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INTERVIEW WITH 17th AD REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE (NASSAU), TOM McKEVITT
BACKGROUND Age 34 and married. Lifetime resident of East Meadow. Law Degree from Hofstra Univerity and a Hofstra undergraduate degree in Politics. Deputy Town Attorney for Hempstead since 1997.TO EAST MEADOW RESIDENTS I've been with you since my day 1. My neighbors and family are there. My parents live there. I will speak on behalf of the residents regarding the Coliseum and Hospital issues.WHY I AM RUNNING I've always been a community person and have not been about money. It's a good day for me...<more>

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Featured Stories ♦
Power Line
Chants demagogic
In a column for NRO, University of Virginia Professor Gerard Alexander administers justice to Princeton University Professor Sean Wilentz and his Rolling Stone article on George Bush as the worst president in American history: Fairly hated....<More>
 
Albany Times Union
This isn't your mom's Mickey
 
The Long Island Conservative Journal
Let failed public projects fade away...
Nassau County needs to rethink where they are with their support of museums, health care facilities and other services best left to the private sector or done in cooperation with the private sector.If museums, no matter how worthwhile they ma...<More>
 
Instapundit.com
Untitled
LAPDOGS? STEPHEN SPRUIELL fact-checks Eric Boehlert....
 
Long Island Information Network
Health Care continues to Be a Challenge
By Robert R. McMillanToday, health care costs have reached $10,800 for the average family in this country. And governments pick up more and more of the costs. In 2003, the cost of Medicaid, healthcare coverage for the poor, exceeded the cost ...<More>
 
Talking Points Memo
This is interesting....
This is interesting. Yesterday we told you about Sen. Dole's GOP senate fundraising letter which begged for campaign money and suggested that allowing Democrats to launch investigations of President Bush would be even worse than letting t...<More>
 
Washington Post.com
Questions on Kennedy Crash
Police contend Congressman recieved special treatment after he crashed his car near the Capitol.
 
Think Progress
?I got called a chickenhawk the other day,?
National Review’s Greg Pollowitz says. “I think one of the greatest missed opportunities since 9/11 is that the govt. didn’t create a way for 30+ year old guys who want to help, but really can’t, to serve.” Actua...<More>
 
Roger L. Simon
Another opening of another podcast...
For those who haven't seen it, another Blog Week in Review is up on Pajamas. The Great Lobachevsky is mentioned....
 
Beltway Blogroll
A Shield For Connecticut Bloggers
A bill to grant journalists and maybe bloggers the right to keep their sources anonymous appears to be going nowhere within Congress, but lawmakers in Connecticut quickly cleared a similar bill this week. The News-Times in Danbury reports t...<More>
 
Ray Keating
School costs are totally out of whack
Just how costly are Long Island's public schools, and how long are taxpayers willing to suffer?
 
LeftyBlogs.com
OH/VA Election Day - and Typepad Goes Down
It might be election day in Virginia and Ohio and our traffic shows it but that didn't stop Typepad.com -- the second most popular blogging service -- from going completely down. So far, it's been about two hours and three of my blogs ar...<More>
 
Christian Science Monitor Top Stories
World Cup goal: stem prostitution
Human trafficking and forced prostitution are a concern as the event draws nearer.
 
A.J. Carter
PR work at Hofstra aided in golf crisis
John Frew had an early inkling that the public relations business wasn't easy back when he was Hofstra's sports information director and Marv Albert tracked him down at a hotel.
 
Political Cortex
In A Bold Move Congress Does.... Nothing
Faced with a crises of confidence in their ability to establish an ethical climate in...
 
