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No. Title Description Date L_55 Drink Up Gas drilling could bring lots of money to New York - and destroy our water March 17, 2009 L_54 Teaching Control Mayoral control of NYC schools is up for renewal - or replacement January 29, 2009 L_53 The Mayor's Misdirection Is Mayor Bloomberg hiding the Campaign Finance Board's illegal action? November 3, 2008 L_52 Show Me the Money Term limits extension will lead to a new money chase and new rules protecting incumbents October 14, 2008 L_51 Pieces of Silver Sheldon Silver could be the cavalry for Democrats in the state Senate October 10, 2008 L_50 Money Laudering The billionaires are battling us, not each other October 7, 2008 L_49 Time Limits The timing of the proposed term limit extension is suspect October 6, 2008 L_48 The Un-American Way In this country, the voters are supposed to decide October 5, 2008 L_47 Ave, Hizzoner Is Bloomberg the Mayor, or a Caesar? October 4, 2008 L_46 De-Limited The City Council must not extend term limits October 3, 2008 L_45 Where Have All the Children Gone? Declining student enrollment is a disturbing trend September 20, 2008 L_44 No Room To Let One idea for creating permanently affordable housing July 26, 2008 L_43 Limited Membership The member item scandal has no easy solution May 9, 2008 L_42 Let's Make a Deal Eliot Spitzer metamorphoses from prosecutor to Governor July 20, 2007 L_41 Kids At Play, Men At Work Poor playground repairs are community affairs July 14, 2007 L_40 Real Campaign Reform Our elected officials are deceiving us about campaign finance June 23, 2007 L_39 Make An End, Already After two decades of track work and delays, it's time to investigate the MTA May 24, 2007 L_38 Ethically Challenged The Assembly's "Ethics Reform" is neither ethical nor reform February 18, 2007 L_37 Quinn's New York The Speaker's second State of the City -- what did she say? February 15, 2007 L_36 Bus-ness as usual Schoolchildren are being sent all over the place. What for? February 9, 2007 L_35 Unjust Desserts Capital punishment is still wrong February 2, 2007 L_34 For Whom Sean Bell Tolls Why are almost all victims of police shootings young black men? January 31, 2007 L_33 Servant of Two Masters Who are our state legislators working for, anyway? December 22, 2006 L_32 Roads Not Taken -- State The state legislature is done for the year, but much is undone December 15, 2006 L_31 Roads Not Taken -- City The City Council finished the year, but didn't finish their job December 8, 2006 L_30 Unaffordable Housing The Queens West housing agreement benefits the rich, not the middle class December 1, 2006 L_29 The Real Michael Bloomberg Mayor Bloomberg goes campaigning November 1, 2006 L_28 The Most Dysfunctional The NY State legislature needs fixing October 17, 2006 L_27 The Reformer What will be Speaker Christine Quinn's legacy? October 16, 2006 L_26 Unreasonable Rulings Subway bag searches are still ruled constitutional August 11, 2006 L_25 An Honest Politician Fixing campaign finance at home May 4, 2006 L_24 Worse Than Last New York's new voting machines, whenever we get them March 8, 2006 L_23 Leaving Children Behind Our state's education curriculum is a mess January 29, 2006 L_22 Struck Out Why we had to walk to work December 23, 2005 L_21 Vox Limitatus Term limits may go -- but how? December 8, 2005 L_20 Search Me -- Not! Bag searches are ruled constitutional -- for now December 3, 2005 L_19 Machines Democrats need a new way to choose candidates November 9, 2005 L_18 Money Talks Winning elections is easy ... if you're rich November 1, 2005 L_17 A Debatable Threat The real threat to our safety? October 6, 2005 L_16 Vote Early, Vote Often Will future elections be free and fair? October 3, 2005 L_15 Size Doesn't Matter Crowded classrooms are only one of myriad problems August 18, 2005 L_14 Debatable Making debates more like debates August 17, 2005 L_13 Testing the Test The Board of Education fails again August 16, 2005 L_12 Bag Check III Worse than a bad idea August 15, 2005 L_11 The Road Not Taken Pataki and Clinton diverge -- will they come together down the road? July 29, 2005 L_10 The Early Bird Next year's race for Governor starts now July 28, 2005 L_09 Bag Check II Terror, tyranny and the Fourth Amendment July 27, 2005 L_08 Bag Check Beware of the subways! July 24, 2005 L_07 Game Off Why New York didn't get the Olympics July 8, 2005 L_06 Let's Be Frank Junk mail, political style June 19, 2005 L_05 The Mayor's Big Stick Look who's buying votes now June 3, 2005 L_04 Olympic Effort What this year's elections will be about February 1, 2005 L_03 If You Build It ... A stadium can jump-start development -- or kill it December 17, 2004 L_02 It's About Time We finally have a gubernatorial candidate we can vote for December 7, 2004 L_01a Go Team! -- revised Update on the West Side Stadium plan October 4, 2004 L_01 Go Team! Where the stadium should be built April 3, 2004

