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 Bernanke Emerges as an Issue on the Campaign Trail By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, Out on the campaign trail, Fed head Ben Bernanke is an unpopular guy. Governor Romney and Speaker Gingrich have both said they would replace Mr. Bernanke, not reappoint him. Congressman Ron Paul would swap the whole Federal Reserve monetary system for… Bernanke Gets One Thing Right — Taxes By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, For one time in a row the Federal Reserve chairman, Ben Bernanke, got the story right. No, it wasn’t King Dollar. It was taxes. Testifying before members of the Senate Budget Committee today, Mr. Bernanke referred to the scheduled repeal of the Bush… Manning’s Law Confounds the Experts, Inviting Humility in Business, Sports, and Life Message to Mitt: A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats. By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, That great phrase was coined by the late Jack Kemp, who believed that growth and opportunity for all is the answer to poverty. Kemp believed it was the answer to all things economic. And he was right. The best anti-poverty program is the one that… Lehrman To Romney, Santorum: Join the Alliance for a Sound Dollar 2012 Is the Year for a Gold Plank in GOP Platform By LEWIS LEHRMAN, At a recent Presidential debate, the Republican candidates discussed a new Gold Commission much like the one to which President Reagan appointed Ron Paul and me in 1981. When asked, Jim Grant and I agreed to serve as co-chairmen of a new gold… Romney Readies Tax Reform Plan To Deal With Sub-Par Recovery Aims To Broaden Base by Getting Rid of Deductions, Exemptions, Loopholes, Then Lower Rates By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, Obama’s Tax Proposal Is ‘Designed To Come at Me,’ Romney Charges By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, President Obama's proposal to increase taxes on the rich is “designed to come at me,” GOP presidential contender Mitt Romney told me this morning. In his State of the Union speech Tuesday night, Obama proposed a minimum 30% tax rate on Americans… Palin Factor Starts To Emerge in GOP Race By BENYAMIN KORN Who is the leader of the “Not-Romney” movement within today’s GOP? Is it Newt Gingrich, whose surge in the South Carolina opinion polls puts him within striking distance of front-runner Mitt in tomorrow’s vote? Is it Ron Paul, whose dedicated core of… All Eyes on Gingrich in Wake of His Call for a Commission on the Gold Standard Candidate’s Call Puts Monetary Reform at Center of Campaign By ANDRESEN BLOM, All eyes at the debate tonight will be on the former speaker of the House, and current president aspirant, who this week dramatically moved the political discourse by calling for a new Gold Commission. Mr. Gingrich is no stranger to gold. He was one… Secret Romney-Ryan Entente Bodes Well for GOP Campaign By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, While so much attention has been turned to Newt Gingrich’s catastrophically mistaken attack on Mitt Romney’s Bain Capital, free-market capitalism, investment, and profits, a potentially much more significant development occurred in the New Hampshire… GOP Beware: Economy Is Moving To Give Obama a Leg Up on the Election By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, Message to my fellow conservatives: Please don’t blame the mainstream press for the improvement in jobs, unemployment, and economic growth. Reporters are not making this up. The economy is better. It’s going to give President Obama a leg up on the…
By GARY SHAPIRO, Who knew Russian classics by Chekhov could be the source of grand strategic thinking? Careful study of this playwright and short story writer was but one of the many facets of Cold War polymath George Kennan, whose life and achievements were discussed… Hard Hat Democrats Could Abandon Obama as Jobs Are Sacrificed to Environmentalism By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, The payroll-tax-cut debate is not really about the payroll tax, which is a weak-kneed economic stimulant and a lackluster job creator because of its temporary nature. Without permanent incentives at lower tax rates, these rebates don’t do anything for… By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, The Senate minority leader, Mitch McConnell, is warning that a Democratic plan to concede on a "millionaires’ tax," in order to get Republicans to pass an extension of the payroll tax, likely won't be enough to get an agreement. “The tax they wanted… Automatic Spending Cut Looms as Likely Best Option for Super-Committee By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, Instead of a super tax hike from the super-committee, a much better option for the economy and budget-cutting credibility would be to implement plan B, which is the automatic spending-cut trigger known as sequestration. The Wall Street Journal… Data Show a Stronger Economy Than the Stock Market Signals By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, You wouldn’t know it from today’s stock market, which as of this writing is off nearly 200 points. But the daily numbers continue to show an economy that is stronger than most folks think. Today initial jobless claims fell to 388,000 — the lowest… GOP in Danger of Losing Narrative on Taxes as Deadline Looms for Super-Committee By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, It would be a great tragedy if a super tax hike came out of a supercommittee compromise deal. It would do great harm to the economy — just as much harm as President Obama’s various tax-hike threats. On the Republican side, a super tax hike would… Big Question Now Is Whether Bernanke Will Follow Europe's Central Bank By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, Will the Federal Reserve’s Ben Bernanke soon follow the European Central Bank’s Mario Draghi? In his first action as Jean-Claude Trichet’s replacement, Mr. Draghi cut the ECB target rate by a quarter% to 1.25% from 1.5%. It was a surprise. Given the… America Will Have To Take Stock Of Its Positon as a Great Power, But All Is Not Lost — Yet By CONRAD BLACK, At some point, unfashionable though it is to do so, the United States will have to take stock of its position as a great power. Despite the globalization of a great range of issues, from the environment to terrorism, the world is still substantially… Fed Set To Meet on Monetary Policy As Case for Easing Wanes and Business Loans Pick Up By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, The Fed is meeting Tuesday and Wednesday on monetary policy. The FOMC statement will be released at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, and then Chairman Bernanke will have a news conference at 2:15 p.m. With both real gross domestic product and inflation at 2… Dollar Emerges as an Issue in 2012 Campaign, Editor of the Sun Says in Wide-Ranging Interview By Special to the Sun Economic Armageddon Is Dodged as Europe Forges a Deal on Greece, Sending Stocks Soaring By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, The world economy has once again dodged Armageddon. The European Union finally forged a Greek bond deal, and a rescue fund big enough to ring-fence banks and sovereign debt, in order to avoid a catastrophic, Lehman-like contagion event. At the same… President Is Warned by Fellow Democrats John Kerry, Deval Patrick, Barney Frank, Charles Schumer By IRA STOLL, The next battle over President Obama’s job-killing regulations may take place on the Atlantic Coast, where fishermen, and the senators and congressmen who represent them, are voicing mounting frustration at the Obama administration’s “catch-share”… By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, The