Opponents of trial guilty of politics
The trial of Khalid Sheik Mohammed in New York City has spawned a flurry of criticism, rebutted by Dahlia Lithwick on Slate. “The purpose of a criminal trial isn’t to suppress a political message,” she...
View ArticleNuremberg trial in New York City
“I believe this is the best symbolic answer to 9/11: a trial, with due process, after tempers have calmed somewhat, that exposes this evil for all it truly was. And also reveals the tragedy of an...
View ArticleMosque opposition brings out the worst
Opposition to plans to build a mosque in lower Manhattan, spearheaded in part by Republicans Rick Lazio and Peter King, takes the country exactly where the likes of Osama Bin Laden would love to see us...
View ArticlePsst, buddy, got a light?
There was a time when it seemed you could smoke just about anywhere (and flick your ashes and crush your cigarette out on the floor). That’s pretty much all in the past indoors, and now, New York City...
View ArticleSex ed a parental right, responsibility
“The right to parent is rather like the right to exercise one’s religion,” say Robert P. George and Melissa Moschella in The New York Times. And one area where parenting rights are sacrosanct, they...
View ArticleRemember that soda tax?
Our opinion: Rather than a controversial ban on large sodas in New York City, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and his allies should resurrect the push for a statewide soda tax. If nothing else, give New York...
View ArticleThink again, Mr. Spitzer
Our opinion: Eliot Spitzer should reconsider his run in a New York City field already too full of disgraced Democratic politicians. If only the name Eliot Spitzer would immediately conjure up thoughts...
View ArticleSlogan for girls’ campaign misses the mark
If the intent of a new public health program in New York City is to encourage girls to value themselves regardless of their physical appearance, then its slogan should be, “I’m beautiful the way I am,”...
View ArticleNo price on civil liberties
Our opinion: Public officials anywhere who are tempted to repeat New York City’s mass arrests of protesters should consider the true cost. There are two ways to look at the $18 million that New York...
View ArticleEditorial: New York’s hostage crisis
Our opinion: School children and taxpayers should not have to suffer for the Legislature’s needless impasse. New York’s 212 legislators went home last week, and took hostages with them. The hostages...
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