Category: News and Opinion

The 9/11 attack was a disaster by any measure, with nearly 2,000 people killed in NYC, the loss of 15 million square feet of office space, and months of disruption. But was the response, and the fear, disproportionate, with two wars and a host of new security intrusions? Is the actual toll of what happened on that day, as large as it was, small compared with the negative effect on the United States, economically, fiscally, psychologically, and in global relations? What shouldn’t be forgotten is that what actually happened that day was only one tenth what most people believed had happened, and/or feared might happen soon.

It‘s pre-primary rush time, as I attempt before the election to do at least three pieces I’ve outlined in my mind, as well as at least one more Gateway, and still see my parents before they go back to Florida.

SCHENKLER: "The fact is, any of the other half dozen-plus candidates mentioned for the Democratic designation would have done better."

The New York Times reports that Democrats led by a gutless president are bending to the will of extremist Republicans and caving to demands for cuts to Social Security and Medicare.  This is a betrayal of the base of the Democratic Party – Middle America and our vulnerable senior citizens.

This article will skip over the 54^th AD race, which deserves an article of its own. Hope I get to it.

Let’s not even talk about how the president’s job speech is three years too late.  Let’s not stand in awe of his soaring oratory.  Let’s not frown upon the grim faces of Refusenik Republicans.  And let’s just dismiss the staged applause of Democrats.

Tea Party extremism threatens the nation and rides rough shod over the president.  America is a liberal country at heart where most people identify with the Democratic Party.  America is looking for an alternative to the president but is turned off by the Republican presidential candidates who can only be described as an assorted group of cranks and misfits.

While the idea that this can be settled with a beer seems a product of drinking too much Kool-Aid, we should put the Jumaane Williams disgrace put in context–Rudy would right now be in the process of releasing Jumaane's juvie record, and leading the cops in a Uncategorized

Many students today strive to enter internships while in college.  The programs can be demanding with little or nothing in the way of pay.  While I was in law school I did internships with a New York State Supreme Court justice, the Richmond County District Attorney and the New York Stock Exchange and enjoyed every minute of it.

Hesh Rabkin: "How come Cuomo has not gotten any heat for covering up Darryl Towns' arrest for a month like Mike is getting for Goldsmith?"