I sat down this morning and wrote a letter to a friend going through a really rough patch in his life. more

When our Founding Fathers sat down to create the Constitution, they decided it would be best to devise a system of checks and balances in order to guard the people against tyranny. more

Marijuana legalization is all the rage these days, much to my chagrin. I oppose it. Always have. Always will. more

Or vice versa? A story is told about the conductor Daniel Barenboim, who decided to conduct a piece from Wagner’s “Tristan and Isolde” in Israel . . . more

New York state is considering an initiative at 10 of its state prisons to give prisoners a college education. The program would bring college professors into the prisons . . . more

When you’re the father of four daughters, it’s always your hope that one of them will marry a doctor. more

So, how about this winter? more

Twenty states have passed laws allowing patients to access medical marijuana. Right now, New York state is exploring its options . . . more

The Working Families Party is working overtime to bring “socialized medicine” to New York, arguing that we need a single-payer insurance system in which the government pays medical claims through “progressive taxes.” more

Did you know that your beautiful green lawn can be harmful to the environment? Regular landscaping needs fertilizer, which contains nitrogen and phosphorous. Many people also use pesticides on … more