For almost thirty years, Ed Lowe listened to Long Islanders and then told their stories in Newsday. Ed was a talented colleague and a friend. Long Island’s storyteller. On Saturday afternoon, at the age of 64 , Ed died of cancer. Ed Lowe—my brother columnist. He’ll be missed. E-mail ellis@henican.com. Follow him at twitter.com/henican Print…
DetailsEllis answers David Asman’s lightning fast ‘Buy, Sell, Hold’ questions about the NY Jets “classless” celebration, Brett Favre’s latest retirement, Steve Job’s latest medical leave, and one of the wildest warehouse forklift mishaps you’ll ever see — Fox Business Channel’s Nightly Scoreboard (1/17/11). Then there’s the question about Sarah Palin. E-mail ellis@henican.com. Follow him at twitter.com/henican Print This…
Details“Post Tucson, it will be politics as usual” – Ellis Henican Column, Newsday, January 16, 2011 Hope you enjoyed the lull. By midweek, it’s going to be over. It’s no blood libel to say the rhetorical ugliness of our political dialogue will be on extravagant display again. How could it not be? Health care is returning…
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After the shootings in Tucson Arizona, attention has turned to the mental health of suspect Jared Loughner. Is it reasonable to expect families, schools or neighbors to predict violent behavior?
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“Playoff football hits the frozen tundra″, Ellis Henican Column, Newsday, January 9, 2011 Is football an inside game or an outside game? Is America a nation of wimps? Just in time for Wild Card Weekend in the NFL, both those questions hang in the air like big, fat snowflakes. And the schedule isn’t warming anybody up.…
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Ellis Henican appeared on Fox Business Channel’s “Freedom Watch” (01/06/11) with Judge Napolitano to talk about whether or not the Federal Reserve should bailout states and also the newly sworn in Congress—just how fiscally conservative are they?E-mail ellis@henican.com. Follow him at twitter.com/henican
“You can’t help just one”, Ellis Henican Column, amNewYork, January 7, 2011 Why come to grips with a big, messy social problem like homelessness? So much easier — isn’t it? — to shower job offers, cash payments and network-TV time on one homeless guy who happens to have a really nice voice? This is perfect:…
Details“Last year wasn’t a perfect 10”, Ellis Henican Column, Newsday, January 2, 2011 So the ball dropped. What did you expect? It would rise this year instead? No chance of that as 2010 finally sighed and said, “Good night.” Yes, the New Years’ rituals have grown a little tired. But clearly we still crave them. It…
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