Hurricane Irene was the first hurricane to touch ground in the U.S. since 2008. For the first time in its history, the New York City transportation system was shut down. Mayor Bloomberg and our local … more

The newly announced candidate for the Republican presidential primary, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, has created media buzz. According to the most recent Rasmussen poll, Perry was leading fellow Republican candidate Mitt Romney by 13 points just days after confirming his presidential run. more

On Friday, Aug. 5, just days after Congress passed and the president signed a deal to raise the nation’s debt ceiling, Standard & Poor’s announced that it was downgrading our debt … more

On Aug. 1, the president signed and Congress passed a half-baked bill raising the debt ceiling, Nassau County residents voted 57 to 43 percent against a taxpayer-funded initiative to rebuild Nassau Coliseum, and I celebrated my 74th birthday. more

Nassau County residents: County Executive Ed Mangano left the decision in your hands. On Monday, you decided on a referendum to borrow $400 million for a new Nassau Coliseum and minor league ballpark at the Hub, as it is known. more

Unless you’ve been living under a rock this summer, your daily news has been consumed by the sensational cases of Dominique Strauss-Kahn and Casey Anthony. These two examples of the American criminal justice system point to the adage that while the law is blind, it need not be deaf and dumb, too. more

The U.S. government faces a historic choice over the next very few years: get our fiscal house in order or see our status as a world economic power permanently lost in an avalanche of debt. Fiscal responsibility knows no party or ideological bounds. It is neither Democratic nor Republican, liberal or conservative. If our economy falters, the consequences will be dire for us all. Our children and grandchildren will face the very real prospect of living less well off than previous generations. The American Dream of ever-growing prosperity will evaporate. Our future will look more like that of bankrupt Greece. more

In the 10 years since the 9/11 attacks on the U.S., we have lost 6,000 brave soldiers’ lives, seen countless wounded and spent a trillion dollars on wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. The immediate response to the attack on the U.S. homeland was fully justified, as we have a right to go after those terrorists who would attack us. more

The relationship between the U.S. and Pakistan has always been described as turbulent. Even though the U.S. considers Pakistan an ally in the war on terror, there has always been a degree of tension between our government and Pakistani leaders. more

When confronted with the now-infamous crotch photo, Congressman Anthony Wiener said that he could not declare with “certitude” that it was his crotch that was tweeted. Of course, we all now know now that Weiner knew with “certitude” that it was in fact him and that he had taken the picture. more