Haven’t had reason to come to President Obama’s defense much these days, but the brouhaha over his “Polish death camps” misstatement is overblown. If you haven’t followed it, Mr. Obama mistakenly used the term “Polish death camps” in a speech where he clearly meant to say “Nazi death camps in Poland.” Many within the Polish government are […]
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Medal of Freedom?
Bob Dylan? Medal of Freedom? Really?
Read the rest of this entry »Quote of the Day, John Heilemann
“For anyone still starry-eyed about Obama, the months ahead will provide a bracing revelation about what he truly is: not a savior, not a saint, not a man above the fray, but a brass-knuckled, pipe-hitting, red-in-tooth-and-claw brawler determined to do what is necessary to stay in power — in other words, a politician.” — […]
Read the rest of this entry »Newsday Piece: Spare Daughters Fathers’ Pain
I went to a funeral for a friend’s father last week. Ed Suib, a longtime White Plains resident, was 88. I have known his son, Dan, for 32 years. I vaguely knew Mr. Suib had been in the Navy during World War II, but not until his funeral did I, and many others in the synagogue […]
Read the rest of this entry »In Westchester Housing Suit, Follow the Money
Watergate taught us one thing about American politics: follow the money. If you do that, you can learn a lot about why and how things happen. The Westchester low-income-housing dispute with the Obama Administration is no exception. Once you learn how county taxpayers were milked for more than $7 million by a left-wing not-for-profit […]
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http://youtu.be/V9xz4YkUurQ (For the record, this blog has long been a fan of Corey Booker.)
Read the rest of this entry »Cardinal Dolan, 40 Catholic Groups Sue Obama
Cardinal Dolan is really beginning to impress me. This one is going to hurt.
Read the rest of this entry »The Ignored War
More than 47,000 people have been murdered in the six-year-old drug war going on just south of our border in Mexico, many of them gruesomely. The number of Mexicans shot, hanged, and beheaded is on pace with the number of Americans killed in action in the Viet Nam War. More than 58,000 Americans were killed […]
Read the rest of this entry »California’s Default Lines
The New York Post’s multi-talented Kyle Smith, who is both a film critic and a political writer, pens a must-read piece today comparing the fiscally reckless behavior of modern day California and Greece. The latter threatens to take down a continent; the former a nation. Our nation. Mr. Smith’s nearly 2,000-word piece is meticulously researched and compellingly written: Greek and […]
Read the rest of this entry »Newsday Column: Year of the Woman Voter, Uggh
I was hoping that 2012 would turn out to be the year of the female voter. But I’m afraid it will be the year of the woman voter — again. It has been every election year since I can remember. “Women voters” will play a major role in who wins the House of Representatives, the Senate, and […]
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