Living in this city your entire life gives one the opportunity to experience things you would not normally encounter in any other part of the country. Many of these experiences are deeply unpleasant and disturbing, including periodic attempts, with varying degrees of success, by terrorists to blow up large sections of it, along with its inhabitants....
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Here’s a quick rundown of Hurricane Sandy relief efforts being organized around New York State and in cyberspace-in addition to the relief mission by Heritage Baptist Church tomorrow morning. -This Sunday, from 4 to 10 PM, there will be a Sandy Relief Jam held at Mulcahy’s on Long Island. -Care for Sandy is offering...
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I would like to personally thank everyone who has donated money, goods or time to the relief effort taking place throughout New York City and New Jersey due to the devastation wrought by Hurricane Sandy. I’ve had several friends-including those that have been impacted directly-who have decided to contribute to this monumental task in...
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Note: For those of you that would like to help the residents of Oakwood Beach who have been devastated by Hurricane Sandy, my friend Tracy Diaz has established a chipin called the Oakwood Beach Rescue Fund, which will assist some of the people impoverished in this storm’s aftermath. One of the tragedies of Hurricane...
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Understand that America is God’s Crucible, the great Melting-Pot where all the races of Europe are melting and re-forming! Here you stand, good folk, think I, when I see them at Ellis Island, here you stand in your fifty groups, your fifty languages, and histories, and your fifty blood hatreds and rivalries. But you...
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Tomorrow afternoon I’ll be live-tweeting the Newt Gingrich town hall and book signing taking place in Staten Island, which is sponsored by the Staten Island Tea Party and Staten Island Jewish Tea Party. You can follow the time-line at my Twitter account, Odd Lane. Or, you can wait for the subsequent write-up on American...
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I’ll keep it brief-delving a bit deeper as the complete results from yesterday’s races shake out-but here are some initial thoughts on what transpired on Election Day.
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I thought it only fitting that we conclude American Rattlesnake’s coverage of competitive congressional races this year with a profile of a contest that is taking place in my district, the 13th Congressional District of New York, since this site’s chief writer is a native New Yorker, and this is the only competitive congressional...
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