In a last-ditch effort to draw voters to the polls before the midterm elections, President Obama stood before Democrats at a rally in Southern California and said, “If Latinos sit out the election …
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Al D'Amato
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11/12/10
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Concussions are not to be taken lightly. They have become a serious issue and have taken the national stage, especially after the National Football League recently decided to stiffen penalties for …
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11/12/10
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Lately I’ve been practicing medicine without a license. Haven’t we all? And don’t we have to?
Ten years ago, my endocrinologist suggested I start taking Fosomax after a bone density test …
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Randi Kreiss
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11/12/10
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On Oct. 20, National Public Radio fired longtime liberal news analyst Juan Williams as a result of comments he made on Fox’s “The O’Reilly Factor.”
Specifically, Williams told Bill …
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Alfonse D’Amato
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11/12/10
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The elections are now history. There were surprise winners and a few surprise losers on Long Island. Most voters don’t think that far ahead, but because of the climate we live in, 2011 won’t be a …
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Jerry Kremer
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11/12/10
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In 2004, New York University’s Brennan Center for Justice published a report on the performance — or should we say the underperformance — of the New York State Legislature. The report’s first …
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11/12/10
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Back in early August, I began to consider writing a series of columns on reforming New York’s dysfunctional state government. Friends and neighbors were not aware of my interest in this subject; others suggested that no amount of disclosure and transparency could possibly make a difference.
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Hal Peterson
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11/10/10
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Rage is all the rage this political season, but fear seems more apt — their rage, my fear.
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Randi Kreiss
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10/28/10
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The Egyptian pharaohs, who ruled the Nile River Valley from 3150 B.C. to 30 B.C., favored what we call Keynesian macroeconomic theory. That is, they liked big-government projects — obelisks, temples, pyramids.
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Scott Brinton
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10/28/10
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Last week, the state inspector general issued a scathing 308-page report on why the process of selecting a new operator of a casino at Aqueduct Racetrack was hopelessly flawed and wrought with influence peddling and corruption.
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Al D'Amato
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10/28/10
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