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Ed Koch is the former Mayor of New York City.Recent Articles
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- Mr. President, Bring the Troops Home - November 18, 2009
- If General Stanley McChrystal's request of President Obama for 40,000 additional troops for Afghanistan is to be met, the cost would be $40 billion to $54 billion a...
- Common Sense Says Major Hasan Was a Terrorist - November 11, 2009
- The U.S. Army and President Barack Obama are understandably seeking desperately to prevent U.S. public opinion from reaching any conclusion with respect to the motive of...
- For the Jobless, the Great Recession Continues - November 4, 2009
- According to the October 30th New York Times, "The nation's gross domestic product expanded at an annual rate of 3.5 percent in the quarter that ended in September,...
- No Money for a Hospital? - October 20, 2009
- I see no difference between the lack of concern displayed by Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama to the plight of the residents of New Orleans. George Bush flew...
- The Afghanistan Ground War Cannot Be Won. Let's Get out Now. - September 15, 2009
- President Obama did an excellent job, in both delivery and substance, when he addressed a joint session of Congress last week. As I listened to him, I was reminded of...
- Falling Out of Love with Barack Obama - August 11, 2009
- I continue to be a supporter of President Barack Obama. He has had several outstanding successes. The major one has been a positive change in the economy due...
- Pakistan Disintegrating - April 28, 2009
- Pakistan, a nuclear nation, is in danger of falling to the Taliban. The Pakistani army, which the world has relied on to prevent the Taliban from taking over the...
- Taxpayer Fleecing Must Be Stopped - March 17, 2009
- Remember the phrase from the Nixon years and Watergate - follow the money. Well, it still applies. Prior to the release of the partial list of names, the Secretary...
- Where's the Money for Lending? - February 11, 2009
- A little history: We were told by Bush's Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson that liquidity - the availability of credit - was our greatest financial problem...
- Stimulus Used as Stealth Package - February 4, 2009
- The new team under President Obama has asked the Congress for an additional so-called stimulus bill, now at about $800 billion and still growing - with...
- Obama a Moderate with a Mandate - January 27, 2009
- Obama is moving quickly as he said he would to implement foreign and domestic policy changes, e.g., appointing a special representative -- Richard C....
- One of the Greatest Ceremonies in the World - January 20, 2009
- What a great and extraordinary outcome. What a great country. What a great people. And what a great man who won. He also surprised many of us all in his post...
- Media Fuels Anti-Israel Bias - January 13, 2009
- The governments of the United States, Great Britain, Egypt, as well as the Palestinian Authority led by Mahmoud Abbas, all acknowledge that Hamas began the...
- Israel Is Exercising Its Right of Self-Defense - January 6, 2009
- Every day during the bombing of Gaza, Hamas proudly announced that it was keeping up its rocketing of Israel. Never did the number of rockets fall below 20...
- What the Israeli Government Should Do - December 30, 2008
- To put a stop to this rocket bombardment, Israel has now taken the offensive. The Wall Street Journal in its editorial of December 29, summed up the facts: "The...
- Lay Blame and Get the Economy Moving Again - December 17, 2008
- Now we are learning of individuals in the private financial sector who have stolen billions in so-called Ponzi schemes. Charles Ponzi was a con man who...
- Those In Charge Of Our Economy Don't Know What They Are Doing - December 9, 2008
- Congress only authorized Paulson to spend half of the $700 billion bailout fund and to come back to Congress for permission to spend the balance. However, with all of...
- The Largest Heist in America's History, Only It's Legal - November 18, 2008
- Our economy does not grow, indeed quickly diminishes, when businesses, large and small, are unable to obtain short and long term loans to deal with payrolls,...
- The Bailouts Are Failing Us - November 12, 2008
- At first, some members of Congress -- both Republicans and Democrats -- balked at the huge bailout package. They said at the very least there should be some...
- Will We Fight to the Finish? - October 29, 2008
- I pretend no special expertise on how to deal with terror suspects, but I do believe there is a vast difference between criminal acts generally involving individuals or...
- Leave Afghanistan to Fight for Itself - October 21, 2008
- Azizabad is in an area where, according to The Times, "Taliban forces have been battling NATO forces." Guerrillas make it their business to infiltrate...
- Where are the Protests? - October 13, 2008
- The absence of protests now when our economy has been driven into the ground by greed on Wall Street and in Washington is a mystery. We saw some of that...
- Palin Deserves to Be Treated with Respect - October 8, 2008
- Sarah Palin later explained when she learned what the Bush Doctrine stood for, that she did too. When Katie Couric in a later interview asked Palin if she...
- Domestic Issues Make Obama-Biden the Better Choice - September 30, 2008
- Here I was, four years later in those same Jewish communities, consisting of many retired New Yorkers, urging the Jewish residents of Florida to vote for...
- Fraud on Railroad - September 24, 2008
- According to the Times, the retirement board's inspector general acknowledged that "the board's rejection rate (for the benefit) was almost nonexistent," adding, "If...
- Why I'm Voting for Obama-Biden - September 9, 2008
- I believe that Bush and Tony Blair, Bush's main international ally with regard to the war in Iraq and against Islamic terrorism, will be redeemed by history. President...
- Election Will Hinge on Abortion Issue - September 3, 2008
- Palin has so far come across as an extraordinary woman whose political experience includes serving as a mayor of an Alaska town and governor of Alaska. She is a...
- Obama Inherits Bobby Kennedy's Populism - August 27, 2008
- Barack Obama, who comes out of Chicago's ward politics and the Reverend Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr.'s church, seeks to inherit the mantle of Bobby Kennedy's populist...
- How to Confront Russia - August 19, 2008
- In the meanwhile, we have to make a decision. Do we want to engage Russia as a full partner in our efforts to keep the peace or do we want to humble them as we have...
- U.S., Russia Should Be Friends, Equals - August 12, 2008
- On the opening day of the Olympics, Georgia sent troops to take back the provincial capital of South Ossetia. Big mistake. Russia, using the same pretext that Hitler...
- McCain Should Change Gay Adoption Position - July 23, 2008
- I've always been impressed that the adults I know who were raised by a single mother are well adjusted. They tell me they received all the parental love and attention...
- Leave Iraq and Afghanistan By Year's End - July 15, 2008
- The Kurds and Sunnis, who together represent 40 percent of the Iraqi population, may, in large part, want a continuing U.S. presence to protect them from the 60...
- NY Democrats Need a Reform Wing - July 2, 2008
- Bruno, before he resigned, apparently called the U.S. law enforcement authorities to ask if the resignation will cause them to end their investigation of his business...
- Let the Race Play Out - RealClearPolitics - May 28, 2008
- History Will Redeem Bush - RealClearPolitics - May 21, 2008
- Will Voters Accept Obama's Explanations? - RealClearPolitics - May 6, 2008
- The Special Bond Between Catholics and Jews - RealClearPolitics - April 22, 2008
- Looking Back at Life - RealClearPolitics - April 15, 2008
- There's No Excusing Obama on Wright - RealClearPolitics - April 1, 2008
- Why Obama's Speech Was Unconvincing - RealClearPolitics - March 26, 2008