Helping small business, renewable energy, education and health care are among the Democrats’ shared priorities Six Democratic candidates for Congress fought it out before and audience of students and Hudson Valley voters on the SUNY New Paltz campus Wednesday to determine who will challenge Republican John Faso for the 19th […]
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Cuomo, NY Dems organize voter registration drives in hopes of flipping House in ’18
Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Democratic Committee are launching a series of voter registration drives across the state this summer in response to proposed changes to the nation’s health care laws. Democrats across the nation, and in New York, have deemed the Better Care Reconciliation Act as […]
Festus could have taught political philosophy
Of course I still watch Gunsmoke. Why wouldn’t I? They don’t make them like that anymore. There is so much wisdom embodied in those characters. Matt Dillon, of course, is the equivalent of an American super hero. He always seems to know truth and his pals Doc and Kitty […]
We don’t need anti-democratic tactics
We all know that Hillary won the popular vote so you would think that Donald J. Trump would get the message and maybe meet those in the majority who voted for her sort of halfway. In New York where I work and in Massachusetts where I live, there are many, […]
Hoylman’s T.R.U.M.P. Act is picking up steam
Public support is growing for a law that requires presidential candidates to release their tax returns as a condition for appearing on the ballot Legislation requiring presidential candidates to release their five most recent federal tax returns as a prerequisite for appearing on a ballot in New York […]