the company’s stock...

08.10.2025 60

New York Post

Bethany Mandel

One last lesson from Charlie Kirk: We can ALL keep the Sabbath to save our sanity

Americans today are enslaved by their phones and the endless outrage cycle, but the Sabbath as Charlie Kirk observed it is a lifeline for anyone...

19.09.2025 40

New York Post

Bethany Mandel

RFK Jr.’s plan to link autism and Tylenol just piles blame on moms —again

Autism has repeatedly been deployed to indict America's mothers — and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s coming report is likely to fuel the fear already...

11.09.2025 30

New York Post

Bethany Mandel

America’s hyperpoliticized teachers unions

02.09.2025 30

Washington Examiner

Bethany Mandel

Regulator bullying: CPSC targeted Dreamland Baby

02.09.2025 30

Washington Examiner

Bethany Mandel