“Political correctness does not legislate tolerance, it only organizes hatred.” - Jacques Barzun I can’t help but recall the beloved…
We’re one month in and 2016 has already dealt us some huge losses. If you’re like me, you felt your…
It seems like everybody loves to beat up on New York. It was no different as presidential candidate Ted…
Ever since you sent me to Albany five years ago, I’ve often repeated that one of my fundamental goals was…
T hose of you reading this column who have significant others already know that you learn an awful lot of…
Like most kids growing up, my friends and I would occasionally get into some trouble. And like most kids we…
I generally tend to steer clear of Washington D.C. politics in these letters with you. It’s seems a strenuous…
These days we hear the word “tragedy” thrown about frequently in the press. Every natural disaster, calamity or heartbreaking…
At this time of year I think back to the last few weeks of school as they wound down to…
Exasperated is the only word that can describe how I felt as Long Island buried yet another of her heroes,…
It was the unflappable Winston Churchill, who said, “Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all those other…
I often marvel at the resiliency of the human spirit. More often than not it’s reflected in a person’s…
I used to chuckle when an old friend of mine would say someone had “just one oar in the water.” …
A college education today is expensive … ridiculously expensive. Most families with dreams of sending a child to college need…
Just mention a tax break and New Yorkers’ eyes light up with sheer joy. You can’t blame us. We…
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