latest Gallup poll pegs President Obama’s approval at a new low of 41%. That adds to the thought that the winner of the GOP presidential-primary sweepstakes is going to be the next president. And inside that Republican contest, the policy pendulum… By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, While investors wait to see if the Europeans will agree to a major boost in their rescue fund to backstop sovereign debt and the banks who own it, here at home the economic news has turned slightly more positive. A month ago, significant coincident… Art Laffer Calls Cain’s Tax Plan ‘Far, Far Better Than the Current System’ By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, Herman Cain is the only Republican presidential candidate who wants to kill the tax code. That’s right. Put a knife in it. Junk the entire system. And people are cheering as he rises in the polls in his quest for the nomination. Cain’s 9-9-9 plan is… New Model To Save European Banks Emerges, Explaining the 330-point Rally in the Market Monday New Nobel Laureate Warned Against Obama Stimulus Package, Calling It ‘Surprisingly Naïve’ By IRA STOLL, No matter how skeptical one is of the authority of “experts,” it’s hard to avoid paying at least some attention to the people who award the Nobel prize — especially when they give one to someone who tends to support some things one tended to believe… Recession Is the Outlook, Despite Manufacturing Report By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, The stronger-than-expected ISM manufacturing-index reading for September might normally suggest that the economy, at least for now, has dodged a recession bullet. After zero jobs and zero real consumer spending in August, which put the stalled… Christie’s ‘Earned American Exceptionalism’ Makes the Link Between Growth at Home and Power Abroad By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, So just when everyone had concluded the Chris Christie matter — saying “Great speech at the Reagan Library, but he’s not gonna run for president” — the New York Post comes along with a story that says the New Jersey governor is seriously considering a… Decline of Europe Throws Vision of DeGaulle Into Sharp Relief He Warned of Inflation and Understood Dangers of European Integration By CONRAD BLACK, The admirable Seth Lipsky of The New York Sun, formerly of the Wall Street Journal and the (English-language) Jewish Forward, seems to be the first American commentator since Walter Lippmann to recognize the prescience, in post–World War II matters… Plan To Return America To the Gold Standard Set To Be Offered at Washington Lehrman, One-Time Member of Reagan-Era Gold Commission, Foresees Five-Year Transition By SETH LIPSKY, NEW YORK — The next big step in the gold standard debate is going to be taken next month at Washington, when one of the original members of the Reagan-era United States Gold Commission offers a five-step plan to return America to sound money. The… Warning by Bernanke of Downside Risk Turns Out To Be Killer Statement for Markets By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, Stocks collapsed roughly 700 points over two days after the Federal Reserve launched its “Operation Twist.” The market correctly perceives that the central bank’s plan to swap $400 billion of short-term notes for long-term bonds adds no new reserves… Force Is With the GOP as Stagflation Overcomes Economy By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, Is the economy standing on the front end of a new recession? As IMF executive director Christine Lagarde and World Bank president Robert Zoellick warn that the global economy is entering a new economic danger zone, there’s plenty to be worried about… How Israel Can Have a Big Impact Via a Congressional Race Turner's Victory Echoes the Short Triumph of Leo Isacson By ANDREW WOLF, The victory of Robert “Bob” Turner in the race to replace Rep. Anthony Weiner in New York’s 9th Congressional District hands the Republicans a seat that the Democrats would, according to most polls, have held had Mr. Weiner stood for reelection. The… Perry, Romney, Swinging Against Bernanke, Emerge as Tribunes of a Strong Dollar By LAWRENCE KUDLOW Watching the two GOP frontrunners in last night’s debate -- Mitt Romney and Rick Perry -- a couple of policy points jumped out at me. First, regarding the Fed, both candidates strongly supported King Dollar. This is interesting because monetary policy… 300-Point Plunge in Stock Market Signals Absence of Confidence in Obama’s Jobs Plan By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, Who would have really expected a 300-point stock market plunge on the day after President Obama’s so-called jobs speech? Yes, worries over new fears of a Greek default ripped through the markets on Friday. As did fears of an al-Qaeda bombing plot on… How Bastiat Offers a Clue for Obama, GOP in Wake of Irene By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, Get ready for a bunch of demand-side economists to tell you that the post-Hurricane Irene rebuilding phase is actually a good thing for future economic growth. But don’t believe it. Who has it right? Joshua Shapiro, chief U.S. economist at MFR, Inc… Jerusalem Case at Supreme Court May Pit White House Web Site Against the President By RICK RICHMAN, In a major constitutional case over whether Congress can require the State Department to put “Israel” as the country of birth on the passport of an American citizen born in Jerusalem, it is possible that pivotal evidence may lie in some pictures on… Pro-Growth Strategy Emerges in Plan of the Gang of Six By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, There are a lot of known unknowns about the new “Gang of Six” budget proposal. But conservatives should hold back from trashing it. Why? There’s a large, pro-growth tax-reform piece in the plan that would lower tax rates across-the-board. This is a… House, Senate Converging on Deficit Plans Reid Proposals Starting To Look Like a GOP Package By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, What’s so bad about the Reid plan? The big sticking points between the House GOP leadership and Senator Reid’s latest plan are 1) the House wants two debt increases, one this year and one next year (Mr. Reid has just one increase) and 2) the House… Rubio: The Next American Century Wll Be Greater Than the Last By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, Rising Senate star Marco Rubio of Florida put out a strong growth message in our interview last night. Shrink size of government, broad-based flat tax reform, roll back regulations. Balanced budget amendment, with tough spending caps. Best solution… By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, The Wal-Mart victory handed down by the Supremes today is a great win for all business, and a huge defeat for frivolous class-action lawsuits. This business victory by Wal-Mart is so bullish, I believe it drove up stocks today, with the Dow finishing… New Data Suggest a Second Recession Will Be Kept at Bay By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, New economic stats today on retail sales from both China and America show there’s no double-dip recession out there — no matter what the bears-gone-viral may be telling you. No Armageddon. And no stock market crash either. Actually, today’s 123-point… Pawlenty Emerges From GOP Pack With a Plan in the Reagan Mold By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, The former governor of Minnesota, Tim Pawlenty, turned out a blockbuster economic-growth plan this past week, including deep cuts in taxes, spending, and regulations. It’s really the first Reaganesque supply-side growth plan from any of the GOP… Obama Moves From Re-Elect to Big Trouble as Economy Slows By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, Political advantage can be fleeting. A couple of months ago, during the winter quarter, job gains looked to be picking up, unemployment was easing lower, and President Obama’s reelection hopes looked more secure. But things sure have changed. In… Stock Market Emits a Cry for Help, But Is Anybody Listening? By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, With a flamboyant downgrade of the outlook for economic growth, jobs, and profits, Wednesday’s 280 point Dow plunge to launch the so-called June stock swoon is a warning shot across the bow. The Dow tanked alongside a batch of dismal economic data…
