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By Dr. Nicole Avena Lawmakers in Nassau County are considering a ban on kratom. Their instinct to protect public health is right. But a blanket ban would be the wrong tool — and put Nassau […]

By Steve Levy Who could be against the handicapped? Only cruel, heartless Republicans, say the liberal Democrats in Los Angeles, as they passed legislation requiring that any resurfacing of city roads would necessitate the application […]

Why do liberals make things so difficult when such easy solutions are staring them right in the face? For instance, the problem related to school truancy has been markedly on the rise over the last […]

Long Island’s daily newspaper, Newsday, recently ran a story entitled  “ICE TAKEDOWN VIDEO SHOWS LI MAN’S HEAD HITTING WALL.” It suggested that ICE officers callously rammed the head of an illegal alien into a brick […]

By Raye Lomini Running a small food business on Long Island isn’t easy. Between rising food costs, fuel prices, insurance, and inflation that hits our customers just as hard as it hits us, food truck […]

By Steve Levy Late-night host Stephen Colbert lied to the public when he said that the CBS Network prevented him from airing an interview with a Democratic Senate candidate from Texas. The reality is that […]

By Steve Levy The Supreme Court striking down President Trump‘s across-the-board tariffs was no surprise to us. We wrote months ago that his actions were not supported by law.  The Constitution is clear: Tariffs fall […]

Previously Published in The Messenger As New York State balances, not so carefully, on a precipice of disaster, the State’s top two leaders – and ostensible party standardbearers in years to come – are in […]

By Steve Levy So New York City‘s new communist mayor is telling the world that he has only two choices to deal with his budget deficit. One is to raise income taxes and the other […]

By Steve Levy Our Center for Cost Effective Government just published a white paper on why political donations from municipal unions to officials who negotiate with those unions should be illegal in the public sector, […]