No. Title Description Date 192 Hidden Addiction Is Russia the answer to OPEC? June 20, 2009 191 Un-Fair Elections At attempt at campaign finance reform falls short April 4, 2009 190 The "T" Word President Obama's budget outline only sounds frightening February 27, 2009 189 Let Them Stay A bold move to ease the mortgage crisis February 13, 2009 188 Drill, Baby, Drill We can solve much of our economic, energy, environmental, and national security problems -- and put people to work now February 8, 2009 187 Cover Me Providing universal healthcare coverage is a complex subject February 6, 2009 186 Share the Burden, Share the Wealth It's time for the wealthiest Americans to step up to the plate for all of us January 30, 2009 185 Stimulate This What Congress should (and probably) won't do with the "stimulus package" January 25, 2009 184 A Private Little Retirement, II A fuller discussion of Social Security options, updated January 16, 2009 183 Not Unpardonable Can President Obama undo any of George W. Bush's last-minute pardons? January 15, 2009 182 America Unemployed The numbers look bad, but they're even worse January 9, 2009 181 Bail Out or Build Anew What should we do about GM? December 18, 2008 180 Step Away From The Table Pelosi and Reid lose another "negotiation" December 11, 2008 179 The Real Middle Class Many Americans are doing far better than they think November 18, 2008 178 American Values II American values are not Republican values September 15, 2008 177 Pickens' Picks What the oil magnate missed September 8, 2008 176 Plenty of Troops We could finish the job in Afghanistan September 6, 2008 175 Quayle Hunt John McCain's first "presidential" choice is a dud September 2, 2008 174 The Devil Went Down to Georgia Russia invades their neighbor August 15, 2008 173 Right-Wing Economics vs. Reality An answer to 30 years of right-wing economic propaganda June 26, 2008 172 Addicted To Oil As prices rise, politicians fail May 19, 2008 171 Dream Ticket Will Obama and Clinton ever get together? May 12, 2008 170 Railing Over Oil We aren't really serious about saving energy -- and we should be March 11, 2008 169 Economic Anemia Even Democratic economists, with good news for Democrats, are chicken February 26, 2008 168 John and Vicki A New York Times article proves that most of the mass media is composed of idiots February 22, 2008 167 The Osama Factor Osama bin Laden and George W. Bush - working together September 25, 2007 166 Winning Elections; Losing Americans Democratic strategy may win next year's election, but Americans are dying in Iraq September 21, 2007 165 Betrayed Again Harry Reid must be replaced – perhaps with someone from MoveOn.org September 20, 2007 164 Make The Most Of It America must punish Bush, Cheney, et. al., for their treason August 17, 2007 163 Sein Kampf It's Bush's struggle, but America pays the price August 10, 2007 162 Nader Was Right Democrats ... Republicans -- what's the difference? August 5, 2007 161 Earned Income If the DSCC wants my donation, they must prove they deserve it June 30, 2007 160 No Respect Our elderly parents require -- and deserve -- more from us June 26, 2007 159 The Welcome Mat Why "illegal immigration" is a hot topic June 25, 2007 158 Pardon Me Should George W. Bush pardon Scooter Libby? June 17, 2007 157 Craven Caving Democratic leaders give in May 25, 2007 156 No Surrender The true enemy is within America May 20, 2007 155 How To Win a War Winning and losing may not be predestined, but... May 13, 2007 154 A Country Divided Politicians love to separate us May 12, 2007 153 Rudy's Republican Ranking Why Giuliani's poll numbers are so high May 11, 2007 152 What Debate? The Presidential "debates" are a complete waste of time May 4, 2007 151 Supplemental Conditions Democrats must follow up on the supplemental appropriation vote March 23, 2007 150 Cool It Lowering global warming is good for the pocketbook too March 21, 2007 149 A Pox On Both Your Houses Republicans have done their best to destroy our freedom; Democrats are doing very little to restore it March 16, 2007 148 If This Be Partisan ... Democrats can't win by being nice March 10, 2007 147 Take Charge If Democrats don't start leading, they'll lose the opportunity March 8, 2007 146 Hamlet's Wedding The Republican take on same-sex marriage is illogical and wrong March 