No time or need to elaborate much on this, but George Will is brilliant this morning on the Roberts decision. He sees Roberts’s call as a gift to conservatism for two reasons, most importantly that it struck down the mandate under the Interstate Commerce argument and approved it only as a tax. And, secondly, Mr. […]
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Quote of the Day, Patrick Gaspard, DNC
‘It’s constitutional, bitches.’ — Democratic National Committee Executive Patrick Gaspard on SCOTUS Obamacare ruling. (I’d lay the odds of him keeping his job at 50-50.)
Read the rest of this entry »Hat’s Off to Wendy Long
Constitutional scholar Wendy Long was a veritable unknown in New York politics five months ago. Today she is the Republican and Conservative nominee for United States Senate to face Senator Kirsten Gillibrand in November. That’s no easy feat. Ms. Long has wowed political leaders in her short time in the public view through her brains and convictions — and […]
Read the rest of this entry »Bob Turner for U.S. Senate
There are a handful of people I’ve met in life who I wish I was more like. Bob Turner is one of them. The television-executive-turned-congressman is one of those rare souls who truly knows who is he is. Anyone meeting Bob Turner for the first time quickly learns that, not through his words — Bob […]
Read the rest of this entry »UPDATE: Let Karen the Bus Driver Retire
http://youtu.be/l93wAqnPQwk UPDATE: THE GOAL OF THIS CAMPAIGN WAS TO RAISE $5,000 OVER A 30 DAY PERIOD. AS OF 5;45 PM (EST) — IN FEWER THAN 24 HOURS — MORE THAN $332,000 HAS COME IN. This is a heartbreaking video that is becoming a heartwarming story. The video is of a Rochester’s area bus monitor being […]
Read the rest of this entry »Quote of the Day, Jonah Goldberg
“The problem for the Democratic Party is that its core philosophy and mechanisms are increasingly ill-suited to our times.” National Review’s Jonah Goldberg in his recent piece, Are the Dems Doomed?
Read the rest of this entry »The Monkey on My Back
A few months ago, I pulled off the Cross County Parkway in Yonkers at dinner time and walked into a Friday’s. I wasn’t there to eat, but to rob the place. The waiting room was packed with families. I worked my way through them — ‘scuse me, pardon me, ‘scuse me — and found what I was […]
Read the rest of this entry »Quote of the Day, Gov. Cuomo
“Large quantities of alcohol late at night with multiple lawmakers.” — New York Governor Andrew Cuomo quip on the secret of his legislative success in Albany. (Full story.)
Read the rest of this entry »Coney Island Kids Defend USA, USA!
http://youtu.be/_X3Hkx-Liwk A group of parents from PS 90 in Coney Island, Brooklyn and their children joined with Congressman Bob Turner (NY-9, Queens-Brooklyn) today to sing “God Bless the U.S.” outside the school after the PS 90 principal prohibited them from singing the song — which they had long practiced — at a graduation event. Cute […]
Read the rest of this entry »The Economy Freak Out
Note to Westchester homeowners: Don’t get a reappraisal — unless you absolutely have to. This is one case where ignorance is better than knowledge. Trust me. My wife and I got our house reappraised last month. It was like a 2-by-4 upside the head. We knew it would sting, but we had no idea how […]
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