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IN NY? COME TO THE NY XPO FOR BUSINESS

The 7th Annual NY XPO for Business May 2-3, 2012  •  Javits Center  •  New York City The New York XPO for Business is the largest trade show and business conference for small businesses in the Northeast ATTEND XPO  – GROW YOUR BUSINESS Network with 10,000+ executives and attend over 40 SEMINARS all designed to build…

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IN THE CROSSFIRE

The prestigious Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism kicked off its Centennial Celebration with the help of well known alumni Ellis Henican and Pat Buchanan. Alumni Weekend Panel: Election 2012: What’s at Stake? Panelists were Pat Buchanan, former assistant to three presidents, columnist and commentator with MSNBC and the McLaughlin Group, whose last seven books…

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THE ENTERPRISE ENTERS ITS FINAL FRONTEIR

“Time for another giant leap into space”, Ellis Henican Column, Newsday, April 29, 2012 Let’s go somewhere fun. How does Mars sound? Or Pluto? I don’t care, anywhere that’s far, different and feels like somewhere once we get there. For a good long while now, NASA has been having trouble getting the trip-planning formula quite…

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RESUME DROUGHT WARNINGS – AFTER THE RAIN STOPS

“Already in drought and it’s not yet summer”, Ellis Henican Column, Newsday, April 22, 2012 How’s that drought coming? Step under my umbrella. We can discuss it here. It’s always tempting — isn’t it? — to sneer at dire warnings when the evidence points the opposite way. Ask Al Gore, whose global-warming lectures are inevitably…

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FORGET RUBIO—ROMNEY-NUGENT IN 2012?

“Ted Nugent is a chicken. He found a colorful way to get out of fighting in VietNam when he had the chance. I don’t think he’s genuinely dangerous.” – Ellis Henican Sure – there’s talk of Mitt Romney picking Marco Rubio to be his Vice-Presidential running mate.  And Rubio, despite saying he’s not interested, didn’t sound very…

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MINIMIZING MOMS MAKES FOR MESSY POLITICS

“Let’s not drag Mom into the political fray”, Ellis Henican Column, Newsday, April 15, 2012 Don’t say housewife. It’s not a house she’s married to. Don’t say stay-at-home mom. With all the soccer practices, doctor’s appointments, carpool trips and runs to the mall, she should be so lucky. Whatever you do, don’t talk about the…

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“STAND YOUR GROUND” ON TRIAL ALONG WITH ZIMMERMAN

” ‘Stand Your Ground’ does tend to empower people who do have that kind of vigilante mind set.” – Ellis Henican “Zimmerman has not had first string defense counsel yet. If you ever get arrested – be sure you get good counsel in a hurry.” – Ellis Henican George Zimmerman was arrested and charged with…

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WHY CAN’T ROMNEY AGREE THAT THE ‘BUFFET RULE’ IS FAIR?

“I say, don’t be using every tax loophole. Don’t make it so your income goes down as zero. He has an elevator for his cars at his house in La Jolla, shouldn’t Mitt Romney pay more than 14% in taxes?” – Ellis Henican President Barack Obama is promoting the Warren Buffet-inspired Buffett Rule, which would require…

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PSSST….HOMOPHOBES ARE SECRETLY GAY

“People who are anti-gay—are they just a little bit gay themselves? It’s something I have long suspected but now I have some unexpected academic support.” – Ellis Henican Homophobes and people who fear homosexuality the most are actually likely to have experienced an attraction to a member of the same sex, according to a new study.…

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