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Articles Written by: ALICIA COLON
President Obamas nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court has unleashed, among other things, a cascade of emails into my computer from friends remarking on the similarities of our backgrounds. I, too, am a Newyorican who lived in a ...
President Ahmadinejad of Iran, who plans to come to New York City for the opening session of the United Nations General Assembly from September 18 to 21, is spouting ominous nuclear rhetoric proof positive that this is a dangerous world. Yet the ...
Rep. Vito Fossella's fall from grace left many conservative Staten Islanders with the difficult decision on whom to vote for in today's primary. Both Republican candidates, a former assemblyman, Robert Straniere, and Dr. Jamshad Wyne share many of the ...
Are pro-choice Catholics as misinformed about their faith as House Speaker Pelosi? The self-proclaimed devout Catholic appeared on "Meet the Press" recently and tried to rationalize her abortion stance by claiming the church was not specifically ...
Thank goodness U.S. District Judge J. Thomas Marten showed some common sense when he ruled last week that a Wichita, Kan., Catholic school policy requiring students to speak only English did not break any civil rights laws. Three Hispanic families had ...
What's the difference between the John Edwards scandal and that of Rep. Vito Fossella of Staten Island? The one that pops to mind first is that the mainstream press knew of Mr. Edwards's mistress for over a year but left the pursuit of the story to the ...
Is America ready for a black president? Absolutely; it has been for some time. We probably would have had one by now if the black community had ever supported a conservative the way they are now supporting one of the most liberal. More than likely the ...
Oh, dear, I should be so frightened. Governor Paterson is predicting rough times ahead. I also learned that my plastic shower curtain may be killing me. Dry-cleaned clothes may contain toxic fumes, Oh wait. I can't afford to dry-clean my clothes. ...
The Women's Media Center on Fifth Avenue claims "it strives to make women visible and powerful in the media." Even though I've written almost a thousand op-ed columns for New York newspapers in the last 10 years, this organization and its president, ...
Because of the brouhaha over the Rev. Jesse Jackson's injudicious threat to Senator Obama, not much attention has been paid to the issue that was being discussed by Mr. Obama; the expansion of President Bush's faith-based initiatives. That is a pity, ...
