Suozzi’s Farewell,” Ellis Henican Column, Newsday, December 30, 2009
He was “completely shocked” he lost.
He’s unlikely to run for local or county office again, though maybe for something on the state or federal level.
He’s proud to have turned “the worst-run county in America” into a government that is “much more professional and better run and [...]
“Kiss This One Goodbye,” Ellis Henican Column, Newsday, September 6, 2009
Come Tuesday, things will all be different.
Come Tuesday, the unofficial end of summer, sanity will again prevail.
But for one last weekend, the silly season will still be with us. For one last, glorious weekend, summer will proudly reign.
Michael Jackson will refuse to leave the [...]
Is Organic Any Healthier?” Ellis Henican Sunday Column, Newsday, August 2, 2009
Are shoppers demanding refunds at the greenmarket?
Not yet. But wait.
Over the past 15 years, the organic grocery business has gone from quirky outlier to “Do you love your family or not?” Across the country and around the world, millions pay extra at the checkout [...]
“Let’s Reinvent the Process,” Ellis Henican Sunday Column, Newsday, July 19, 2009
She spoke in tones as flat as a law book. She was as difficult to ruffle as the court’s wooden bench. In day after day of direct interrogation, the nation learned barely anything.
So Sonya Sotomayor had a very successful week.
Try as they might, the [...]
“In Death, Jacko’s Flaws ‘Beat It,’” Ellis Henican Sunday Column, Newsday, June 28, 2009, p. 2
Never speak ill of the freshly dead.
So deeply embedded is that dictum, people attend funerals of relatives they hated and priests deliver eulogies for mobsters and hoods.
Well, watch as the dictum is tested now.
Michael Jackson was a talented but [...]
“Deception No Present on Father’s Day,” Ellis Henican Sunday Column, Newsday, June 21, 2009
It’s the Father’s Day mystery that may never be solved.
No, not what happened to Steven Damman, the toddler whose disappearance from East Meadow in 1955 spurred a massive national child hunt. With luck, persistence and a few long memories, the real answer [...]