“Who Needs Early Testing?” Ellis Henican Column, Newsday, November 22, 2009
Don’t rush so quickly for routine mammograms. No need to bother with annual pap smears.
What other time-honored advice would the medical profession like to revise next?
Shall we all start stuffing our faces with high-fat food?
For decades, doctors have been telling women to start getting mammograms [...]

“New York’s Next Governor/Senator/Whatever,” Ellis Henican Column, amNewYork, November 20, 2009
No to governor. Yes to Senator. Or maybe the man they used to call America’s Mayor – used to – will never really decide.
There’s plenty of precedent for skepticism when it comes to the political pronouncement of Rudy Giuliani.
This is the candidate who abandoned his [...]

“Scared Yet?” Ellis Henican Column, Newsday, November 15, 2009
Here’s the strange geography of terror fear: The farther you are from any real danger, the more jitters you are likely to feel.
Doubt me? Consider some of the political reaction to New York’s coming terror trials.
Attorney General Eric Holder announced that 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and [...]