Does Cuomo really believe that there is nothing he can do to stop the Ground Zero mosque because to prevent it would violate freedom of religion? This has nothing to do with freedom of religion. No one is suggesting the mosque cannot be built elsewhere. The practice of Islam itself has not been banned...

You can’t smoke while at work, in restaurants, at bars, and, depending how stifling a particular community is, within the public portion of the outdoors.  But at least you can still light up at home. Or maybe not.  The public/private consortium of health bullies that is the Erie-Niagara Tobacco-Free...

You’ve certainly heard by now of the recent anti-gay attacks in Allentown and at the Walden Galleria Mall. As bad as these incidents were, can we stop talking about hate crimes? I am sick and tired of certain groups getting special treatment in the eyes of the law. Have we forgotten that Lady Justice...

Imagine if the National Republican Congressional Committee had supported Doug Hoffman from the start.  Instead of throwing money at a left-winger who remained on the ballot after she quit and repaid the organization by endorsing her erstwhile Democratic foe, Hoffman would be running for re-election...