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

‘No Kings’ protests mock democracy, not defend it

The "No Kings" protests, brought to you by the League of Sore Losers, represent an assault on democracy. Published November 2, 2025

Samuel Huntington’s ‘clash of civilizations’ reaches America’s shores

Samuel Huntington's classic "The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order," first published in 1996, may be the most insightful book written about terrorism's war on the West. Published October 26, 2025

Democrats are driven by rage and resentment

Democrats aren't fit to be part of the political debate. Published October 19, 2025

Believing the impossible now defines American politics

They used to say that politics is the art of the possible. Today, politics is the art of believing the impossible. Published October 12, 2025

Mamdani vs. Cuomo: Sudden death or a slow-acting poison

In explaining how the Bolsheviks came to power in 1917, novelist and philosopher Ayn Rand said: "You can't beat something with nothing." Published October 5, 2025

Democrats shout fascist while behaving like Brownshirts

Louisiana Gov. Huey Long, Democrat and Depression-era populist, predicted in 1935, "When fascism comes to America, it will come under the guise of anti-fascism." It's coming true before our eyes. Published September 28, 2025

The left was born in bloodshed

The left was born in the bloodshed of the French Revolution. The crimson tide has run wide and deep ever since. Published September 21, 2025

Democrats demand more gun control

Today's generic headlines read: "Democrat demands stricter gun control." Which Democrat? Flip a coin. Published September 14, 2025

The Minneapolis massacre and the left’s war on God

The victims who were killed and wounded in the Annunciation Catholic School shooting in Minneapolis were the latest casualties in the left's war on God. Published September 7, 2025

God save democracy from its so-called defenders on the left

Louis XIV declared, "I am the state." The motto of today's Democratic Party should be "Democracy is us." Supporting anything we oppose is a threat to democracy. Published August 31, 2025

Jewish liberals defend their religion

In 1993, I gave a speech to The Heritage Foundation in Washington titled "Making Sense of Jewish Liberalism." Published August 24, 2025

Big cities are the face of the Democratic Party

Once, cities were fun. I used to love walking around the District of Columbia, visiting sites such as the National Archives Building and the Lincoln Memorial, paeans in stone to our greatness. Published August 17, 2025

Pope Leo should tell Catholics: Marry young, have many children

At a Mass concluding the recent Jubilee Youth Celebration in Rome, Pope Leo XIV urged the more than 1 million young people in attendance to "spread enthusiasm and witness your faith." Published August 10, 2025

Let the Palestinians have their state on the French Riviera

French President Emmanuel Macron's announcement that France will recognize a Palestinian state is another chapter in the long, lamentable history of French antisemitism. Published August 3, 2025

We need a Billionaires Appreciation Day

Zohran Mamdani, the meshugganah Marxist running for New York mayor, said recently: "I don't think we should have billionaires, because, frankly, it is so much money in a moment of such inequality." Published July 27, 2025

New ‘Superman’ movie is a woke joke

"Superman," which opened in theaters on July 13, isn't woke, woke critics insist. Published July 20, 2025

America’s fertility crisis makes assisted suicide a slippery slope

It is touted as compassionate, a way to end unnecessary suffering of the terminally ill, but with fertility rates falling fast, assisted suicide could open the door to euthanasia, which would target the elderly. Published July 13, 2025

Socialism in a suit: Zohran Mamdani’s great leap backward for New York City

Like an act at a carnival freak show, Zohran Kwame Mamdani, the Democratic candidate for mayor of New York, is both fascinating and nauseating. Published July 6, 2025

The world should celebrate America’s birthday

On July 4, America will be 249 years old. Our friends abroad should join patriots at home in celebrating the miracle that is the United States of America. Published June 29, 2025