Race for NYC Mayor. Bill Thompson, Christine Quinn, or Police Commissioner Ray Kelly
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Nelson Mandela has turned 93. The lessons he taught me about life
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A few thoughts on this Sunday
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Our hearts are with the family of Leiby Kletzky, the 8-year-old Brooklyn boy who got lost while walking home alone from day camp in his Orthodox Jewish neighborhood and was killed and dismembered by a stranger he had asked for directions. Leiby’s remains were found stuffed in a trash bin and the man's refrigerator, police said last week. The suspect, Levi Aron has been charged with murder.
Shocking new study. Prison can actually extend the life of black men
|Or should this be a wake up call for the times we live in. Frankly where do you file this one?
The surprising new study says prison can actually extend the life-span of black men.
The study out of North Carolina found black males were about half as likely to die at any given time if they were behind bars instead of on the streets.
Historic Vote. Huge Victory for Gay Community and Gov. Cuomo
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Rev. Sharpton, President Obama & the Black vote. Has obama delivered?
|If you don’t believe Al Sharpton is emerging as “the president” of black America, just look at who’s speaking Wednesday at his annual National Action Network conference: President Barack Obama.
Timing is important. The nation’s first black president has largely finessed the topic of race. But Obama is now facing growing criticism from some African-American leaders that he lacks a “black agenda.”
A few Thoughts on this Sunday
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Governor Cuomo is riding high.
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Normally this time of year with the budget and all, NY Governors are running for cover, but not Cuomo.
The latest Siena College Poll out Monday morning shows Cuomo with the highest approval rating ever for a governor during six years of the college’s statewide polling. A sky high 77 percent of New York voters, despite the problems of the economy and the possibility that 10,000 state workers may be laid off, feels Cuomo is headed in the right direction. That’s not all.
UFT ad blasts Bloomberg
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“Mayor Bloomberg sees things differently than the rest of us. Our schools are short of money. Yet he refuses to ask millionaires to pay their fair share. He says class size doesn’t matter.”
That’s how the teachers’ union starts it's new TV ad attacking Mayor Bloomberg for pushing to repeal the “Last In/First Out” state law that requires teachers be laid off based on seniority rather than merit during a budget crisis.
