It’s been almost four years since President Barack Obama ran a brilliant and successful campaign based on the promise of change.
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8/9/12
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As if one stimulus package wasn’t enough, President Obama has proposed giving hundreds of billions of dollars in additional federal funding to struggling state and municipal governments to hire more teachers, firefighters and policemen.
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7/19/12
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Lately it’s been too hot to spend a lot of time on serious political matters. The State Legislature has gone home and won’t return until November, at the earliest.
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7/12/12
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Those Founding Fathers knew what they were doing. Checks and balances worked last week, as the United States Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act in a 5-4 decision that surprised pretty much everybody.
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7/3/12
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Last week, President Obama proved that he will use all measures necessary to protect the secrets of his administration.
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6/28/12
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The national housing crisis has hit a little too close to home. On Long Island, foreclosure rates have soared through the roof, with rates rising 50 percent in Suffolk County and nearly 34 percent in Nassau County.
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6/21/12
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On June 6, the Island Park Chamber of Commerce hosted a Summer Kickoff Party at one of the area’s newer establishments, Pop’s Seafood Shack and Grill, on Railroad Place. Tickets include drinks, …
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6/13/12
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Barack Obama is, of course, our first African-American president. According to the birthers, he is also our first foreign-born president.
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5/24/12
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In case you haven’t been paying attention, something big has been stolen right out from under our noses.
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5/17/12
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In a surprise turnabout, the winner of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for fiction was Mitt Romney. Or at least he should have been.
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4/26/12
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