Anthology of Editorials on the Dollar Now Available in Paperback, Kindle Editions By Special to the Sun NEW YORK — “This brilliant book is The Federalist Papers for a gold standard,” says Steve Forbes of the first anthology of editorials of The New York Sun. “It succinctly, dazzlingly — and convincingly — makes the irrefutable case for re-linking the… Selling Gold at Fort Knox Emerges as Next Big Question in Debate on Federal Debt Limit Congressman Paul Endorses the Idea, Amid Budget Showdown Between Congress, Administration By DAVID PIETRUSZA, NEW YORK — The next big question on the federal debt limit could be whether to start selling the government’s holdings of gold at Fort Knox — and at least one presidential contender, Ron Paul, has told The New York Sun he thinks it would be a good… GOP Falling Mute on Tax Reform, Pro-Growth Program By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, Are we headed for more political business as usual, where Republicans give up too much and get too little back in the debt-ceiling fight? Today’s papers are loaded with stories on the GOP giving up Paul Ryan’s Medicare-reform package. It’s being… With the Dollar in Turmoil, Two Debates on Gold Captivate Manhattan A Billionaire Likens America's Fiat Money To Double-Ply Toilet Paper By DAVID PIETRUSZA, NEW YORK — The double-header may be an endangered species in baseball, but a double-header of a different sort last night swept Manhattan, where nearly 1,000 people swarmed into an auditorium on the Upper West Side to hear luminaries debate the… By RICK RICHMAN, The White House, in an escalation of a closely-watched case the Supreme Court is preparing to hear on whether Congress or the President gets to decide American policy in respect of passports of American citizens born in Jerusalem, has quietly altered… Three Dissenters at Fed Signal Some Are Less Than Thrilled By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, Damn the torpedoes. Up periscope. Full speed ahead. Ben Bernanke and the Fed to the rescue. In a startling move Tuesday, the FOMC announced that its zero-interest-rate target would be extended for two more years through the middle of 2013, marking the… Bernanke Is Pressed on Inflation at His First Ever Press Conference Third Round of Asset Purchases Seen as Less Likely By EVAN LORENZ, Chairman Bernanke, peppered at his first press conference with questions focusing on inflation, attempted to explain how the Fed’s extremely accommodative policy squares with its twin mandates of maximum employment and stable prices, and ended up… An Announcement Is Expected Today at Iowa By DAVID PIETRUSZA, NEW YORK — Congressman Ron Paul, en route to Iowa to announce the creation of the presidential campaign exploratory committee, told an editorial breakfast of The New York Sun that “it’s tempting to just walk away” from the presidential race “but if… As Washington Prepares To Shut Down, No One Wants the Dollar By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, Washington shutdown fears are sinking the United States dollar, according to some news reports. Surely there’s something to this, as investor confusion rises and confidence falls, and as Washington seems to be gridlocked over a few billion dollars… Ryan’s Budget Emerges as GOP’s Growth Plan President Obama’s Bacon Is Stolen by Wisconson Republican By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, Of all the discussion about Paul Ryan’s big-bang budget plan, the element I like best was caught in this Wall Street Journal op-ed title “The GOP Path to Prosperity.” In other words, it’s a growth budget. It has plenty of spending cuts, but it also… Obama Running on McGovern Rules as Race Begins for 2012 By R. EMMETT TYRRELL, Jr., WASHINGTON — I see that President Barack Obama has filed as a candidate for reelection in 2012. I had suggested that he get to work early on his presidential library and forgo the race, but he is insistent. Well, I tried. Though some in the press are… ‘A Crisis of Money’ Emerges as the Economy’s Central Problem The Question Has Become the Nature of Money Itself, Says James Grant By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, The following is adapted from the transcript of a recent broadcast: LARRY KUDLOW, host: Welcome back to THE KUDLOW REPORT. I’m Larry Kudlow. At the top of this half-hour, legendary financial writer and editor of Grant’s Interest Rate Observer James… Burst of Jobs Puts Obama on Road To Re-Election, Courtesy of the Republican Tax Cuts Next Big Test Will Be Battle of Inflation By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, Did the big March jobs report put President Obama back on the road to reelection? If so, he can thank the GOP, whose tax cuts saved him from himself. You could hear cheering all the way from the West Wing when the Labor Department showed a 216,000… Real Income Falls in February as Inflation Rate Edges Up By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, The Commerce Department last week revised real GDP up to 3.1% for the fourth quarter of last year. That was some cause for joy in the stock market. But today we saw a poor consumer-spending report for the month of February, which is picking up the… Caveat Emptor Is the Warning As Slowing U.S. Economy Sees Rising Inflation, Wariness By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, Caveat emptor. The first-quarter economy is slowing and inflation is rising. A month ago, economists were optimistic about the potential for 4% growth. Now they are marking down their estimates toward 2.5%. Behind this, consumer expectations are… Says Tax Cuts Account for Companies Quitting Illinois for Garden State By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, Governor Christie expressed disappointment in President Obama’s failure to commit to aggressive budget cuts and entitlement reform in last night’s State of the Union speech. In a CNBC interview that will run tonight on my show, the governor contrasted… Economy Is Strong, Data Suggest, Regardless of What the Fed Says Business Profits, Mother's Milk of Economy, Are Soaring By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, Stocks are getting ripped by North Korea and Ireland, with all the fears that go along with those two stories. People should not panic. A lot of good news out there is suggesting a strong economy, regardless of what the Fed says. Third-quarter real… Bush Brushes Aside the Stock Market as a Scorecard of His Presidency Discussion of Economic Theory Is Not for Him By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, President George W. Bush told me in a CNBC interview today in Salt Lake City that the stock market was not a fair scorecard of his presidency. When he took office, the Dow was 10,600. At the height of the Bush boom, in October 2007, it reached 14,165… King Dollar Politics Coming Into Focus for 2012 Fed Is Easing Into an Improving Economy By LAWRENCE KUDLOW The headline story in this morning’s Wall Street Journal is a beauty. Republican economists, hedge fund managers, and even some presidential candidates are blasting the Fed for