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Please don’t be giving me a ribbon-tied basket of assorted chocolates or a gift card for iTunes this season, not that there’s anything wrong with these products.
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by Randi Kreiss
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12/9/10
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An Asian woman, probably in her 60s, dressed plainly but smartly, folded a dollar bill into my son Andrew’s hand and insisted that he take it. She spoke little English.
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by Scott Brinton
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12/9/10
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Whether it was in front of Congress or at a town hall in Montana, President Obama assured the American people that Obama-Care would cut medical costs and make it possible for everyone to have health insurance.
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by Al D'Amato
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12/9/10
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Over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, the Nassau County Police Department nabbed 87 drunken drivers –– count ’em, 87 –– during a stepped-up enforcement effort. In Suffolk County, police reported 60 arrests.
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12/9/10
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Like many of you, I pray every day that God will keep my family and my country safe from the threat of terrorism.
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Al D'Amato
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12/2/10
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Once upon a time (actually it was 1968, but it might as well have been once upon a time), my brand new husband and I traveled to Bermuda for our wedding trip. I wore the standard travel outfit: a dress and matching coat ensemble, white high heels, pastel gloves and a straw hat. My husband wore a sport coat; he carried his two favorite Swiss Army knives in his pocket and a fishing knife in his molded plastic carry-on.
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by Randi Kreiss
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12/2/10
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For some unexplained reason, success in politics is measured by what happens in the first 100 days of a politician’s time in office. For Gov.-elect Andrew Cuomo, his success or progress will be held to the same standard, however unrealistic it may be.
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Jerry Kremer
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12/2/10
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With holiday time upon us, many people have giving on their minds. We enjoy the tradition of giving gifts to our loved ones, but also at this time of year, it’s important to think of those who have little, who may get no gifts at all.
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12/2/10
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During his campaign, Governor-elect Andrew Cuomo’s transition team released a detailed and well-annotated report outlining plans for “Rightsizing Government.”
The report’s findings and recommendations reiterate much of what the previous columns in this series have suggested: that New York state’s Public Authorities and agencies have “become too big, too expensive, and too ineffective — an ever proliferating tangle of boards, commissions, councils, departments, divisions, offices, task forces and public authorities, [that] the taxpaying public can no longer afford.“
Amen.
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Hal Peterson
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12/1/10
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Of course it isn’t just the little things that count; you need the big things in place to be able to appreciate the little things. You must have good health, people to love, a roof over your head, food on your table, something useful to do in the world, a dog at your side and peace of mind.
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Randi Kreiss
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11/25/10
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