BY PAT BUCHANAN In his Kremlin defense of Russia’s annexation of Crimea, Vladimir Putin, even before he began listing the battles where Russian blood had been shed on Crimean soil, spoke of an older deeper bond. Crimea, said Putin, “is the location of ancient Khersones, where Prince Vladimir was baptized. His spiritual feat of adopting […]
EDITORIAL FROM NYGOP 1. New York is the most taxed, most regulated, least business-friendly state in America, just like it was when Andrew Cuomo took office. 2. Sheldon Silver, who protected and enabled serial sexual abusers in his caucus, is still the Speaker of the Assembly. 3. The Cuomo administration said they needed “90 days” […]
BY DIANE DIMOND As far as crime laboratories go, it is not very impressive-looking. And it is not very big, with a permanent staff of just three forensic scientists and a few interns. But the work product that comes out of the Veterinarian Forensic Lab at the University of California, Davis is important, and it […]
By NYS Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman This week, Michael Lewis, the author of the new book “Flash Boys,” told “60 Minutes” that “the stock market is rigged” by exchanges and high-frequency traders that use superfast computers, lightning-quick data networks and complex algorithms to execute enormous volumes of stock trades in milliseconds. Now that high-frequency […]
BY DREW JOHNSON While running for reelection in 2012, President Obama repeatedly claimed that he would pursue an “all of the above” energy policy. But after winning a second term, his administration seems to have decided that “all of the above” doesn’t include oil, natural gas or coal. In just the past year, the Environmental […]
To the Editor, Yes, as Ramapo town attorney Michael Klein tells us in this week’s Journal News, the stadium was a joint project between Ramapo and the Ramapo Local Development Corporation (LDC). What he does not tell you is that it was an illegal joint project. The LDC was created in accordance with New York […]