its $600 billion QE2 pump-priming operation. Quite sensibly, the group… For the Market, the Election Is Everything Is the Rise in the Dow a Coincidence? By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, Over the last few days, the Intrade pay-to-play investment exchange shows the contract for Democratic control of the Senate dropping below 50% for the first time. As of this writing, the contract is at 46%. In early 2010, the contract was 95%. Last… As Polls Start To Signal a GOP-Led Congress, Stocks Take Off By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, Could it have been the new Gallup poll that drove stocks up almost 200 points on Tuesday? That blockbuster survey, regarded by many as the blue-chip gold standard for election forecasting, pointed to an unprecedented Republican landslide, even a… ‘Radical Solutions’ Beckon as Another Recession Yawns By CONRAD BLACK, As one whose recollections of the American presidency go back to the august, relatively tranquil, unchallenged majesty of the terms of General Dwight D. Eisenhower — and of the respected ex-presidents living in that era, Herbert C. Hoover and Harry S… Summers's Speech at Memorial Church By Special to the Sun Following is the text of a speech by Lawrence Summers, president of Harvard University, at Memorial Church at Harvard Yard. The text was originally printed in The New York Sun on September 22, 2002: * * * I speak with you today not as president of the… A Reagan Republican Woos the New York State GOP Text of Speech to State Convention By Special to the Sun Following are excerpts of the remarks of David Malpass, a candidate for United States Senate, to the New York State Republican Party convention, June 3, 2010, at the Hotel Sheraton, Manhattan. * * * Thank you for the support and confidence you've… Kagan’s First Case Could Involve a Question of Her Own — And Her Colleagues’ — Pay Federal Judges Set To Appeal to Supreme Court Over Compensation By Staff Reporter of the Sun NEW YORK — If Solicitor General Kagan is confirmed before the start of the Supreme Court’s coming term, one of her first big cases on the high bench could touch on one of the most sensitive questions the court has ever handled — the pay of federal… New York Emerges as Cautionary Tale on Charter Schools By ANDREW WOLF, Charter schools were first touted in the Empire State as a way of improving all schools by introducing competition and choice to the system – and saving the taxpayers money. By creating competition for the conventional public schools, all schools, we… Obama’s Pressure on Israel Spurs a Jewish Group for Sarah Palin By Special to the Sun NEW YORK — President Obama’s recent demarche designed to increase pressure on Israel is having one immediate impact in the Jewish community — it is hastening the formation of an organization called Jewish Americans for Sarah Palin. Plans for the new… ACLU May Reverse Course On Campaign Finance Limits After Supreme Court Ruling By JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN, The first big impact of the Supreme Court’s decision lifting restrictions on corporation campaign spending may be at the American Civil Liberties Union, which, after years of opposing restrictions on free speech grounds, is considering whether to reverse course and endorse government limits on money in politics. Netanyahu’s Man In Washington Offers a Preview in New York By IRA STOLL, Reports that Prime Minister Netanyahu will appoint Michael Oren as ambassador to the United States had guests at last night’s dinner in New York of the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America listening especially carefully to Mr. Oren’s keynote address.
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West Falters in Defense of Christians, Who Are Being Persecuted in 131 Countries Failure Now Resting Heavily on Would Be Protectors By CONRAD BLACK, Perhaps the gravest under-publicized atrocity in the world is the persecution of Christians. A comprehensive Pew Forum study last year found that Christians are persecuted in 131 countries containing 70% of the world’s population, out of 197 countries… A Brilliant Reign Nears Its Diamond Jubilee By CONRAD BLACK, It does not seem like 60 years ago that my late brother said to our half-asleep parents as we departed early for school: “There was a bug in my cereal, and by the way, the King is dead.” A much admired man, only 56, there were some comparisons between… How the Mufti of Jerusalem Once Impacted America’s Presidential Election — and Could Do So Again By RAFAEL MEDOFF, WASHINGTON — A Palestinian mufti has called for violence against Jews, Prime Minister Netanyahu is demanding Palestinian leaders disavow him, and America's presidential race could be affected. That could be the lead sentence of a news report from last… Egypt’s Revolution Will See More Blood ’Ere Army, Islamists Part Ways By YOUSSEF IBRAHIM, The revolution that overthrew Hosni Mubarak will mark its first anniversary Wednesday. The date may pass quietly or it may see another roar, but either way there is little doubt the iconic Tahrir Square revolution is entering a second phase. If… Gas at the Pump Could Go To $20 If War Comes to the Straits of Hormuz By YOUSSEF IBRAHIM, Iran’s threat to close the Strait of Hormuz is a promise of heart attack for the world’s economy and a challenge for military planners. Yesterday, Iran doubled its taunt by sentencing a former marine with dual Iranian-American citizenship to death… Vindication Is Piling Up for One of the Greatest Leaders in 1,000 Years of British History Thatcher Was Also a Convivial Companion and Loyal Friend By CONRAD BLACK, Though it is probably happening too late to be overly gratifying to her, events are piling on to vindicate Margaret Thatcher completely in her reservations about British integration in Europe. Her response to the proposal to reduce Britain to a local… Deaths of Kim Jong Il, Vaclav Havel Lead To Lessons of War and Peace for Our Own Time By CONRAD BLACK The deaths, only a couple of days apart, of the Manichaean figures of Kim Jong Il and Václav Havel invite some historical reflection. In Korea, the 38th Parallel was determined to be the division between North and South Korea one summer night in 1945… Israel’s Prospects Have Never Been Brighter, As Arab Spring Fades Into Winter of Discontent By CONRAD BLACK, Up until the mid-1960s, when I was young, the television news and airwaves at this time of year were full of references to the “Holy Land.” There were endless melodious carols and much sacred music portraying cities such as Bethlehem and Jerusalem… Opportunity Knocks at North Korea With the Death of Kim Jong Il By IRA STOLL, The pictures accompanying the news of the leadership change in North Korea are those of the dead dictator, Kim Jong Il, and his son and heir apparent, Kim Jong Un. But there are some other Koreans whose names and photos, though absent from the front… Deal To Free Gilad Shalit Reportedly Under Consideration at Jerusalem Swap Could Involve Release of Hundreds of Arab Prisoners Held by Israel By Special to the Sun A deal to release the Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit is under consideration in Jerusalem, newspapers in the Middle East are reporting. The Israeli soldier has been a captive since 2006, when he was seized in a cross-border raid, and Israel’s cabinet was… Obama’s Fortunes Plunge in Capital of Germany, Where He Was Once Greeted by Adoring Throngs By Special to the Sun NEW YORK — Little more than three years after Barack Obama was greeted during his presidential campaign by an adoring and enormous crowd at Berlin, a leading newspaper in the German capital is criticizing the president as “overbearing, arrogant and… By RICK RICHMAN, Secretary of State