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Don Feder

Don Feder is a graduate of Boston University College of Liberal Arts and BU Law School. He’s admitted to the practice of law in New York and Massachusetts. For 19 years, he was an editorialist and staff columnist for the Boston Herald, New England’s second-largest newspaper. During those years, the Herald published over 2,000 of his columns. Mr. Feder is currently a consultant and coalitions director of the Ruth Institute.

Columns by Don Feder

Trump’s presidency heralds a patriotic renewal in America

Donald Trump is perfectly positioned to lead a patriotic renewal. While others talk about patriotism, he acts.

January 19, 2025

Carter, Biden orchestrated foreign policy disasters

Presidents Joe Biden and Jimmy Carter, who are exiting the stage of history together, are accidental presidents whose tenures were marked by foreign policy disasters.

January 11, 2025

Pope Francis is anti-Israel because he’s anti-Western civilization

Pope John Paul II, who helped Ronald Reagan topple the Soviet Union, will go down in history as the anti-communist pope.

January 5, 2025

Trump’s victory marks the return of masculinity

The popular mandate of President-elect Donald Trump is an affirmation of traditional masculinity.

December 27, 2024

Without God, America makes no sense

For the first time in 15 years, Hannukah and Christmas will coincide in 2024.

December 21, 2024

Happy days are here again: Like Franklin D. Roosevelt, Trump finds politics fun

While the observation will outrage Democrats and Republicans alike, in terms of style, not politics, President-elect Donald Trump is reminiscent of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

December 15, 2024

Pearl Harbor and the coming war

War is often caused by a failure of imagination.

December 7, 2024

Liberals pay political price for war on families

The media fixate on the gender gap while ignoring the family gap. The latter is one more sign of the Democrats' decline.

November 29, 2024

Thanksgiving, the all-American holiday, unites faith and freedom

More than any other holiday, Thanksgiving reflects the American spirit. Unfortunately, the day's significance is lost in a sea of giblet gravy, Black Friday sales and gridiron contests.

November 23, 2024

Crybaby liberals bawl over election results

This election brought further evidence of society's drift to a crybaby culture. For higher education, democracy means blubbering or throwing a hissy fit if you lose.

November 16, 2024

Elections don’t solve every problem, and politics cannot change the human heart

Elections can have a major impact on the economy, foreign policy and public safety, as President-elect Donald Trump's historic victory surely will.

November 9, 2024

Hollywood goes all in for Harris

This campaign may mark the low point of Hollywood's political influence. All of the pop singers, movie stars and celebrities for Vice President Kamala Harris appear to have had no impact.

November 1, 2024

Career politicians Harris and Walz will not solve our nation’s problems

Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz are products of the tax-spend-elect system. Former President Donald Trump and Sen. J.D. Vance, Ohio Republican, come from outside the system.

October 27, 2024

Trump is not the real threat to democracy

Democrats say former President Donald Trump is a threat to democracy. They apparently believe that repeating something often enough makes it true.

October 20, 2024

Harris is losing male voters for a reason

It's no secret that Vice President Kamala Harris is struggling to attract male voters.

October 12, 2024

Liberals smear conservatives as potential terrorists, ignore real threats to national security

Liberals never miss a chance to smear conservatives as violence-prone fanatics while blithely talking about limiting free speech and reeducation camps for MAGA Republicans.

October 6, 2024

Young women are in an abusive relationship with Democratic Party

The Democratic Party is losing many of its core constituencies, including Blacks and Hispanics, but not young women. They have become its most reliable demographic.

September 27, 2024

Pope Francis says guarding borders is as bad as killing babies

Pope Francis has constructed a bizarre moral equivalence between abortion and border security.

September 20, 2024

Vance brings grandparents into child care debate, angers big government crowd

Sen. JD Vance has done it again. The Ohio Republican offended liberal sensibilities by suggesting an answer to the child care clamor that doesn't involve more government.

September 14, 2024