It seems to be pure coincidence that the recent firefight between North and South Korea came just as Wikileaks released …
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The Unseen Battle Over Estate Taxes
While the press and the blogosphere fixate on the legislative jockeying over income tax rates, a much more lasting issue …
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Our Ever-Changing Permanent Tax Rates
Every news outlet in the country says the big battle in the lame-duck Congress is over whether, and for whom, …
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The Euro Lifeboat
Citizens of Germany, Greece and Ireland are all learning an important lesson: When you share a lifeboat with someone, you …
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Subversive Art
If you get a chance, stop in at LaGuardia Airport’s Marine Air Terminal (also known, much less romantically, as Terminal …
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New York’s Not-So-Indispensable Man
The late French Gen. Charles de Gaulle is credited with one of my favorite sayings: “The graveyards are full of …
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My Bold Prediction: We’ll Have Summer Next Summer
I’m going to go out on a limb and make a prediction: We will have summer weather in the Northeast …
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Traveling Turkeys
If everything goes perfectly, today will bring bedlam at the nation’s airports as millions of Americans journey to gather with …
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The Undeclared War Against Wikileaks
The U.S. government appears to be waging an undeclared war against Wikileaks and its founder, Julian Assange, while media and …
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