Opinion

Student enrollment in public schools in New York state is down to nearly its lowest point in close to 30 years. The reason for the drastic drop shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone living through our state’s appalling economic conditions — people are fleeing in droves to escape sky-high taxes and the cost of […]

Suppose you run a small business, maybe a diner, or a shop, or a repair service. And suppose you hold strong political and social views. You hate this candidate and love his opponent. You hate — or love — gun laws. You love — or hate — Planned Parenthood. You think climate-change deniers are idiots —

If you take a dim view of our political parties, you’re in sterling company. So did George Washington. In his famous Farewell Address, our first president warned us against “the baneful effects of the spirit of [political] party.” A political party, he wrote, “agitates the community with ill-founded jealousies and false alarms, kindles the animosity

You are being censored. You are being “watched” and rated articles you might read are being withheld from you. If you are on any social-media platform, that is. Welcome to the era of Big Brother. If you use its service, Facebook rates you. According to what you read and write. It catalogues your comments and

It has been five years since the Cuomo administration sought approval from the Federal Highway Administration (FHA) to install promotional “I Love NY” signs along major roadways across the state. The request was denied, but Gov. Cuomo and his administration ignored the FHA and put up more than 500 signs in a display of arrogance.

In my mind, one of the most selfless things a person can do is to be a living organ donor. In order to give the gift of life to another, a living organ donor not only sacrifices a part of his or her body for another, but also endures the necessary medical procedure, the healing, and

My office received several calls regarding Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s recent “conditional” pardons of more than 24,000 convicted felons who are currently on parole. The calls were prompted because it became known that at least 77 sexual predators were among the 24,000 felons who received conditional pardons. Further, although unrelated to the 24,000 “conditional” pardons, the governor

You know these words, but how often do you stop to think about them? “We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity…”  They

Let’s objectively see if they work For this discussion, let us set Donald Trump aside. Let us ignore him. It’s not easy, because he seems to be everywhere. Let us look at the latest U.S. policies. He will get credit for all. But the policies are really created by many people. They have been itching for

People are concerned about the direction our state is headed. We have some of the highest property taxes in the U.S., a sluggish economy, and an onslaught of corruption cases and other scandals involving taxpayer dollars. The following are some questions I am frequently asked on these important issues and some ideas on how to