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The New York Sun Crosswords Are Back

By Special to the Sun
November 15, 2009

The New York Sun daily crossword puzzle, edited by the master puzzle maker Peter Gordon and acclaimed as one of the best in America, is back — at www.nysun.com. Readers of the New York Sun are now able to join the New York Sun Crossword Club for only $1 a week. It will give access to fill out online or download and print out each day’s puzzle. The New York Sun Crossword Puzzle won raves from around the country when it was issued daily in the print edition of The New York Sun, which startled the puzzle world with the ingenuity and verve of Mr. Gordon’s work.

Getting Down to Bass-ics

By WILL FRIEDWALD, Special to the Sun
January 31, 2010

Considering that his day job consists of helping other people make their own music – for nearly 50 years he's been one of the busiest bass players in New York – the songs of Jay Leonhart are amazingly personal. Mr. Leonhart has launched what might be his most ambitious venture as a bandleader and star, taking his own trio (with trumpeter Michael Leonhart, and his son, pianist Ted Rosenthal) into the Metropolitan Room for a month of Wednesdays.

Amanda Gordon Is Out & About

The Place to Be Tonight: Frederic Franklin Dances Through Time Mon, 11 Jan 2010 8:18 AM

How Mike Daisey Can Do More With Your Money Wed, 9 Dec 2009 4:53 PM

The Bullfight Thu, 26 Nov 2009 3:37 PM

Head to Head with the White House: New York's Stately Dinner for The New York City Ballet Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:13 AM

Photos from the American Folk Art Museum Gala Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:57 AM

The Place to Be Tonight: Supporting Prison Writing Mon, 9 Nov 2009 8:12 AM

Introducing the 'Human-Powered Search Engine' Mon, 9 Nov 2009 8:04 AM

The Place to Be Tonight: Art @ New York City Opera Fri, 6 Nov 2009 10:05 AM

Benefit Preview: A PEN America Program Teaches Writing to Prisoners Thu, 5 Nov 2009 10:07 AM

Living Landmarks Wed, 4 Nov 2009 9:35 PM

Emma Bloomberg's Election Day Itinerary Tue, 3 Nov 2009 2:22 AM

Performa 09's 'Creation': A Family Affair Sat, 31 Oct 2009 1:09 AM

Art Escape: An Eye for Nature Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:40 AM

New York Opens Arms for 'Broken Embraces' Sun, 11 Oct 2009 10:13 PM

What Makes New York New York: Nonsense NYC Email List Turns 10 Sun, 11 Oct 2009 1:55 AM

City's Royalty Toasts Shiny New Castle at American Museum of Natural History Fri, 9 Oct 2009 3:50 PM

Bloomberg, Weill to Receive 2009 Carnegie Medals of Philanthropy Fri, 9 Oct 2009 6:20 AM

TOP STORIES

'All Due Deference'

Editorial of The New York Sun
January 28, 2010

It’s hard to remember a moment in a State of the Union speech quite like the one that heard President Obama last night denounce the Supreme Court of the United States for its decision in that allowed the broadcast close to election day of a film attacking Hillary Clinton. It was a relatively short moment in a long speech, coming about two thirds of the way into it, but there was the president of America, standing just a few feet in front and somewhat above, the seated justices of the Supreme Court, and launching into a direct attack on their honors.

Getting Beyond Bernanke

By LAWRENCE PARKS
January 26, 2010

The right move for the Senate at this juncture is to use the confirmation process for the Fed chairman, Ben Bernanke, to open up the question of the our central bank and the need for a reform of the laws in respect of the dollar. This is because the problem with the Federal Reserve isn’t its personnel but rather the Fed itself.

ACLU May Reverse Course On Campaign Finance Limits After Supreme Court Ruling

By JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN, Special to the Sun
January 24, 2010

The first big impact of the Supreme Court’s decision lifting restrictions on corporation campaign spending may be at the American Civil Liberties Union, which, after years of opposing restrictions on free speech grounds, is considering whether to reverse course and endorse government limits on money in politics.

Deadline for Default

Editorial of The New York Sun
January 7, 2010

One of the next court dates in the litigation over the war on terror is February 1. That’s the deadline a United States district judge, Gladys Kessler, has given the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority to post a $1 million bond in a case that has been brought by the family of a 25-year-old American, Esh Kodesh Gilmore, who was slain in a terrorist attack in East Jerusalem, where he’d been working as a security guard in an Israeli building. If the Palestinians Arabs fail to post the bond, the Judge said in an opinion last month, she would leave in place an order of default against them.

Founders in the Crossfire

By SETH LIPSKY
January 5, 2010

Host: Good evening to our television audience, and welcome to this special edition of “Crossfire.” What makes it special is that we have with us tonight two Founders of America, James Madison and Alexander Hamilton. Gentlemen, it’s nice to have you with us.

Hamilton: Good to be here.

Madison: What’s this doo-hickey?

Host: A microphone, Mr. President. Gentlemen the Senate of the United States just brushed aside a constitutional point of order in respect of the Health Care Reform, specifically whether the Congress has the constitutional authority to require Americans to purchase health insurance. One of the architects of the measure, Senator Max Baucus, was quoted in the New York Times as saying the power is there under the clauses of the Constitution that grant Congress the power to regulate interstate commerce and to tax and spend for the general welfare. Now I understand you gentlemen have maintained almost a feud but, in any event, two very different views of these powers.

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