5/9/08
Wright vs. wrong
By ANDREW CONNORS The Baltimore Sun As a Christian preacher listening to the controversy over the Rev. Jeremiah A....
Get control of Thruway toll hikes
Despite protests from the governor, the state comptroller, lawmakers from every corner of New York, and throngs of...
Vultures circle the fresh kill
I don't know how you felt about PETA lurching into an attack on jockey Gabriel Saez when the thoroughbred filly Eight...
5/8/08
Music Reviews
Carly Simon 'This Kind Of Love' After four decades as one of the world's top singer/songwriters, with a truckload...
Reining in racehorse injuries
As we explore the limits of physical performance, sports trend toward the more extreme, even if it harms rather than...
A big slap at schoolchildren
By GEORGE McGOVERN and BOB DOLE The Washington Post WASHINGTON — How can the world's hungriest schoolchildren be...
Texting taboos
Instead of spending time talking and connecting with their uncle, the kids' attention was usurped by insidious...
5/7/08
Turn off, tune out
By MEGHAN DAUM Los Angeles Times Albert Hofmann, the Swiss chemist who invented LSD, died last week at the age of 102....
A wing, a prayer and the FAA
What gives with the Federal Aviation Administration? A month ago, the flying public learned that aircraft inspectors...
Letter to the editor
Nutrition outreach, education available To the editor: Do you know someone over age 60 who is having trouble paying for...
5/6/08
A wing, a prayer and the FAA
What gives with the Federal Aviation Administration? A month ago, the flying public learned that aircraft inspectors...
The skinny on happiness
Happiness is in the data. That doesn't bode well for folks on the political left.
Knock Chalmers down
The city's Common Council will vote tonight on a proposal to give a Long Island developer an option for the possible...
Fueling the fire
In case you haven't noticed, gas prices are soaring, hiking the cost of food and just about everything else. If you...
5/5/08
Check, mate
By ANDREW CARROLL The Washington Post Starting last week, more than 100 million Americans will receive checks from the...
Obama taking a stand on fuel
If the United States had a sensible energy policy, a higher federal excise tax on motor fuels would definitely be a part...
To the editor:
Now is not the time for tax increases To the editor: The election for the GASD Board of Education will be here on May...
Bringing the world to the classroom - a competitive edge in today's global marketplace
By ARLENE M. SPENCER One of the key elements of the Vision and Mission at Fulton-Montgomery Community College is to be a...
5/4/08
The days in the home-school yard
By STEFAN MERRILL BLOCK Los Angeles Times When I tell people that I was home schooled, I frequently encounter an...
What a president does
We go through months of debating and never really discuss the job By JOEL ACHENBACH
Block the road all n-i-i-ight
According to a recent newspaper article that I carefully clipped out and then lost but I remember the gist of, traffic...
Push for fuel-efficient vehicles
The price of gas is through the roof, a new report confirms that smog shortens people's lives, and the disruption of...
Beware of men in space suits
Have you ever had the chance in the comforts of your home with all the amenities to watch a 1950s outer space movie? Of...
Gotta have hope
John McCain has been on the Republican equivalent of a Bed-Stuy tour. Bedford-Stuyvesant was once a frequent campaign...
Fight back against Big Oil
So now we have the presidential candidates running around telling voters that they will help solve the problem of high...
5/3/08
More perfect unions
By HAROLD MEYERSON The Washington Post The relationship between Barack Obama and the white working class is beginning...
Letters to the editor
Annual hotcake dinner was a success To the editor: A heartfelt thank you to all of those wonderful people who helped...
Trooper death awaits explanation
On Gov. Paterson's lengthy list of business left over from the Spitzer administration is an important issue concerning...