Last year, just before the November election, Hofstra University was fortunate enough to host a presidential debate. Prior to the debate, a variety of well-known political figures were invited to speak on the campus.
more
4/25/13
|
Living in New York state and not traveling outside the region on a periodic basis leaves me disconnected from the rest of the world. A very wise person once told me that to understand what is happening in our lives, we must leave home from time to time.
more
4/11/13
|
Within a few days after you read this, New York state will have a new budget. It will mark the earliest budget passage in the past 30 years.
more
3/28/13
|
Some years ago, when my daughters were teenagers, they taught me an expression that I think of from time to time: Too much information.
more
3/14/13
|
A great philosopher once said that “the two professions for which there is no formal training are politics and motherhood.”
more
2/28/13
|
Presidential candidate Mitt Romney got himself into a lot of trouble last year by making disparaging remarks about the so-called “47 percent” of Americans who rely on the government for their needs.
more
2/14/13
|
If there’s one thing I can’t stand, it’s a cheater. My rule applies to athletes who take steroids to gain an advantage over their competitors, or my neighbor who calls my tennis shots out of bounds even though he knows the balls were inside the line.
more
1/31/13
|
There is a lot of emotion surrounding the current debate about making our gun-control laws more rational, and not too many facts.
more
1/17/13
|
Unless I hear some credible dissenting voices, I’m going to vote for 2012 as one of the worst years in recent history.
more
1/3/13
|
Some doctors tell us that us “time heals all wounds,” but for the victims of Hurricane Sandy, a great deal remains to be done, and the public has to be reminded of it as often as possible.
more
12/13/12
|