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Says candidate misled voters
To the Editor: I would like to respond to the letter recently sent by the 3rd L.D. candidate Nina Petraro Bastardi (“Thanks from 3rd L.D. candidate,” Nov. 12-18). more
Disagrees with D’Amato
To the Editor: I don’t agree with Sen. Al D’Amato’s position that trying Khalid Shaikh Mohammed in federal court is a bad idea (“The president and attorney general are dead wrong,” Nov. 26-Dec 2). more
Shop locally this holiday season
My, how the holiday season crept up on us this year! One minute, it seemed, we were basking in the summer sun, and the next, Thanksgiving appeared out of nowhere. On Friday, after downing turkey, playing touch football and remembering all that we’re thankful for, many will be out and about, shopping for the December holidays. more
State assemblyman Harvey Weisenberg, center, a Democrat from Long Beach and a primary sponsor of Leandra’s Law, was joined by Lenny Rosado, left, who lost his daughter Leandra in a recent drunken driving accident, and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver at a press conference to announce the passage of the bill.
DWI with a child is now a felony
Most of us cannot understand what possesses a person to drive drunk. This paper’s position has long been that drinking and driving is potentially deadly behavior that can have the same result as opening fire with a gun in a crowded mall. DWI requires stiff penalties. more
On Thanksgiving, a few of my favorite things
Robert Frost said that nothing gold can stay. This week, for the first time in 40 years of preparing the Thanksgiving meal, my husband and I will sit down at my son and daughter-in-law’s table, and not all of us will be there. more
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Health care, an issue of race and riches
Throughout the long, at times agonizing health reform debate, conservatives and insurance-industry lobbyists have argued that we don’t need a public insurance plan to compete with private insurers. more
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Wanted: Person of the Year
Next month, the Valley Stream Herald will name its Person of the Year. I am asking you, members of the community, for help in deciding who this honor should go to for 2009. more
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Why won’t school boards consider consolidation?
To the Editor: Early this year, consolidation of various government was suggested by state representatives as a way to reduce or control various local taxes. This idea has gone nowhere and fell on deaf ears more
By all means, try the alleged 9/11 terrorist in N.Y.
Let us go back to the day, the bright and beautiful September day, when all the promise of a new morning collapsed in on itself like the towers themselves. The images and sounds of the attack — the planes, the falling bodies, the imploding buildings, the gaping maw where New York’s greatest landmarks stood, the dust, the smell, the photos of loved ones taped to windows — are etched in our minds forever. more
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It’s time to put a stop to political correctness
Representative Peter King got it right. Nidal Hasan, the 39-year-old Army major who killed 13 soldiers at Ford Hood and left many more injured, is a devoted Muslim of Jordanian and Palestinian decent. Witnesses at the scene said that before Hasan opened fire, he shouted, “Allahu Akbar!” Arabic for “God is great!” These are also the words shouted by suicide bombers before they attack and kill. While shooting, Hasan reportedly bowed his head in prayer while innocent people died. more
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