For these men, as well as scores of others both on the row and off, Biden has brought about a fraction of peace on Earth, a measure of mercy mild—and a welcome hallelujah.

The move saves the lives of 37 of the 40 prolific killers facing the federal death penalty, freeing them from unsettling thoughts about their last day at the hands of an execution team.

Biden is on a high-profile virtue-signaling roll.

Mr. Biden’s use of his commutation power was extraordinary — and insufficient. Three men will remain on federal death row, and more people could be put there in future years. Meanwhile, many states continue to execute people.

A man who reportedly dreams of being Florida governor is now facing the blunt reality of his own political irrelevance. “He is farther from the governor’s mansion now than ever,” Peter Schorsch, a Florida publisher and former political consultant who previously worked with Gaetz, told me.

One Florida-based Republican lobbyist… The person refused to rule out the possibility that Gaetz’s political future was over, citing Trump’s ability to overcome indictments, convictions and impeachments.

“In the age of populism anything is possible,” the person said.

As new allegations emerged with the release of the House Ethics Committee’s findings on Matt Gaetz, some of his supporters in his former district echoed Mr. Gaetz’s criticisms of the investigation as partisan and unfounded.

What should be done? A sustained campaign is needed, not just a single operation… Israel must conduct a military campaign that targets the Houthis as a cohesive military system…

There are two ways to neutralize the Houthi threat, and the two approaches complement rather than contradict each other. The first is to negotiate a deal for the release of hostages and establish a cease-fire. Unlike Hezbollah, the Houthis have shown they keep their word and have made it clear they won’t stop until the war ends.

The second approach is to strike at the source—Iran.

That near miss should persuade the international order to finally, after the past decade or so of a Houthi-caused civil war that has led to the deaths of almost a half million people in Yemen, take decisive action to quash the group.

It is reported that six Druze villages have requested Israeli annexation.

If Israel accepts this proposal, then the United States and other nations should approach the matter with moral clarity and rightly support such a union. To do otherwise is to abandon the residents of these Druze villages to possible annihilation by their enemies in post-Assad Syria.

Netanyahu wants to be remembered as the one who created Greater Israel, not just as a political schemer accused of corruption who abandoned 100 hostages in Gaza. That’s why he’ll try to cement Israeli control in northern Gaza. That’s why he won’t rush to withdraw from the newly occupied territory in the Golan. Under certain circumstances, he might even expand it.

Following a viral video of Druze communities in Syria calling for annexation by Israel, IDF officers have assured Druze village leaders of their ability to provide security and protection, while clarifying that there are no plans to annex territory in Syria.

A minor holiday in Israel, Hanukkah is often the one holiday celebrated by secular Jews in the diaspora. This could be a great thing, except that this story of resilience and faith has been boiled down to a materialistic echo of Christmas. We’ve completely lost sight of its ikar, its essence, and instead been left with a reminder of the failures and assimilation of the American Jew.

I understand why Hanukkah is often viewed as a time to resist external influence — to take enhanced pride in our identity and to further isolate from surrounding society.

However, while I do believe that assimilation is an enormous threat — maybe the largest threat — to the Jews, I also believe that it is possible to swing too far the other way, and in the process shut out how much there is to learn from the greater world.

The Maccabees’ victory makes Hanukkah less about the battle against hostile outsiders and more about an internal conflict between Jewish tradition and “enlightenment.” Hanukkah represents a reckoning between the allure of assimilated universalism and the fight to preserve Jewish particularism… This dilemma is raging today.

“Happy holidays” is our end-of-year catch-all greeting that keeps us all out of trouble.

We lose something, however, with this cultural dilution. We lose the magic of difference; the magic of living in a multicultural society where we can share and learn about our differences. Words like “Christmas” “Kwanzaa” and “Hanukkah” are so much more meaningful than “holiday.”

“Happy Holidays” includes all these traditions and excludes none. It is inherently uncontroversial, which is the crux of nonsectarianism. The “War on Christmas” people disagree. They think nonsectarianism, somehow, is an assault on their freedom. It isn’t. It isn’t anti-religious or even nonreligious. It is, by definition, not a particular religion. And it’s an idea more American than apple pie.

The gradual cancellation of Christmas in countries such as France, Spain, the United Kingdom or Germany is perhaps the most worrying symptom of the West’s renunciation of its Judeo-Christian cultural identity.