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The Schwartz Blog
INTERVIEW WITH 17th AD REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE (NASSAU), TOM McKEVITT
BACKGROUND Age 34 and married. Lifetime resident of East Meadow. Law Degree from Hofstra Univerity and a Hofstra undergraduate degree in Politics. Deputy Town Attorney for Hempstead since 1997.TO EAST MEADOW RESIDENTS I've been with you since...<More>
 
Newsbusters.org
Anderson Cooper?s Ratings Are Lower Than Aaron Brown?s Were
In reality, the headline says it all, doesnt it? I mean, theres not much more to saybut Ill try. Remember when Aaron Brown was fired from his anchor position at CNN last November? As reported by NewsBusters, CNN/USAs president ...<More>
 
littlegreenfootballs
Terror Enablers at Brandeis
Brandeis University, founded by the Jewish community in 1948 partly as a response to Jewish quotas at Ivy League schools, has now been invaded by the same radical anti-Israel movement seen at so many other US campuses. After the school closed...<More>
 
Daily Kos
:Science Friday: What Light Through Yonder Window Breaks?
Throughout our relatively brief tenure on earth, humanity's most trusted energy ally has been fire. For upwards of a million years, those spectral flames provided our forebears with light, heat, and safety. Only in the past century or two hav...<More>
 
Kremer's Corner
No certainty for Democrat victory this fall
Four dollars a gallon for gas by July 15. A civil war in Iraq spiraling out of control. A president with the lowest popularity ratings in recent history. Can the Democratic Party capitalize on these political crises in November? Maybe. If eve...<More>
 
Michelle Malkin
ANOTHER KENNEDY COVER-UP?
Rep. Patrick Kennedy Drudge reporting on a Roll Call scoop... Officers Claim Brass Interfered in Investigation of Rep. Kennedy Incident, ROLL CALL reports... MORE... Police labor union officials asked acting Chief Christopher McGaffin this a...<More>
 
Wonkette
Rep. Patrick Kennedy Blames Fashionable Drugs
BREAKING: IT WAS THE AMBIEN! AND THE TUMMY ACHE! SLEEP-DRIVING JUST LIKE YOU READ ABOUT IN THE NEW YORK TIMES!!!“Last Tuesday, the Attending Physician of the United States Congress treated me for Gastroenteritis,” a stomach illn...<More>
 
Political Wire
Bush Losing His Base, Hits New Low
Angry conservatives are driving the approval ratings of President Bush and the GOP-led Congress to dismal new lows, according to an AP-Ipsos poll that underscores why Republicans fear an Election Day massacre.Six months out, the intensit...<More>
 
The Daily Brief
What Fresh Weevil Is This?
A very much older one than originally reported, it appears. The Weevil I Know Nothing Of is not five weeks old, but five months old. Blondie and I worked this out last week, after a close look at her papers, and a bit of searching...<More>
 
Opinionistas
Disturbed
I’ve always had a fear of being watched. Hidden cameras, two-way mirrors, microphones buried in the secret depths of my bedroom. While my friends sprinted through dark parking lots with mace clutched in their palms or slept in the back...<More>
 
Q and O
ITunes Recommendations
Once again, it’s time to take a brief look at some of the music that’s making its way to my iPod via iTunes. As always, the links in the songs below go to brief MP3 clips of the song.Song Title: World Wide SuicideArtist: Pearl Ja...<More>
 
Decision '08
Rudy Running? Starting To Look That Way
Rudy Giuliani is finally stirring again after months of playing Hamlet, and a run for the roses is starting to look more likely again:Ramping up his political operation, former Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani has hired a former director of Presid...<More>
 
Urban Elephants
Theme Song for the Pataki Presidential Campaign
How about Donovan's Mellow Yellow? It would fit George perfectly.They call me mellow yellowQuite RightlyThey call me mellow yellowQuite Rightly
 
The Political Teen
ADF?s Johnson Defends Anti-Gay Slogans In Classroom (VIDEO)
h/t Stop the ACLUMike Johnson of the Alliance Defense Fund appeared on The O’Reilly Factor tonight to discuss a student wearing a shirt that says “homosexuality is shameful”. Johnson says that it is okay to do so be...<More>
 
