Anthony Picciano

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My colleague, David Bloomfield alerted me to this article that appeared last night in the New York Daily News that describes how once again few black or Hispanic children are being […]

Jeanine Pirro
Donna Brazile
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The fallout from Jeanine Pirro’s rant about the hijab worn by Congresswoman Ilhan Omar keeps coming back into the news media.  Yesterday, the Council on […]

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Meghan McCain hit back at Donald Trump over the weekend after the president attacked the legacy of her late father, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.).  As reported in the Huffington […]

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Fox News anchor Shep Smith received Radio Television Digital News Foundation (RTDNF) Leonard Zeidenberg First Amendment Award at a ceremony in Washington last week.  On receiving […]

Beto O’Rourke floating above the political fray, at least as a newly minted presidential candidate.
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Beto O’Rourke sucked the air out of the Democratic presidential race this week wit […]

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As reported by Reuters, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern spoke to President Trump on Friday after a white nationalist killed 49 people while they were praying in Mosques in […]

Congresswoman Ilhan Omar
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Freshman Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar mourned the “chilling” attack on two New Zealand mosques early Friday — opening her tweet with a verse from the Quran […]

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Finally, in a rare display of independence, twelve Republican senators yesterday defied President Trump and joined Democrats in passing a resolution to nullify the President’s […]

“This is one of New Zealand’s darkest days,” said Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.
 

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A mass shooting at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, left at least 49 people dead and th […]

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The big news yesterday without a doubt was that Paul Manafort was sentenced to his second federal prison term in two weeks; he now faces a combined sentence of more than seven years for […]

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The Brookings Institution had a provocative article (see below) a week ago speculating on whether China or the United States will lead the world in artificial intelligence (AI) […]

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Fifty people including actresses Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin were arrested and charged in a nationwide college admissions cheating scam, according to court records unsealed in […]

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The New York State Attorney General’s office issued subpoenas yesterday to Deutsche Bank and Investors Bank for records relating to the financing of four major Trump Organization p […]

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that barring “overwhelming” new evidence she would not pursue impeachment against President Trump because it would be too divisive and “he’s just not wor […]

The Marlboro cowboy and Joe Camel were mainstays in cigarette advertising.
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Jeneen Interlandi has an editorial in today’s New York Times entitled, “Vaping Is Big Tobacco’s Bait and S […]

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The Council on American-Islamic Relations is demanding Jeanine Pirro be fired from Fox News after she said on her Saturday program that Congresswoman’s Ilhan Omar’s hijab may be “an […]

Ken Jennings and Alex Trebek
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Earlier this week, Alex Trebek, the host of Jeopardy, announced that he had stage four pancreatic cancer. Those of us who have been fans of his for decades […]

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Bill Shine, the former Fox News executive who joined the White House staff last summer to manage President Trump’s communications operation, has resigned and will move to the p […]

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Yesterday was a full day at the Open SUNY Summit in Syracuse.  The morning sessions featured presentations by:

Tod Laursen discussing SUNY’s online learning initiative;
Eric Fr […]