Regulate Us!: An Energy Producer’s Case for Fracking Rules

BY CHRIS FAULKNER California recently established the most stringent energy-extraction restrictions in the nation. As the CEO of a natural gas firm, you probably think I vigorously opposed these rules. You’d be wrong. In fact, California’s new law is a welcome step in the evolution of the American energy market. One of the biggest inhibitors […]

Steve Forbes: Don’t Let the IMF Become a Putin Toll

EDITORIAL BY STEVE FORBES Originally published by Forbes Putin is counting on a collapse of the Ukrainian economy, which is in shambles, to help Russia effectively regain control of the parts of the country he doesn’t choose to occupy.  Ukraine is loaded with debt of Grecian proportions, and its currency, the hryvnia, is crumbling. The […]

DIANE DIMOND COLUMN: A Whistleblower’s Worst Nightmare

BY DIANE DIMOND  Justice is supposed to be blind. But what happens when it turns out to be blind, deaf and dumb? Sadly, there is not enough space here to tell you the entire 7-year saga of whistleblower Michael Winston, but the bottom line is this: He got royally screwed by the California judicial system. […]

Paladino Throws Bombs at Buffalo Board of Ed

Open Letter to Buffalo Board of Education (BOE) c/o Superintendent Pamela Brown and James Kane To the BOE, In 1999, while Mary Guinn was Superintendent of Schools in Gary, Indiana, she also served on the advisory board of the TargetTeach Program, a product of Evans Newton, Inc. (ENI). Guinn did not immediately disclose her conflict […]

BLESSING IN DISGUISE

Dear North Rockland Community, Last Saturday was a day of blessing in the life of our church. We gathered together as a church family to give thanks to God as our new building was consecrated. Not only has the damage from Hurricane Sandy been repaired – a new fellowship hall has been added! I wasn’t […]

Diane Dimond: An Open Letter to Peter Lanza

Diane Dimond: An Open Letter to Peter Lanza

 BY DIANE DIMOND  “With hindsight, I know Adam would have killed me in a heartbeat, if he’d had the chance … The reason he shot Nancy four times was one for each of us: one for Nancy; one for him; one for Ryan; one for me.” — Peter Lanza, father of mass killer Adam Lanza […]