Has Liberalism become Leftism in America? The two aren’t necessarily synonymous. One could be liberal and not Leftist. But is the distinction less visible today? A key characteristic (perhaps the defining characteristic) of Leftism is the denial of evil. The world, for the Leftist believer, is a struggle between […]

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DO YOU CLOSE THE BLINDS? (From a person who’s there, in the midst…)
The other day, my nine-year-old son wanted to know why we were at war. My husband looked at our son and then looked at me. My husband and I were in the Army during the Gulf War and we would be honored to […]

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Spitzer’s Rent
Eliot Spitzer’s gubernatorial opponents have accused him of not offering any actual ideas and, well, New Yorkers are starting to see why: Whenever he does venture a proposal, it turns out to be a bad one. The latest example? Rent control. Mr. Spitzer thinks the city needs more of it. His desire to perpetuate […]

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Pataki’s Vetoes - August 18, 2006 - The New York Sun
Governor Pataki deserves a cheer from New York taxpayers for a series of vetoes of overly generous pension sweeteners and other measures that would have tilted the field in favor of the state’s already powerful public employee unions. One of the bills would have granted […]

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Empire Information Services: News Story
SPITZER SUIT AGAINST FORMER NYSE CHAIRMAN: A PUBLIC SERVICE, OR A PUBLIC RELATIONS SQUANDER?
Medicaid Fraud on Back Burner as Taxpayers Fund Glitzy, Costly, Multi-year Investigation
ALBANY, NY — (08/17/2006; 1131)(EIS) — Republican and Conservative candidate for governor John Faso today called on Attorney General Eliot Spitzer to disclose how much his suit […]

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STAR Fails the Test of Sound Tax Policy
We really want to spend less of our money on taxes, any taxes. It may surprise some people in Albany, but New York State taxes per capita are the highest of any state in the nation save Maine (according to the Tax Foundation).
Where do you suppose the kind, […]

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Gov. Pataki Vetoes More Than 70 Bills
ALBANY (1010 WINS) — In what may be a final slap at the Legislature, Gov. George Pataki on Thursday rejected pension sweeteners for public workers in powerful unions that were approved by lawmakers this election year.
Pataki also extended a program that subsidizes electricity costs for businesses that […]

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Immigrants Swell Numbers Near New York - New York Times
Immigrants have continued to surge into metropolitan New York since 2000, according to census figures released today, and that increase, combined with high birth rates, has elevated the foreign-born and their children in New York City itself to fully 60 percent of the population. The rate […]

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WBEN 930 : County Lawmakers Push For New Law
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) - Three Erie County legislators are pushing for a new local law aimed at curbing the use of illegal immigrants who work for companies hired by the county.
Michael Ranzenhofer says they want companies to verify all workers are legal, taxpaying residents before they secure […]

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Is Congress spending your money in secret?
Congress is considering a bill — the Labor, Health and Human Services appropriations measure — that presently contains 1,867 earmarks worth more than a half-billion tax dollars and averaging nearly $268,000 each. Many are for things that sound like worthy causes such as “hospital facilities and equipment,” yet none […]

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