“We have to agree to some basic principles—regardless of who is in office—we don’t kill people, we don’t jail people, we don’t torture people and we don’t go to war with people without some process of justice.” – Ellis Henican A recently uncovered confidential Justice Department memo states that the U.S. government can order the killing…
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“Ed Koch gave us journalists a lot to work with”, Ellis Henican Column, Newsday, January 27, 2012 It might have been my first week as a New York reporter. The Sunday shift on a steamy afternoon in late July, Ed Koch hitting seven crowded swimming pools in Brooklyn and Queens. He wore a tie and…
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There are some weapons that do not belong in the hands of civilians. That doesn’t contradict the 2nd Amendment. That doesn’t contradict the Founding Fathers. That doesn’t disrespect the Founding Fathers’ weapon of choice – the musket. There is no right, there is no reason for civilian Americans to own a military style assault weapon or a high-capacity ammunition magazine.…
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“Women notch a win in battle for equality”, Ellis Henican Column, Newsday, January 27, 2012 Who says going to war isn’t women’s work? Probably the same person who said women don’t belong in the executive suite and college is still a boys’ club. Good luck selling those old fictions to a generation of ambitious women.…
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“With all due respect…” There it was. The opening salvo of the 2016 Presidential Race. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton testified before the Senate and House Foreign Relations Committees on January 23, answering questions about the September 11, 2012 attack in Benghazi, Libya. Her testimony was filled with anger, emotion, passion and a strength that has…
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“Manti Te’o sure has Lance Armstrong beat”, Ellis Henican Column, Newsday, January 20, 2012 Give Lance Armstrong this much credit: At least his story wasn’t as preposterous as Manti Te’o’s. Admittedly, the Notre Dame fabulist set a pretty high bar. All Lance wanted us to believe was that, in a sport famously riddled with performance-enhancing…
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“It’d be silly, selfish not to get flu shot”, Ellis Henican Column, Newsday, January 13, 2012 Sorry if you have the flu. I got slammed a few New Year’s Eves ago. Chills. Fever. A horrible aching feeling. The rot lingered into the second week of January. I thought I would die. Then, I wished I…
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Assault weapons? Why does anyone need them? Ellis Henican, hosting the Alan Colmes Radio Show, asked Emilio – who spent eleven years in the military, including a year in Iraq – why he needed a machine gun that shoots grenades on the streets of Salt Lake City. The caller was in no mood to answer. It is after all, Emilio told Ellis,…
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“GOP hardly rushing to Sandy victims’ aid”, Ellis Henican Column, Newsday, January 6, 2012 A measly $9.7 billion. After two months of delay Why no super response to superstorm Sandy?At least 130 people were killed. In New York alone, 305,000 houses and apartments were either damaged or destroyed, along with 265,000 businesses. More than 140,000…
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