The Diagnosis of Obamacare

The Diagnosis of Obamacare

BY DR. JEFFREY OPPENHEIM, MAYOR OF MONTEBELLO In 2010, former speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, said of the then pending Obamacare bill, “we have to pass the [health care] bill so that you can find out what is in it.” These words may live in infamy as the country begins now to […]

Race Fatigue

Race Fatigue

BY DERRYCK GREEN A New Visions Commentary Help me, I’m suffering from acute race fatigue! After gavel-to-gavel coverage of the George Zimmerman trial, I need a break. After all the post-verdict anger, lamentations and inane discussions about what it is to be a black man in America, I’m exhausted. After watching President Obama liken himself […]

THE FRONT MAN

THE FRONT MAN

BY KEVIN D. WILLIAMSON Originally published by the National Review (www.nationalreview.com) Conservatives have for years attempted to put our finger upon precisely why Barack Obama strikes us as queer in precisely the way he does. There is an alienness about him, but his citizen-of-the-world shtick is strictly sophomore year — the great globalist does not […]

Obamacare Madness: Medicaid Already a Proven Failure

BY SALLY C. PIPES State legislators across the country are wrestling with whether to expand Medicaid, with the bulk of the funding to come from the federal government, thanks to Obamacare. Thus far, a substantial number of states have rebuffed the feds’ offer — or are leaning that way. They’re right to do so. The […]

Letter to the Editor: PETERS BASHES SPARACO

Dear Clarkstown Residents, In response to the Sparaco interview by “Our Town,’ I have concluded that Frank Sparaco’s unprofessional responses to the questions presented verifies that his selection to the part-time “Constituent Service Representative” position created by Wayne Ballard was an improper use of taxpayer money. I am certain that I, as well as any […]

Murderabilia Redux — Now Facebook Joins the Craze

BY DIANE DIMOND Imagine searching online for the name of a deceased family member and being hit in the face with gruesome crime scene photographs of his or her dead and decomposing body. For the loved ones of Suzette Trouten or Izabella Lewicka — two of at least eight victims of Kansas-based serial killer John […]