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Bloomberg vs. the Rabbis
Editorial of The New York Sun
May 14, 2012
The latest engagement in the campaign of the secular state to undercut religious authorities and drive back their sphere of influence has erupted in New York over how to handle child molestation cases that occur in the city’s Orthodox Jewish…
Doctoring the Jerusalem Documents
Editorial of The New York Sun
May 13, 2012
One of the most memorable moments in our newspaper career was some years ago when we asked our lawyer at the time whether we could destroy a piece of evidence. Actually, it was a photocopy of the evidence. We weren’t asking whether we could destroy…
Big Romney Fundraiser in New York Backed Not by Big Banks But by New Breed of More Nimble Financiers
By IRA STOLL, Special to the Sun
May 14, 2012
The Republican presidential candidate, Mitt Romney, will visit New York City May 22 for a large fundraiser featuring many members of the financial industry, and on the face of it, it couldn’t be worse timing. New York Times columnist Paul Krugman…
What Would Washington Do?
Editorial of The New York Sun
May 10, 2012
It turns out that President Obama’s endorsement of same gender marriage coincided with news that President Washington’s letter to the Jews is finally going to go on public display, and it is a fortunate coincidence. The exhibition of Washington’s…
Getting ‘Forward’ Backward
By SETH LIPSKY, From The Daily Beast
May 10, 2012
President Obama is getting razzed for seeming oblivious to the hard-left associations of his new campaign slogan, “Forward,” which was once used by the Marxists, the socialists, and even the communists. Glenn Beck’s Web site, The Blaze, posts an…
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America’s Loss
Editorial of The New York Sun
May 7, 2012
The release of Conrad Black from prison and his return to his home at Canada is wonderful news, long awaited by his wide and diverse circle of friends. The one-time press baron, who had been a founding director of The New York Sun, was released Friday…
Sarkozy Shows That Voters Punish Conservatives Who Fail To Deliver
By IRA STOLL, Special to the Sun
May 7, 2012
Six takeaway lessons for Americans from socialist candidate Francois Hollande’s victory in Sunday’s election in France: Growth beats austerity. “Austerity isn’t inevitable. My mission now is to give European construction a growth dimension,” Mr…
Hat-Tip for Hollande
Editorial of The New York Sun
May 6, 2012
To mark the election of Francois Hollande as the second socialist president of France, we went to our closet and retrieved the Motsch Fils. It’s the finest hat we’ve ever owned, a supple brown fedora that is “garanti pur castor,” which is French…
OPINION ›
Lifelong Republican Calls for Hike in Capital Gains Taxes, But Errs on Reagan Record
By IRA STOLL, Special to the Sun
February 27, 2012
The founder of the Vanguard group of mutual funds, John C. Bogle, who says he is a lifelong Republican, is calling on Congress to raise capital gains taxes to the rates that apply to ordinary income. “As a general policy, equalize the taxes, raise the…
Why People Prefer To Talk About Limbaugh’s Choice of Words on Sandra Fluke
By IRA STOLL, Special to the Sun
March 5, 2012
President Obama and the press have been all over Rush Limbaugh for the words he used to criticize a Georgetown Law student, Sandra Fluke, who spoke on February 23 at a meeting of the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee. There’s been less…
Obama Ignites a ‘Catholic Moment’ in the Culture Wars
By CONRAD BLACK, Special to the Sun
February 15, 2012
The last two weeks have produced an astounding convergence of profound philosophical public controversies in the United States that finally does justify the phrase, much bandied about for some years, “culture wars.” That expression was coined…