“NYC is better equipped to deal with Ebola than anywhere else in the country”, Quartz, October 24, 2014 Of course Ebola has landed in New York City—everything major does, sooner rather than later. Frankly, I’m wondering why it took so long. Dr. Craig Spencer, freshly back from Guinea, seems to have done everything correctly once the first…
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What’s the plan if the democrats don’t do well in the upcoming mid-term elections? What better vessel would there be for those democratic frustrations and democratic hopes than Hillary Clinton saying ‘Hi, I’m here. I’m running. Let’s do this.’” – Ellis Henican Expect to see papers being filed and staff getting on board. We could…
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“There’s an old expression ‘the eyes are the window on your soul’, but that’s not true anymore. The microphone is the window on your soul.” – Ellis Henican Microsoft Chief Executive Satya Nadella, speaking at the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, suggested women should NOT be asking for pay raises. Instead, he said, “Women should trust that…
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Alison Lundergan Grimes remains a genuine…GENUINE…threat to Senator McConnell. She stumbled this week when she didn’t quickly answer a question about whether she voted for Barack Obama in 2012. But she’s not out of this. With the voters being predominantly Republican in Kentucky, McConnell may win. In fact, with the large sums of campaign money he…
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“Jeter’s farewell is worth singling out”, Ellis Henican Column, Newsday, September 28, 2014 He hit it out of the park. Not literally, of course. That wouldn’t have been pitch-perfect Derek Jeter. The Yankees’ shortstop was always more of a single-with-an-RBI-in-the-bottom-of-the-ninth kind of hitter than someone who blasted homers out of the park. Thursday night in the Stadium,…
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“NFL fans still tuning into gridiron despite controversy”, Ellis Henican Column, Newsday, September 21, 2014 The sponsors are nervous. The consultants are arriving. The commentators haven’t taken a breath. And the fans? Despite all the scandal swirling around football, they’re hanging tough with the NFL. Doubt me? Look at the ratings after one of the worst PR…
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“Ray Rice case raises hard questions, with no easy answers”, Ellis Henican Column, Newsday, September 14, 2014 Denouncing the assault is the easy part. Calling for stiffer penalties, that’s easy too, as is slamming the clueless commissioner, the wobbly owner and the most inept criminal investigation in the history of domestic abuse. We’ve just spent a week…
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“Joan Rivers, blunt and boisterous, got laughs by getting at truth”, Ellis Henican Column, Newsday, September 6, 2014 What would Joan Rivers have said about the Islamic State beheadings? You know the acerbic comedian would have weighed in fearlessly. And whatever she said wouldn’t have been remotely politically correct. Know any good terrorist jokes? Those…
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“Reclining seats cause for in-air warfare”, Ellis Henican Column, Newsday, August 31, 2014 Are you a recliner or a legroomer? In the zero-sum battle for flying comfort, everyone has to choose. Well, maybe not everyone. For five times the price, you can still purchase a precious few inches in first class. But for the rest of…
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