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President Trump’s controversial travel ban suffered a setback when the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals voted to uphold the block on his executive order. The ruling . . . more
Like him or not, President Obama will always be remembered as a transformational figure. The 44th president, the first African-American, is a tremendous orator who promised . . . more
Sgt. Maj. Daniel Breier was on Mindanao Island in the Philippines on Aug. 14, 1945—after more than a year of bloody combat to expel Japanese troops clinging to the territory. The naval guns of … more
On Sept. 26, our very own Hofstra University hosted the first of three presidential debates between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. This was the third time . . . more
On June 2, 1865, Confederate Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith, commander of the Confederate forces west of the Mississippi, signed surrender terms offered by the Union army. more
There has been a recent spate of hateful incidents in Nassau County and elsewhere that make it clear that we still have a long way to go to teach ignorant adults and youths that racism, homophobia, sexism, bullying and all other forms of intolerance are offensive and unacceptable, and definitely not funny. more
I think of you as fellow travelers. We are, after all, living our lives in sync, reading the same news, reacting to the same events. more
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