Clinton, in a sharp departure from her stance when she was a senator, is warning that any American action, even symbolically, toward recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel must be avoided for the reason that it would… Obama Siding With U.N. Against Reforms Proposed in U.S. House By BENNY AVNI, UNITED NATIONS — Even as the Obama administration admonishes the United Nations for an “unwarranted” pay hike for staffers, it is going to bat for the United Nations against legislation proposed in Congress that would revolutionize the way America… By CONRAD BLACK, Outgoing defense secretary Robert Gates’s final policy speech in office, on June 10 in Brussels, laid out the problems and anomalies of NATO more clearly than any figure of such authority has done before. He was upbeat about most aspects of the… Son of Syria’s Ex-President Appeals Directly To the Kremlin for Help By BENNY AVNI, UNITED NATIONS — The son of a former president of Syria, in a startling but so-far-unreported demarche here, is appealing directly to the Kremlin in the hopes of clearing the way for the Security Council here to condemn the atrocities being committed… Could IMF Morph Into a Force for Growth Instead of Bailouts? By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, As the IMF gets ready to choose a successor to Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who resigned following his arrest on charges that he sexually assaulted and raped a hotel housekeeper, it would be a good thing to step back for a moment and ask: What should… Three Questions Emerge From Obama’s Speech on the Middle East By BENNY AVNI, UNTIED NATIONS — Here are three immediate questions I have following President Obama’s speech at the State Department today: 1. Mr. Obama made clear that “Ultimately, it is up to Israelis and Palestinians to take action. No peace can be imposed upon… Astonishment Spreads at U.N. Over Chaos in Libyan Diplomatic Ranks A Former President of General Assembly, Ali Treki, Is Said To Have Broken With Gadhafi By BENNY AVNI, UNITED NATIONS — One of Colonel Gadhafi’s former diplomats, an envoy who as recently as last year served as president of the General Assembly, has broken with the regime, according to a diplomatic source, and is expected to make an announcement… Has the West Become So Feeble That We Are Afraid To Help the Libyans? By CONRAD BLACK, Has the West become so feeble that we are afraid to help Libyans get rid of their murderous fruitcake of a despot? It was a signal achievement for the United Nations Security Council to censure Libya for barbarities against civilians. Also laudable… Obama Follows European Lead on Libya in Maneuvering at United Nations By BENNY AVNI, UNITED NATIONS – Struggling to develop a coherent strategy on Libya, Washington is attempting instead to rehabilitate the image of international institutions, including the Security Council and, amazingly, one of the United Nations’ most odious… Palin Will Draw a Contrast With Obama in Her Visit Next Month to India By PRANAY GUPTE, Sarah Palin’s choice of an international venue to deliver an address on “My Vision of America” is canny. She will speak in March before India’s business, political, diplomatic, academic and media elite at the annual India Today Conclave. The gathering… United Nations Silence on Revolution in Egypt Is Deafening By BENNY AVNI, UNITED NATIONS – While the Middle East undergoes a remarkable transformation, one New York spot that remains almost defiantly uninterested – and totally irrelevant – is Turtle Bay. Like the Baskerville Hound, the United Nations won’t bark. Our… Drama Building at United Nations Over Maneuvering Against Israel U.S. Offers To Rebuke the Jewish State By BENNY AVNI, UNITED NATIONS – Arab diplomats here are hoping that the controversy that is erupting over a Security Council resolution on Israel’s settlement policies will deflect attention from the spreading democratic protests in the Middle East against the… Suleiman Playing a Weak Hand Against an Army of Young Egyptian Revolutionaries By YOUSSEF IBRAHIM, In a picture of Egypt’s new Vice president launching his negotiations with the nascent opposition movement of Tahrir (Liberation) Square, General Omar Suleiman looked vigorous for his 75 years, dapper, as always, in dark suit, surrounded by the… Suleiman Playing a Weak Hand Against an Army of Young Egyptian Revolutionaries By YOUSSEF IBRAHIM, In a picture of Egypt’s new Vice president launching his negotiations with the nascent opposition movement of Tahrir (Liberation) Square, General Omar Suleiman looked vigorous for his 75 years, dapper, as always, in dark suit, surrounded by the… Could DeGaulle’s Playbook Work in Egypt? Mubarak Is No DeGaulle and Egypt No Fifth Republic By CONRAD BLACK, There are only three ways to deal with the sort of uprising that has occurred in the last week in Egypt: smash it, face it down more or less peacefully, or yield to it. Mobs, even when they are championing a good cause, are cowardly and easily routed… Revolution at Egypt Is About a Value America Once Championed By YOUSSEF IBRAHIM, The revolution underway at Egypt is not about Palestine, Israel, America, food prices, or even bad living conditions. It is about Freedom, a value America once championed beyond all. President Obama’s wobbly speech of barely four minutes Tuesday night… A New Egypt Likely To Emerge From Revolution That Seeks Not Islam But Freedom Mubarak Will Find It Hard To Survive in Power, and Obama Administration Is Left Scrambling By YOUSSEF IBRAHIM, The revolution ignited by a new generation in Tunisia is moving so fast across the Arab world that it is no longer too soon to speculate on the new Egypt that will emerge after the riots and mayhem taking place there — and what kind of repercussions… Jasmine Scent of Revolultion Wafting Through Arab World By YOUSSEF IBRAHIM, “Freedom does not come in ‘Home Delivery.’” This is one of multiple quotes, jokes, and bitter commentary, lighting up the Arab blogosphere ever since the outbreak Friday of the revolution in Tunisia that threw out president-for-life Zein El Abedine… United Nations Rolls Out the Red Carpet To Fete New Anti-Israel Movie By BENNY AVNI, UNITED NATIONS – The General Assembly, for the first time, will attempt tomorrow evening to morph itself into Hollywood, conducting a red-carpet premiere event that will see diplomats mingling with film stars and cinema moguls – and, in the process… Report Vindicating Israel in Boarding of the Mavi Marmara Presents a Problem for U.N.’s Ban Ki-moon World Body Awaits Word From Its Own Commission Investigating Raid in Which Nine Perished By BENNY AVNI, UNITED NATIONS — Today’s findings by Israel’s Turkel Commission present a problem for Secretary General Ban and also for Washington, which tacitly assisted him in forming, under United Nations auspices, a separate panel to probe last May’s deadly… Next Flashpoint in Mideast Could Be Gas Fields Off Mediterranean Coast Dispute With Lebanon Could Be Ignited By BENNY AVNI, UNITED NATIONS – The next flashpoint in the Middle East could be the gas fields off Israel's Mediterranean coast, where the discovery of large cashes of natural gas is raising hopes that Israel could soon become energy-self-sufficient but where a… Scramble To Avoid a Genocide Lies Behind Ivory Coast Drama UNITED NATIONS — Behind the controversy over the clients of Washington superlawyer Lanny Davis lies a desperate effort to avoid what threatens to become Africa’s next genocide. The drama centers on the search for a face-saving exit for the president… Iraq’s Isolation Draws To an End With Less of a Bang Than a Whimper Kuwait Holds Out for a Better Deal By BENNY AVNI, UNITED NATIONS — Iraq’s return from the isolation into which it was cast by Saddam