Elected leaders often look upon the Freedom of Information Act with barely disguised disapproval, and more often with outright disdain. Heck, the president who signed the act . . .
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3/23/17
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In 1917, the International Committee of the Red Cross received its first of three Nobel Peace Prizes for its life-saving work on the nightmarish battlefields of World War I. The Long Island chapter of the Red Cross was founded . . .
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3/16/17
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It was America, in its earliest days. The settlers were religious and community-minded, good people who cared for their children and worked desperately to survive in a forbidding environment. They were settlers of the Massachusetts Bay Colony . . .
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3/3/17
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Well, far-left liberals got exactly what they wanted: a caricature of a president against whom a resistance movement could coalesce. Right-wing conservatives got exactly what they wanted . . .
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2/17/17
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We were supposed to have been healed by now, right? With the first African-American president finally elected not once but twice, the nation was supposed to be . . .
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2/2/17
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Russia. Friend? Enemy? Campaign and political pawn is more like it these days.
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12/22/16
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It should come as no surprise that Hillary Clinton and her family have become embroiled in yet another scandal. The Clinton email scandal is the gift that keeps on giving . . .
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9/1/16
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The nonprofit group Reclaim New York filed a lawsuit on June 7 in Nassau County Supreme Court against the Elmont School District for failing to comply with a Freedom of Information Law …
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By Steve Smirti
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6/15/16
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Gary Johnson? Who is this guy, you ask? He is the most prominent of the alternative candidates who will be joining Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton . . .
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6/9/16
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Last week, Donald Trump gave Americans a glimpse into a Trump presidency in his first foreign policy speech. He promised a “coherent foreign policy based upon American interests and the shared interests . . .
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5/5/16
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