Opinion & Blogs
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4.3KMay the Space Force be with you: Why new initiative makes sense
In June 2017, a contingent of congressional representatives recommended dividing the Air Force’s Space Force mission into two separate undertakings: to focus...
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5.2KA response to the attack on journalism by the White House’s bullying pulpit
We’ve been complacent. We thought everybody knew how important a free press was to our world and that all this talk about...
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4.3KNo silver lining for remorseless kickback kingpin Sheldon Silver
As one of the most powerful people in New York, former state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver spent years using his public office...
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6.2KA First Contact Event: Examining the human response to alien life
The setting was a conference room at the U.S. Department of State. A podium displayed the seal of the Department of State,...
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3.2KNY continues to ignore widespread legislative misconduct with new bill
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is right now considering signing a bill into law that would create a commission to investigate possible misconduct by prosecutors....
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4.0KLayoffs at NYC tabloid speak volumes about newspaper crisis
Over the last decade and a half, we’ve been bombarded with reports about large and small newspapers cutting their staff, reducing their...
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14.5KThe decline in UFO sightings continues
The June 5 New York Skies article “Close encounters with UFOs are getting harder to find” discussed the falloff in UFO sighting...
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8.3KCuomo’s excuse for sleazy government errors and corruption is shameful
This spring and summer have been open season for prosecutors hunting down the public corruption that remains rampant in New York state...
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4.0KHypocrisy looms again in newest Supreme Court justice battle
For the second time in two years, the U.S. Supreme Court will play a role in a national election. And yet, it’s rather...
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9.3KUFOs: The Greatest Story Never Told
People ask me all the time why the government won’t come clean about UFOs and perhaps the ET presence. After all, based...
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3.8KNew Jersey Civic Info Bill to subsidize local press comes with risks
Publicly funded local journalism? It sounds strange, but it is poised to become a reality in New Jersey. Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy is on...
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2.9KProgressive pushback in the Democratic Party could push out the old guard
In my March 8, 2017, column “Tea Party-Style Anger Brewing Within Democrat Circles,” I wrote that a Tea Party-type insurgency was in...
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2.4KShooting in Annapolis was an attack on local journalism
Fake. Bias. The enemy of the people. Those are just some of the barbaric words that some everyday people and politicians love...
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3.5KNew York lawmakers go home after doing the Capitol Sidestep on ethics
It really is incredible. Even as a bid-rigging trial of one of the state’s largest economic development projects was taking place and a corruption retrial...
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4.4KWith funds steadily drying, can the Social Security program be saved?
In the year 2034, there will be a total solar eclipse, the 27th Winter Olympics will be held and the European Space Agency is scheduled...