Hussein will be ended with less of a bang than a whimper here, as Vice President Biden chaired the proceedings but Kuwait held out out for a substantial payday. The… Obama Disappoints Poland on Visa Waivers During Visit by Komorowski But NATO Will Expand Operations in Poland By ALEX STOROZYNSKI, When the president of Poland, Bronislaw Komorowski, hung an ornament on the majestic pine in the Oval Office yesterday, President Obama remarked, “It’s the prettiest one on the tree.” But when jet-lagged journalists from Warsaw were then brought into… U.N. Seeks Obama’s Attendance at ‘Durban III’ on 10th Anniversary of 9/11 Key U.N. Official Admits To Concern Over Arms Flowing To Hezbollah in Lebanon A New Contretemps at the World Body By BENNY AVNI, UNITED NATIONS — The next contretemps here is going to erupt over what is a small step for the World Body that has major implications for the future of Israel’s security – the admission today by a the top United Nations official in Lebanon that he has… Obama, Clinton Camps Divide Over African Hotspot Two Strategies Diverge Over Equatorial Guinea By BENNY AVNI, Tension between human rights absolutists of President Obama’s inner circle and the pragmatists in Washington’s Clintonian wing will next be glimpsed in a fight that is emerging around the small but resource-rich western Africa country, Equatorial… Obama’s Outreach To India Seeks To Cement Ties With a New Strategic Ally of the U.S. The Backdrop Is a Sharp Change From the Days of the Cold War By PRANAY GUPTE, President Obama starts his three-day visit to India hoping to strengthen America’s political ties and expand American trade relations with the world’s largest democracy. Indians, in turn, expect that America will open its doors to even more imports… Anti-Jewish Resolutions Loom As an Early United Nations Test for GOP Leaders Boehner, Cantor on Record as Seeking To Withdraw From UNESCO By BENNY AVNI, UNITED NATIONS — The first post-election test here for President Obama — and the new leadership in the Congress — will be the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization, which has taken five decisions that disparage Israel’s claim… Support for Israel Costs Canada Seat on U.N. Security Council America All But Disappeared in Maneuvering by Portugal, Brazil, and Cuba By BENNY AVNI, UNITED NATIONS — Canada’s increasing ties with Israel and its defense of Jerusalem have cost it a seat on the United Nations Security Council, diplomats here are saying after days of maneuvering by Arab countries, Brazil, and Cuba in which the United… Democrats Delay Hearing on Travel Ban to Cuba, As Its Envoy Hews Hard Line at United Nations Castro Is Contradicted, Ahmadinejad Is Backed By BENNY AVNI, On the eve of hearings that had been set to open in the United States Congress on whether to ease the ban on Americans traveling to Cuba, Havana’s foreign minister, Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, has been taking a hard, even strident line here at the… UN Default on Korea Spells Trouble in Lebanon By BENNY AVNI, UNITED NATIONS — Responding to combative provocations with meek diplomacy, the West is allowing North Korea and Iran to further arm themselves and their proxy armies, risking a much more serious military confrontation in the next rounds. Meeting the… Stage Is Set For a New Clash Between America, Israel By BENNY AVNI, UNITED NATIONS — The next crisis between President Obama and Prime Minister Netanyah — one from Venus, the other from Mars — is only a matter of time, though the vibes will be discernibly positive when the two meet at the White House tomorrow. The two… Obama Administration Irked At Israel Over Pace of Flotilla Investigation By BENNY AVNI, UNITED NATIONS -- The Obama administration has been complaining to Israel about the pressure Washington is coming under to agree to an international probe of Israel’s raid on the Turkish “peace flotilla,” sources in both Washington and Jerusalem are… Iran Will Use U.N. Sanctions To Seek To Expand Its Sphere of Influence By BENNY AVNI, UNITED NATIONS – Iran is hoping to turn the sanctions resolution that the Security Council approved today into the next platform on which it is building its ever widening sphere of international influence. One of the Islamic republic’s first… Last Ditch Effort to Block Sanctions on Iran Is Pressed By Turkey, Brazil at United Nations By BENNY AVNI, UNITED NATIONS – The Security Council is expected to vote on an American-backed resolution to impose the next round of sanctions on Iran as early as Wednesday, but two countries bent on enabling Iran, Brazil and Turkey, are making a last-ditch effort… Turkey’s Next Move Will Be To Marshal Sentiment Against Israel at United Nations By BENNY AVNI, UNITED NATIONS – After initiating and aiding a provocation that resulted in the deaths of at least ten of its citizens, Turkey will next move to marshal world opinion and attempt to harness it to promote Prime Minister Erdogan’s regional goals, which… Turkey Emerges in a Sinister New Role As ‘Aid Flotilla’ Seeks To Run Blockade By YOUSSEF IBRAHIM, High Seas Drama Looms Off Gaza As Turkish-Backed Flotilla Prepares To Run An Israeli Embargo By BENNY AVNI, UNITED NATIONS — A drama on the high seas is brewing in the Mediterranean as a Turkish government-backed flotilla, laden with various goods and carrying hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists, is attempting to reach Gaza’s shores in the next few days… Crunch Time Near on A-Bomb Treaty As Egypt Maneuvers To Isolate Israel By BENNY AVNI, UNITED NATIONS — It is crunch time for members of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, and if their month-long parley here collapses in the next few days it might well be the fault of Egypt, which earlier in the month of May emerged as the darling of… Coptic Christians Voicing Frustration With White House As Persecution Widens in Egypt By YOUSSEF IBRAHMIM, The leaders of Coptic Christians, whose community is facing growing persecution in Egypt, say they have been unsuccessful in efforts to gain a hearing from the White House or other parts of the Obama administration. Heightened persecution of Egypt’s… Obama Setting Up a Clash With the Hague Over Darfur By BENNY AVNI, UNITED NATIONS — President Obama is setting up the next big clash between America and the International Criminal Court, according to human rights activists who say Washington’s Sudan envoy undermines the Hague-based world judicial body’s prosecution… Killings of Egypt’s Christians Escalate In Ghastly Slaughter Nearly Ignored in the West By YOUSSEF IBRAHIM, At 11:30 p.m. on January 6, the Orthodox Christmas for millions of Egyptian Christians, gunshots rang from a drive-by car, killing 7 parishioners exiting evening mass. The Nagaa Hamadi Church Massacre, as it became known, left 26 seriously injured in… United Nations Stymied Over Sinking of Free Korean Warship by North Korean Torpedo By BENNY AVNI, UNITED NATIONS — The next test of the United Nations will come tomorrow, when South Korea, with Washington’s backing, plans to ask the Security Council to take up the sinking in March of its ship, which according to Seoul investigators was attacked by… Obama’s Iran Strategy in Limbo As Brazil, Turkey Fracture Consensus at United Nations By BENNY AVNI, UNITED NATIONS — Brazil and Turkey managed to fracture the Security Council today, throwing President Obama’s Iran strategy into limbo. Even if the Turtle Bay top body ends up eking out a resolution that would impose a new round of sanctions on Iran… U.S. Envoy Praises U.N. Council on Human Rights as Libya is Seated By BENNY AVNI, UNITED NATIONS — There was little the American ambassador here, Susan Rice, could do today to stop the General Assembly from voting Libya and