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By Steve Levy Nothing is more frustrating than calling your local government for assistance and wasting hours trying to talk to a robot that can’t respond to your needs. How many times do you have […]

A short time ago, we submitted an editorial, warning the people of New York City that the election of communist Zohran Mamdani as mayor would reverberate with tremendous negative consequences.  The first has already come […]

By Steve Levy The shooting weeks ago of a protester by an ICE official has triggered outcry from Democrats and the liberal media, as anticipated, but also from a large number of Republicans That’s not […]

We despise the policies and the hostile attitude of Squad member Ilhan Omar from Minnesota. Nevertheless, we sharply denounce the attack upon her at a community event this past week by a political opponent who […]

By Steve Levy When we saw the US News & World Report article on which U.S. colleges offer the most financial aid to foreign students, we nearly fell off our chairs. We have long been […]

Previously Published in The Messenger Governor Kathy Hochul (D-Hamburg) this week unveiled her massive $260 billion Executive Budget for FY2026.  Not only did Hochul appear out-of-touch and desperate to please all ends of the political […]

By Will Barclay New York’s legislative process is objectively one of the most dysfunctional in the nation. A recent report from the Times Union (TU) effectively illustrated this point by noting New York is one of […]

By Long Island Life & Politics Two weeks ago, we editorialized about what we considered to be a justifiable shooting of Desiree Good by an ICE officer who had a reasonable belief that her flooring […]

As with most of the budgets that emanate from Albany, the 2026 document contains both good and bad elements. On a positive note, let’s start with the following:   THE GOOD No New Taxes (yet) […]

Earlier this week, a jury acquitted the officer charged in the Uvalde, Texas school shooting. It was the right thing to do. The mass shooting in a school in Uvalde four years ago was an […]