Richie dines on Long Island while NYPA customers shiver in the dark. Street Corner Conservative doesn’t make a habit of attending any of the hundreds of “gala” breakfasts, lunches and dinners that have proliferated on Long Island. Last Friday, however, Street Corner made an exception for the Long Island Association’s (LIA) Gala Annual Lunch at [...]
Archive for February 2010
The Kessel NYPA Watch, February 28, 2010 – By George J. Marlin
February 28, 2010State constitutional convention is a bad idea – By George J. Marlin
February 26, 2010The following appears in the February 24, 2010 issue of the Long Island Business News: In recent months prominent members of New York’s political establishment have been clamoring for a state constitutional convention. Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, Rick Lazio (the presumptive Republican nominee for governor) and numerous others insist that only a major overhaul [...]
Pluralism – or Relativism? – By George J. Marlin
February 24, 2010This article I wrote appears on The Catholic Thing web site on February 24, 2010.
The Kessel NYPA Watch, February 21, 2010 – By George J. Marlin
February 21, 2010The Kessel Barometer: Bad News for Governor Paterson The Paterson Barometer: Bad News for Richie Wildlife biologists know that before the tsunami strikes, birds and small mammals, like squirrels, jackals and weasels, head for high ground to avoid the wrath of the storm. Yesterday, at Hofstra University in Nassau County, the Kessel Barometer, which tracks [...]
The Truth about Life-or-Death Decisions – By George J. Marlin
February 12, 2010This article I wrote appears on The Catholic Thing web site on February 11, 2010.