4, 2007 145 Lon Nol, Muslim Style Bush's threats against Iran are eerily familiar February 19, 2007 144 Remove Gonzales -- Now Attorneys General should believe in the Constitution February 3, 2007 143 Not the Decider Bush is offering something new after all January 27, 2007 142 State of Misleading Another "State of the Union", another passel of lies January 26, 2007 141 The Emperor's New Plan Bush's "plan" is actually no plan at all January 22, 2007 140 Escalate vs. Evacuate Bush's "plan" for Iraq is another disaster January 14, 2007 139 Impeachment Time We need to get rid of George W. Bush -- now January 11, 2007 138 By Partisanship Explaining Bush's latest rants January 4, 2007 137 National Nightmare Pardon me -- or not December 27, 2006 136 The Moral Test We can do better December 24, 2006 135 Right Out of the Country Is Goode Bad? December 21, 2006 134 The Hypocrite in the Closet Banning gay marriage is discrimination December 17, 2006 133 Roads Not Taken -- Federal What Congress failed to accomplish December 16, 2006 132 Best Interest Another Bush lie exposed -- by his own man December 6, 2006 131 Primary Debate The more challengers, the better December 4, 2006 130 What Mandate? How do Democrats follow up their election victory? November 10, 2006 129 Aid and Comfort George W. Bush, Traitor November 4, 2006 128 Thank You, Mr. President Bill Clinton to the rescue October 21, 2006 127 The Other Races Democratic victory won't be limited to Congress October 20, 2006 126 The Real War Our freedom is at stake October 15, 2006 125 The Mayor-nator Michael Bloomberg for President? September 22, 2006 124 Minority Wimp How Democrats will lose this election September 21, 2006 123 George Goes to the U.N. What we can learn from Bush's U.N. speech September 19, 2006 122 United Front Primaries are good September 17, 2006 121 Why They Hate Us Beginning to answer the terrorist threat September 16, 2006 120 Save the Dinosaurs We can fix global warming and the energy crunch now July 6, 2006 119 The Fifth Freedom Lobbying reform is desperately needed -- and not happening July 5, 2006 118 Revisionist History The Republicans are trying to rewrite the past July 4, 2006 117 Burn This An amendment banning flag burning is un-American June 27, 2006 116 On Principle How do Democrats regain power -- and keep it? June 4, 2006 115 Replace the Democrats Democrats can't capitalize on Republican woes without change April 2, 2006 114 Coming to America One immigration problem at a time March 17, 2006 113 Governing Is Dirty Without even trying, the Democrats have a winning strategy March 6, 2006 112 The Potemkin Village Presidency George W. Bush is out of touch with reality March 4, 2006 111 Perception Porting political views February 28, 2006 110 Channeling Tom Sawyer Another Republican whitewash in progress February 17, 2006 109 Clean Elections Campaigning without fundraising February 16, 2006 108 State Of Disunion George W. Bush goes to the Capitol February 1, 2006 107 America Is Liberal A new look at middle America January 26, 2006 106 Change Begins at Home Democrats, heal thyselves January 16, 2006 105 Locked in Hobbes Hell The true Republican philosophy January 9, 2006 104 Oversight It's impeachment time December 28, 2005 103 The Difference Fear leads to loss December 27, 2005 102 Too Soon No victory in Iraq December 26, 2005 101 Medicare Gets a "D" The prescription drug plan is a prescription for disaster December 11, 2005 100 Heated Negotiations First Kyoto, now Montreal December 9, 2005 99 The Next Generation New Democrats are taking the lead November 25, 2005 98 Pump Up the Price The cost of oil -- the higher, the better November 16, 2005 97 No Treat The nomination of Samuel Alito is scary Halloween move October 31, 2005 96 Son Of Cold War The terror "threat" is overblown, and being fought the wrong way October 17, 2005 95 Offset This How the Republicans want to pay for Katrina cleanup October 16, 2005 94 Good Night, and Good Luck It's time to stop the war on American freedom October 13, 2005 93 To Your Health Universal health care coverage is a need September 19, 2005 92 Two Gulf Wars George W. Bush's post-Katrina speech September 18, 2005 91 What Now? How do we handle the future of Iraq? August 28, 2005 90 By Any Other Name What is it we call fundamentalism? August 23, 2005 89 A Private Little War Not quite the final solution to the Iraq problem August 22, 2005 88 Happy Birthday, Mr. President Change our relationship with Cuba August 14, 2005 87 Recess Appointments Is John Bolton's appointment unconstitutional? August 4, 2005 86 Scientific Inquiry Why did Bill Frist jump ship? July 29, 2005 85 ... and Statistics John G. Roberts would make a disastrous Supreme Court judge July 23, 2005 84 War of the World H.G. Wells' work is as relevant as ever July 21, 2005 83 Just Compensation They're coming to take your home June 27, 2005 82 Mercury Rising New pollution rules hurt your kids March 30, 2005 81 A Private Little Retirement A fuller discussion of Social Security options March 19, 2005 80 Cape Fear Is Social Security privatization a smokescreen? March 17, 2005 79 Mixed Signals Something new in foreign policy? Not really. March 14, 2005 78 American Values Republicans don't share February 20, 2005 77 Fair Weather Friends How intelligent is the choice for intelligence director? February 17, 2005 76 Half a Democracy Free elections are everywhere -- except here January 30, 2005 75 The "R" Word The economy has turned the corner -- heading down January 28, 2005 74 Jefferson Lives History ain't what you think January 17, 2005 73 Depolarization We need to bring the country together December 2, 2004 72 Post Not-Quite-Mortem The Democratic party can rise again -- but how? December 1, 2004 71 Electoral College They're poised to steal the election -- again October 26, 2004 70 The "MS" President The disaster a second Bush term will mean October 19, 2004 69 The Last Bastion of Hate Gay rights in America are in jeopardy before they exist October 13, 2004 68 Twenty Years After It's 2004, not 1984, but... October 10, 2004 67 The Best Defense The Bush team's offensive campaign strategy October 9, 2004 66 Cut and Run Let's get out of Iraq now September 30, 2004 65 How to Win Wars... The mess in Iraq and the start of a solution September 25, 2004 64 The Cargo Cult President George W. Bush doesn't know what he's doing September 22, 2004 63 Be Careful What You Wish Dick Cheney has an unguarded moment September 12, 2004 62 The New Cold War Once again, Americans are not fighting the real enemy September 11, 2004 61 The New Millennium 1,000 dead Americans in Iraq September 9, 2004 60 Very Secret Service Bush's attack dogs are on the loose September 8, 2004 59 Homeland Insecurity What happened to American courage? August 31, 2004 58 Let Kerry Be Dean Bush is leading. Why? August 29, 2004 57 How 9/11 Happened Did President Bush allow the 9/11 attacks? June 17, 2004 56 Where, Not When Why isn't Saddam Hussein in The Hague? June 16, 2004 55 Money Votes The best election money can buy June 7, 2004 54 Legacy What Ronald Reagan left behind June 6, 2004 53 Self-Employed Fair Tax If you work for yourself, you're paying too much tax June 3, 2004 52 A Good Fifty-Cent Nickel Don't just lose the penny; reset the dollar June 2, 2004 51 What Journalists? Are they reporters or parrots? May 28, 2004 50 I Accept Your Nomination Will John Kerry really delay? May 25, 2004 49 Contract With America What Kerry and the Democrats need to do to win this fall May 23, 2004 48 Oil's Well for Oil Wells Why are gasoline prices so high? May 16, 2004 47 Anger Management I won't be going postal May 15, 2004 46 Paging Al Haig Someone needs to take charge of the mess May 10, 2004 45 A Piece of the Action Setting up a stable government in Afghanistan May 9, 2004 44 The Non-Apology Apology Americans torture their Iraqi prisoners May 7, 2004 43 The Mouse That Squealed Will we get to see Farenheit 911? May 5, 2004 42 Behind the Curve Alan Greenspan is not independent May 4, 2004 41 The Two Faces of Colin What happened to the Powell Doctrine? April 30, 2004 40 Judging the Election A Bush-appointed Supreme Court means disaster for America April 26, 2004 39 Un-Reality What do President Bush and "The Apprentice" have in common? April 24, 2004 38 It's Not Easy Being Green Bush, ecoterrorist April 21, 2004 37 War of the Worlds Let's all go to Mars April 18. 2004 36 The New Marriage Penalty Why your elderly parents should get divorced April 17, 2004 35 Size Matters Republican pork-barrel hypocrisy gone wild April 13, 2004 34 Eppur Si Muove Democracy is not inevitable in Iraq April 12, 2004 33 The Smoking Gun Who's to blame for 9/11? April 11, 2004 32 What's in a Name? Putting the proper tag on the Iraqis fighting occupation April 7, 2004 31 Pandora's Box What we released when we invaded Iraq April 5, 2004 30 Who's the Sorcerer? President Bush's Mickey Mouse war on terror March 30, 2004 29 Hallelujah Chorus Religion and politics March 29, 2004 28 Birds of a Feather President Bush denies knowing Al Qaeda was going to attack us March 25, 2004 27 Spoils of War U.S. troops are stealing from Iraq March 24, 2004 26 Watch Where You Walk Basic medical care March 22, 2004 25 What Is Truth They're even hiding the facts about Medicare March 18, 2004 24