“Power gridlock gave LI a jolt”, Ellis Henican Column, Newsday, September 4, 2011 Living off the grid isn’t so juicy, after all. A few hours or even a day without electricity? That falls into the tolerable zone. The kids like playing with candles. The iPhone can still be powered in the car. But somewhere around [...]
Ellis Henican Column, Newsday, August 27, 2011 Ten hard-earned lessons from Katrina, recalled just in time for Irene: 1. The hurricane categories go all the way to 5, but don’t let the scale fool you. 3’s can be awfully vicious too. When Katrina hit the Gulf Coast, it was clocked as a 3. Enough [...]
“Ritzy vacations are inherintly bipartisan”, Ellis Henican Column, Newsday, August 21, 2011 Under the circumstances, Martha’s Vineyard might not be the perfect vacation choice. Sure, presidents need chill-time just like the rest of us. Probably more so. Their work duties are more relentless. And along with being president, Barack Obama has at least two [...]
“What’s next for the U.S. of AA+”, Ellis Henican Column, Newsday, August 14, 2011 The free market’s in free fall! Wait, it’s zooming up again! Hold on a second, the stocks are tumbling now! But not for long they aren’t! Here comes another U-turn! You enjoying AA+? Since Standard & Poor’s took America’s AAA away, [...]
“No. 1 job complaint? I don’t have one!”, Ellis Henican Column, Newsday, August 7, 2011 The economic news last week had practical effects on real people’s lives. Personally, I was hoping to retire at 111. Now, according to my closing-bell calculations at the end of the week, that’s been pushed back at least to 129. [...]
FOX NEWS OPINION: Ellis Henican August 4, 2011 www.foxnews.com Just in time for back-to-school, here comes the Bazooka Boost. According to a new study in the brainy Journal of Adolescence, eighth-graders who chew gum during math class and homework time score higher on standardized tests than their empty-mouthed classmates. Take that, Assistant Principal Lockjaw! How [...]
“Just dithering on the debt ceiling”, Ellis Henican Column, Newsday, July 30, 2011 If it’s this hard to raise the debt ceiling, how can Washington even think of solving real problems? That’s the next question we’ll get to face, once this debt-limit fiasco is finally behind us — and not a minute too soon. What [...]
“Too hot to care about anything except A/C”, Ellis Henican Column, Newsday, July 24, 2011 It’s been said that people actually lived around here in the days before air conditioning. That could well be true. But here’s the question that no one’s been able to answer: Why on Earth would they want to? Have you [...]
“Oficials’ procrastination reflects ours”, Ellis Henican Column, Newsday, July 17, 2011 Life, liberty — the pursuit of procrastination: Doesn’t anyone do anything without a deadline anymore? Not so you’d notice in Washington, not this weekend anyway. Not as President Obama and the supposed grown-ups in the House and Senate tussle endlessly over lifting the debt [...]
“Suburban focus now jobs, not real-estate”, Ellis Henican Column, Newsday, July 10, 2011 All stories in the suburbs, it’s been said, are eventually real-estate stories. People moving from the city. Houses, roads, schools and malls. Neighbors turning up at public meetings to declare: “Not in my backyard!” This has been especially true on Long Island, [...]
ELLIS HENICAN is a columnist at Newsday and a political analyst on the Fox News Channel. He also hosts a nationally syndicated weekend show on Talk Radio Network, is author of a New York Times Bestseller, and is the voice of “Stormy” on the hit Cartoon Network series “Sealab 2021.”