Huffington Post Blog
David Sirota: Rick Santorum's Hostile Takeover
With the release of my new book Hostile Takeover this week, I am now on the road talking to groups all over the country about exactly what the hostile takeover is you can see my full schedule here - come out to an event if you have time!. I...<More>
 
Capital Confidential
Good Enough For George, Good Enough For Rudy
Davidson Goldin, ex-NY1 personality andcurrent NY-Sun columnist, has just posted this story about Anne Dickerson, a mega-fundraiser for President Bush, signing on to raise cash for former NYC Mayor Rudoph Giuilani.This is a nice get for Da...<More>
 
Fishbowl NY
We Are Rolling
Gearing up for what should be quite a scene tonight over at Rolling Stone's 1000th issue party. And, sure,...
 
In the Hot Zone
Life in Cite Soleil: Photo Essay (Kevin Sites in the Hot Zone)
Kevin Sites in the Hot Zone - Cite Soleil is considered one of Haiti's worst slums, with no shortage of poverty and violence. There are, however, colorful and even quirky aspects to life here.
 
NY Sun Opinion
Dr. Clinton's Diet Plan - Or Else
The hysteria over the recently discovered childhood obesity epidemic has now reached fever pitch. Key players in America's soft drink industry voluntarily agreed to remove their products that contain sugar from sale in schools. This agreem...<More>
 
UpstateBlog.net
Some perspective on gasoline and taxes, profits, and costs
From a letter in the Utica Observer-Dispatch:Over the last 25 years, government federal, state and local has received directly from the oil industry $2.2 trillion in taxes, which is three times the total industry profit during that time...<More>
 
BuzzMachine
Memorial too large
Wandering around London, I was struck by the size of its memorial: They are many but small, sprinkled through the life of the city. A memorial to women in World War II is in the middle of a road but with its bronze uniforms hanging on a ston...<More>
 
Long Island Blogs ♦
Ed Lowe
CROSS TALK
I try, pretty successfully, too, to not watch any television. I accidentally saw a television news program recently, for the first time in at least a year, maybe two.
 
Long Island Idea Factory
Using a "Common Language" to Communicate Ideas and Promote Effective Leadership
You may have noticed a small orange box with the letters XML or RSS appearing with greater frequency on your favorite websites.XML Extensible Markup Language or RSS Version 2.0/Real Simple Syndication allows a website to automatically sen...<More>
 
Long Island Daily Review
The Semi-Free Press and the Long Island Experience
By Gary DelaRabaPosted Tuesday, March 28, 2006The concept of a free press is the cornerstone of our democracy. The founding fathers believed a free and independent press served as a watchdog to keep the rich and powerful in check. The first a...<More>
 
The Nassau Report
Time for Show and Tell...
Interesting and substantive debate from Weld and Faso on how they would tackle New York State's fiscal issues. They must promote bold, honest solutions to New York's problems and convince some New Yorker's to swallow some bitter medicine for ...<More>
 
Town of Oyster Bay News
TOWN TO ACQUIRE MILL POND PROPERTY
The Oyster Bay Town Board has authorized Town Supervisor John Venditto to proceed with the acquisition of approximately three acres of the land generally referred to as the Mill Pond Overlook property located at 86 Mill River Road and 30 Unde...<More>
 
Long Island Local News
NEW 'JUST THE FACTS' SHOWS NEW YORK LEADS MOST STATES IN BUSINESS COSTS
ALBANYBusinesses in New York labor under heavier cost burdens than those in most competing states, from business taxes and workers' compensation to wages and energy costs, a new Just The Facts compilation by the Public Policy Institute of...<More>
 
Rick Brand
POLITICS & POWER
Pamela Greene, the veteran Islip town board member who wants to be the next Republican candidate for supervisor, says there's an anyone but Pam campaign within the town's teetering GOP machine, aimed at blocking her nomination.
 
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