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The Altar of Political Correctness |
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Written by State Senator Jack Martins
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Saturday, 31 March 2012 08:50 |
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Earlier this month, officials at Stony Brook University here on Long Island announced that they are adopting a secular calendar. Changing decades of understanding and tolerance for the sake of secular uniformity, they will now hold classes on religious holidays. That means Christian and Jewish holidays like Good Friday, Yom Kippur, and Rosh Hashanah will be ignored and classes will be scheduled. Christmas is spared because of the university’s collective bargaining agreement with its unions, but absent that, they would schedule classes on that day as well. Their thinking, and it might have been well-intentioned, was that they didn’t want to appear unfair to any other religion. I find their logic flawed on a number of levels.
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Last Updated on Sunday, 01 April 2012 12:50 |
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Written by Xavier Rodriguez
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Friday, 13 January 2012 21:05 |
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"If you want to say that I was a drum major, say that I was a drum major for justice. Say that I was a drum major for peace. I was a drum major for righteousness. And all of the other shallow things will not matter." - Words of Martin Luther King, Jr. in Atlanta on February 4, 1968.
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Last Updated on Saturday, 21 January 2012 00:13 |
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Written by Administrator
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Saturday, 10 December 2011 14:41 |
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Score a big one for common sense! I’m writing to you from Albany because I have some great news. All our hard work has paid off. As of last night New York State has passed an historic $3.3 billion middle-class tax cut and job creation bill!
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Tenth Anniversary of 9/11 |
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Written by Sen. Jack Martins
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Monday, 05 September 2011 21:38 |
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It’s difficult to write about the tenth anniversary of 9/11. Representing a district that suffered a tremendous loss of life that day, one that saw so many of our first responders involved in rescue efforts, I thought it best to avoid platitudes that bring very little comfort to those still suffering. Instead I will simply share some observations on where we stand now.
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Last Updated on Monday, 05 September 2011 21:42 |
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Maybe Mother Nature is Telling Us Something |
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Written by Jack Martins
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Tuesday, 30 August 2011 09:41 |
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We’ve had hail the size of baseballs, an earthquake, and now Hurricane Irene. Maybe Mother Nature is trying to tell us something. Metaphors aside, each incident serves as an intense reminder that preparation is always the best prevention. Along those lines, we’ve heard debate for a number of years as to whether Long Island is prepared for a hurricane. I think this past weekend we demonstrated that we are.
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