“The Kennedy’s Had Issues: And Your Family Doesn’t?” Ellis Henican Column, Newsday, August 30, 2009
You won’t find this in the Declaration of Independence. The concept is nowhere laid out in the Articles of Confederation or the Constitution’s Bill of Rights.
Ayn Rand be damned. The individual is not the basic unit of American society. The [...]
30Aug
28Aug
“Opponents? What Opponents?” Ellis Henican Column, am/New York, August 29, 2009
He’s the candidate of the Ego Party now.
Mike Bloomberg took a moment to cast his gaze upon the field of dreamers running to replace him at City Hall. And what exactly caught the mayor’s eye?
A whole lot of nothin’.
“I’m not running against anybody,” he declared.
Not [...]
23Aug
“Small Taste of Hurricane Bill Is Enough,” Ellis Henican Sunday Column, Newsday, August 22, 2009, page 2
It was the prudent thing to do.
Hurricane Bill was roaring northward. Who felt like being stubborn now? Swimmers would be ordered out of the water. Long Island’s beaches would have to be closed.
Waves were already pounding the shoreline, 8 [...]
22Aug
OBAMA GIRL DIES!!
See the shocking video from BarelyPolitical.com
In the final episode, the I-got-a-crush-on-you-know-who girl meets a surprise and unfortunate end. I’d like to speak to a lawyer, please!
From Newsday:
‘NET FAME: It had to happen. Some horrible fate would eventually befall Obama Girl, the I-got-a-crush-on-you-know-who character created last year by YouTube sensation Amber Lee Ettinger and [...]
16Aug
“Fact-Free Health-Care Debate,” Ellis Henican Sunday Column, Newsday, August 16, 2009
Do facts really matter anymore? Not so much in politics.
We’ve just had a spirited week of political debate over health care reform.
Which sounds OK. Only hardly any of it had much to do with how we might reform health care. The discussion, if you can [...]
09Aug
“Clunkers for Cash,” Ellis Henican Sunday Column, Newsday, August 9, 2999, page 2
You can’t say Cash for Clunkers didn’t motivate.
Americans have already agreed to trade a huge number of old cars for new ones. And the feds have burned through a billion dollars the way a fully loaded ‘98 Ford Expedition burns though gas.
Pat Tavella [...]