“Perceived labels that no longer fit reality”, Ellis Henican Column, Newsday, March 17, 2013 It’s all in the labeling sometimes. Is St. Patrick’s Day a “drunkfest” or a “sober family holiday”? As always, that depends on who’s being asked. Police across Long Island certainly have a view. They’ve set up breathalyzer checkpoints at many of…
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“Reports of economic growth don’t feel real”, Ellis Henican Column, Newsday, March 10, 2013 Feeling rich yet? The Dow hit another all-time high on Friday. The whole stock market has been soaring like an eagle out of Lance Armstrong’s medicine chest. The Labor Department’s latest jobs report was “brisk” (Wall Street Journal), “great news” (Washington…
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Jedi mind trick, Vulcan mind meld: An exasperated Barack Obama was obviously smushing his “Star Wars” and his “Star Trek” together when he complained that no “Jedi mind meld” could persuade congressional Republicans to end the budget sequester. Still, the president’s point was clear enough. Washington may be an otherworldly place these days, but that…
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Yes, Republicans gave up some ground during the cliff discussions, but that was so last week.” – Ellis Henican With just a couple of days and hours left on the clock before we come up against the sequester deadline, dire warnings of armegeddon-like consequences are flying everywhere. Let’s concede now that the rhetoric is overblown — from all directions. The world…
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And the winner is . . . hmmm. Maybe there isn’t a winner this time. New York is celebrating its third straight snow-watch weekend. Hollywood is celebrating itself. And Washington has nothing to celebrate at all. How much fun is that? If you went by the calendar, this should be a weekend of great excitement.…
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I knew nothing, and so did you. I knew popes don’t quit. I knew meteors stay in the sky. I knew cruise ships are so gargantuan and stable, nothing can possibly go wrong. There was evidence, solid evidence, for all of this. No pope had said “I’m outta here” since the 1400s. Meteors fly around…
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“Most Americans are tired of these old style wars. Rorke Denver understands, maybe better than anyone, how it is that we create these new kinds of warriors.” – Ellis Henican Ellis joined Ray Bertolino, host of Conversations on WHPC, for a riveting look inside “Damn Few – Making of the Modern SEAL Warrior.” Listen to…
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What does it take to be a Navy SEAL? Lt Cmdr Rorke Denver, SEAL veteran, author of DAMN FEW, and star of ACT Of VALOR is joining co-author Ellis Henican to host an online video chat February 19th at 6pm ET. You have questions and LCDR Denver has answers. He’s led hundreds of assault missions in Iraq and has run every…
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If Sandy was a superstorm and Nemo was a double-whammy, what diabolical plans do God and nature have for Long Island next? If these weather calamities keep slamming us this way, what will it take to cause a stir next year? Locusts? There was once a time that storms of the century came once a…
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