other known rights abusers for a seat on the Human Rights Council, but instead of expressing outrage, she… Verbal Clash Over Hezbollah Erupts at U.N. Between Envoys of Lebanon and Israel By BENNY AVNI, UNITED NATIONS — The pitfalls of Lebanon’s position as president of the United Nations Security Council were visible today, as the Beirut representative, who presided over a periodic council debate on international terrorism, clashed with Israel’s… Ghost of Edward Teller Haunts United Nations Nuclear Parley By BENNY AVNI, Are there no Edward Tellers left among nuclear policy wonks? As world diplomats gathered in Turtle Bay this week to review the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, I was thinking about two men whom I met in the early 1980s and who represent the opposite… Iran Set to Out-Maneuver Obama in A-Bomb Parley at United Nations By BENY AVNI, UNITED NATIONS — President Ahmadinejad, in a political masterstroke, appears set to throw President Obama’s disarmament strategy into turmoil – and all the Iranian flame thrower has to do is show up. The Iranian is set to do this Monday, when he will… Obama Faces Trap at U.N. In Demarche by Egypt On Nuclear Arms Aim Is To Seek a Disarmament of Israel By Benny Avni, UNITED NATIONS — President Obama’s “nuclear spring,” celebrated by his fans across the world, is about to be turned into a trap here, as Third World countries, led by Egypt, are set to push back against America and Russia — and to try to force Israel… Egypt Circulates Paper Seeking To Isolate Israel on A-Bomb By Special to the Sun Following is the text of a working paper — an unofficial document — being circulated by Egypt to several ambassadors to the United Nations and obtained by The New York Sun: * * * 1. The third session of the Preparatory Committee for the 2010 Review… ‘False Religion’ Is How Long-Time U.S. Aide Now Describes Middle East Peace Process By YOUSSEF IBRAHIM, An architect of the America’s Middle East peace process, who over the past 30 years served both Republican and Democratic administrations, is describing the continued pursuit of mediation among Palestinians and Israelis as “a false religion,” a… American Credibility at Stake In Showdown Over East Jerusalem Construction By HILLEL HALKIN What is at stake is American credibility and American honor. Four months ago, Israel and the United States concluded compromise that neither government was particularly happy about: Israel reluctantly agreed to suspend all new construction in the West Bank for nearly a year, and the U.S. reluctantly accepted Israel’s refusal to do the same in Jerusalem. Now, America has reneged on its word.
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Turnaround Now Possible in the Bronx as Its President Comes Into His Own By ANDREW WOLF, This his has been a good month for the president of the Bronx, Ruben Diaz, Jr. When Mayor Bloomberg’s proposal for a shopping mall in the Kingsbridge Armory was defeated two years ago, largely due to Mr. Diaz’s opposition, he was widely demonized as a… Weak Results on National Tests Are a Wake-Up Call for Parents in New York By ANDREW WOLF, New York State parents, teachers and students have gotten during the past few weeks a couple of wake-up calls about the quality of education here in the Empire State . Weak results on two nationally administered tests confirmed the worst fears of…
By GARY SHAPIRO, Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn, and Emma Goldman are not on Wall Street, but they are there in spirit. Activists at the Occupy Wall Street protests in New York have set up what they call “The People’s Library,” where books can be borrowed and read… Bloomberg’s Ambition To Be Treasury Secretary Seen Behind His Backing of Obama’s Jobs Plan By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, Mayor Bloomberg, in a radio interview on Friday, warned that high unemployment could lead to widespread rioting. That’s right. He actually said that. At a time when European cities have suffered massively from hooliganism, and at a time when U.S… Religious New Yorkers at Risk of Government Action Under Same-Sex Marriage Law, Professors Warn By Special to the Sun NEW YORK — As the question of same-gender marriage in New York goes down to the wire at Albany, experts on the legal impact of the changes being sought are warning that religious exemptions in Governor Cuomo’s bill have fallen far short of what the… Fool’s Errand? Tax Cap Activists Due Today To Test the Legislators at Albany By DAVID PIETRUSZA, The battle to gain a cap on taxes on property will come to Albany this afternoon, when activists are due to meet with the chiefs-of staff of the state’s most prominent Democrats — and aspire to meet with Governor Cuomo and Speaker Sheldon Silver… Startling Study in Belgium Suggests Rate of Heart Disease Decreases With More Salt in Diet Should Mayor Bloomberg Move To Brussels? By ANDREW WOLF, Maybe Mayor Bloomberg should move to Belgium. A startling study was just published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. It disputes the conventional wisdom that too much salt in the diet leads to all sorts of negative health… Formal Search Needed for New York Schools Chancellor By ANDREW WOLF, From all we’ve seen, Dennis Walcott, Mayor Bloomberg’s choice as the city’s new schools chancellor is a fine fellow, a loyal deputy to the mayor, and a knowledgeable public servant. Loyalty and knowledge are admirable qualities, but are they all that… The First Call Bloomberg’s New School’s Chief Needs to Make By HENRY STERN, We were surprised today to learn that Mayor Bloomberg dismissed his hand-picked Schools Chancellor, Cathie Black, after 97 infelicitous days as chief of New York City's school system. The mayor did not set a speed record, however, in dismissing a… Unsolved Problem of Labor Confronts New York a Century After Triangle Shirtwaist Tragedy By DANIEL GREENFIELD Both national and local newspapers have made a great show of commemorating the Triangle Waist Company fire, a horrifying event in which women working in a sweatshop burned alive or fell to their deaths. The Triangle fire was not the only example of… New York Mayoral Race Has Already Begun By HENRY STERN, Politics is usually more about the next election than the last one. So it is not surprising that the Republican candidates for the presidency in 2012 are off and running. The candidates for the New York City mayoralty in 2013 are close behind… Bloomberg’s Opening Gambit on Need To Cut Teaching Headcount Opens a Four-Month Struggle — or More By HENRY STERN, The city budget proposed yesterday is $65.6 billion dollars. That is a $300 million reduction from the current year, almost 0.5% of the total budget, and represents a serious effort to control costs. The most striking part of this year’s budget… How About Raymond Kelly for Schools Chancellor . . . By HENRY STERN, Twenty years ago, crime was New York City's most serious problem. In the year 1990, the first year of the Dinkins mayoralty, the number of homicides recorded in the five boroughs was 2,245, an historic high. The murder total declined by about 10%… Bloomberg Skating on Thin Ice as He Casts Aside the Democratic Process By ANDREW WOLF, All over the city, local communities are rebelling over the government’s plans to place bicycle lanes in their streets. In a city where a diner owner can’t put a table in front of his or her establishment without a public hearing, it is amazing just… Cuomo Keeps His Word, and To Hell With Puxatawney Phil By HENRY STERN, Governor Cuomo kept his word and presented a state budget of $132.9 billion for Fiscal Year 2012, which begins April l. This figure, believe it or not, is a sharp brake on spending, the first reductions since the Pataki years. He also