IN SHORT, DR. AL-ZAWAHIRI’S USE OF THE WORD, “ABEED,” WASN’T MEANT AS A COMPLEMENT
There are certain words or phrases that make the hair on the back of my neck stand up. More often than not, these have racist over tones.
During the course of our recent elections, I would, from time to time, hear some […]

GORDON GECKO WAS WRONG
The notion of our government bailing out private industry is not new. In the 1970s, when Chrysler Corporation was about to go belly up, our government put up the money to get them over the hump, and, under the highly professional leadership of Lee Iacocca, they got back on their feet.
And […]

IF THIS IS WHAT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS BECOME IN SUFFOLK COUNTY, THEN, PERHAPS IT HASN’T SHIFTED AWAY FROM ITS REPUBLICAN ROOTS, AFTER ALL
I have not had the time to write as often as I would like, but I am trying to have something to say here at the Lib at least once a week. […]

WHAT, EXACTLY, DID OUR COUNTRY DESERVE?
Ralph Nader is 74, and he has definitely proved himself to be unsafe at any speed.
Once again, this year, Mr. Nader mounted an unsuccessful third party run for the Presidency. This time, only about one half of one percent of the voting public cast their ballots for […]

ON THE WAY OUT THE DOOR, THE BUSH ADMINISTRTION LAUNCHES ANOTHER BROADSIDE AGAINST THE ENVIRONMENT
Not content to shuffle gently into retirement, the Bush administration has announced that it is putting the finishing touches on a series of environmental policy changes intended to reward Corporate America for their loyalty by relaxing numerous critical environmental restrictions that […]

THEY HAVE A CASH MACHINE IN THEIR HANDS, AND THEY ARE LOATHE TO GIVE IT UP
This will be the last thing I write before this most critical election, perhaps, of my life time.
Will we elect the first African American President in our nation’s history, or will we seat the first woman to become Vice President?
Will […]