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Do the City and State of New York Want People In Brooklyn To Buy Cars?

Last July, our old Saturn wagon finally gave out after 17 years, lasting five more years than the GM...

Basic civics teaches us that the US senate has 100 seats; with each state having two representatives therein. It...

Normally I have a good sense of which way an election will sway with less than a month to...

So much for all that happy talk about American energy independence. With the solar energy booming, domestic fossil fuel...

The 2013 data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey was been rolling out over the last few...

The federal House of Representatives is not the most popular group of politicians these days, and for good reason....

Over the years I’ve noted that New York’s seniors pay far less in state and local taxes than young...

This post is the second in the series. Relative spending on Medicaid, comparing New York State with other states...

For decades New York State’s Medicaid program has been the most costly in the nation, with a disproportionate share...

I spoke earlier about purging the fringe elements from the left and right. Let me tell you a story...