gave a fine… Bloomberg Is Said To Have Erred on Strategy of Reform for New York City Pensions By HENRY STERN, Mayor Bloomberg’s proposals to reduce the cost of pensions for city employees are coming under fire today not only from public employee unions, city government ’s perennial adversary in matters of wages and pensions, but from a conservative analyst as… By JAY AKASIE, Some of New York City’s most prominent religious leaders are making a public demand for answers as to why decades of social welfare programs aimed at making abortions a rarity have not only failed, but failed so dramatically. The leaders — spanning… Astounding Admission of Reality Is Cuomo’s Opening Demarche as Governor State of the State Message Offers Reason for Hope By HENRY STERN, Governor Cuomo delivered his first State of the State message yesterday. I watched the speech and found it credible and constructive. Mr. Cuomo seems to be making a conscious effort to get along with the legislature. At the same time, he outlined… A Chimera Emerges at the Helm of New York Schools Two-Headed Monster Is Apt Metaphor for New Arrangement By ANDREW WOLF, Whatever one can say about the state education commissioner, David M. Steiner, Solomon he’s not. He split the baby in half, and he has satisfied no one. But skip that analogy. One would have to go to Greek mythology to look for what he has produced… Term Limits Petition Drive Will Need 30,000 Signatures in First Round By HENRY STERN, Effort Is Launched To Restore Two-Term Limit for Elected Officials in the City Aim Is a Referendum a Year Hence By HENRY STERN, An effort to restore the two-term limit for elected city officials this year was launched yesterday at a news conference on the steps of City Hall. Like some spacecraft, the mission began with seven pioneers: Anthony Perez Cassino, a member of the… Fix Appears To Be In at Secret Hearing on Next City Schools Chancellor By ANDREW WOLF, The growing movement to deny Cathie Black, Mayor Bloomberg’s friend and choice to become New York schools chancellor has, I suspect, ground to a halt. The New York State Education Commissioner, David Steiner, has appointed an advisory committee so… Disillusionment With New York State Government Keeps Voters From the Polls By HENRY STERN, Every now and then, a story appears on an inside page of a newspaper which deserves more attention than it receives. Tuesday's New York Times published an article by veteran reporter Sam Roberts. The headline on page A28: NEW YORK STATE'S VOTER… Public Deserves Full Hearing on Bloomberg’s Nominee for Chancellor of Schools How Far Has the City Come Under Mayoral Control? By ANDREW WOLF, Before Cathie Black gets a waiver to come in as Mayor Bloomberg’s schools chancellor, there should be a proper hearing in Albany. It would provide a moment not only to explore whether Ms. Black is the right person for the job but to assess how far the… Prospects Dim for a Waiver on Nominee as N.Y. Schools Chief By HENRY STERN, The prospect for the granting of a waiver to Cathie Black so she can serve as New York City's school chancellor may have dimmed a bit in the last two days. For one thing, the New York Times reported today, in an article by Winnie Hu, that the man who… How New York Rose Spontaneously To Honor John Lennon Event Is Recalled on 70th Anniversary of Musician's Birth By HENRY STERN, Saturday was the 70th anniversary of the birth of John Lennon, born and raised in Liverpool, England, but a New Yorker by choice for the last nine years of his life. His tragic death on December 8, 1980 in front of his home led to outpourings of… ‘Say It Ain’t So, Hevesi’ Echoes After Guilty Plea By Former Comptroller There was little surprise in Alan Hevesi's confession that he was a corrupt Comptroller. News of the Attorney General's investigation had leaked over the years, and the guilty pleas of his co-conspirators made it clear that his office was a cesspool… Both Parties Are Weakening, Though Incumbents Had a Good Night in New York By HENRY STERN, In an initial take on yesterday's primary, we offer some nuggets of fact, surmise and opinion. 1. The Democratic and Republican party organizations continue to weaken. They are most influential in races where no one knows who the candidates are… A Principal Is Cleared in Test-Tampering Probe By ELIZABETH GREEN, Clearing the name of a principal who had come under scrutiny for possible test-tampering, the city has closed an investigation into the Ross Global Academy charter school. A group of teachers accused Stephanie Clagnaz, the school's former principal… City Is Shamed by Commission On the Revision of Its Charter By HENRY STERN, Once again, we take pen in hand to criticize the actions and inactions of the Charter Revision Commission. We do that not because there is overwhelming public interest in the subject at this time, but because there is an issue of trust and credibility… Tale of the Bronx Fires Perfect for Mayor Bloomberg’s Kindle By ANDREW WOLF, How did we get to a point where the academic performance of our children hasn’t improved despite the fact that expenditures for our schools have soared to $21 billion a year from $13 billion? The answer can be found in a new book, written by Joe… Charter Commission Weighs Extra Term For Incumbents, Ignoring Public Referenda By HENRY STERN, The Charter Revision Commission will meet Monday evening to decide what amendments to the City Charter will be placed on the ballot in November. The Commission's recommendations are generally beneficial and should not arouse much public controversy… ‘Inexpicable Blunder’ Marks Report on Term Limits in City By HENRY STERN, The Charter Revision Commission, appointed by Mayor Bloomberg on March 3 to recommend changes in the City Charter, has brought forth its recommendations. In order to appear on the November ballot, the changes must be submitted to the City Clerk sixty… By HENRY STERN, The "Pelham Parkway 87" are mature trees, primarily lindens, with some elms and oaks, who have the misfortune of living too close to a "road improvement", as the $36 million reconstruction of the two-mile long roadway is euphemistically called. Not… Albany's Dangerous Limitation on Stop-and-Frisk By HENRY STERN, In most places, state legislatures enact laws which assist local authorities to prevent crime or catch criminals. New York State is an exception. The New York State Senate and Assembly, with the signature of Governor Paterson, have enacted a law to… Albany Awaits The Day When Money Runs Out By HENRY STERN, The state budget - or the lack of it - is as unpleasant a subject as the heat wave, and we had hoped that by now both issues would have been resolved. Unfortunately, the parties in Albany remain far apart. Today we are 98 days behind the legal… New York Now Lagging California In Race for Non-Partisan Elections By HENRY STERN, While paralysis prevails in the highly partisan scene in Albany, we cross the continent to California to report good news for independent and moderate voters. By a convincing margin of 54% to 46 per cent, Californians approved Proposition 14, which… The New York Sun Crosswords Are Back By Special to the Sun The New York Sun daily crossword puzzle, edited by the master puzzle maker Peter Gordon and acclaimed as one of the best in America, is back — at www.nysun.com. Readers of the New York Sun are now able to join the New York Sun Crossword Club for only $1 a week. It will give access to fill out online or download and print out each day’s puzzle. The New York Sun Crossword Puzzle won raves from around the country when it was issued daily in the print edition of The New York Sun, which startled the puzzle world with the ingenuity and verve of Mr. Gordon’s work.
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