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By Will Barclay   Most emergencies are obvious to the individuals experiencing them. In New York, though, that basic logic doesn’t apply. Gov. Kathy Hochul, again, has extended her own “emergency powers” through Monday, August […]

Nassau and Suffolk Counties are rolling in the dough. It is indeed a fortuitous time to be an elected official in local government these days, after the federal government has infused millions and millions of […]

By Steve Levy A recent fact-checking article published in Newsday (“Why are LI gas prices so high?”, May 22, 2022), which was intended to provide an impartial analysis of why our gas prices have skyrocketed, […]

By Steve Levy A May 12 Newsday letter (“Don’t let ‘fox’ into school chicken coop”) from a former teachers’ union leader labeling community based ideological school board candidates as being foxes in the chicken coop […]

By Steve Levy If you have ever wondered how virtue signaling can lead to poor governmental policy, look no further than Suffolk County’s recent program that will pay motorists to fix their broken tail light […]

By Steve Levy There was the blaring headline in Newsday: “Southern Poverty Law Center lists Long Island groups as anti-government.” https://www.newsday.com/long-island/southern-poverty-law-center-report-ve8h0ryt Sounds ominous doesn’t it? Are these a bunch of burgeoning skinhead or KKK groups […]

By Hank Russell When it comes to teaching critical race theory (CRT) in our children’s schools, school board members will stop at nothing to make sure this curriculum is force-fed to even the youngest students. […]