Will gas prices kill suburban driving?

May 15, 2008

Iappreciate the argument that experts are making about why the various proposals to suspend gasoline taxes for the summer don't make any sense economically or from the point of view of a rational energy policy.

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• Will gas prices kill suburban driving?

  May 15, 2008

  Iappreciate the argument that experts are making about why the various proposals to suspend gasoline taxes for the summer don't make any sense economically or from the point of view of a rational energy policy.

• Long Island, our Senator has tough choice to make

  May 8, 2008

  The Hillary Clinton we've seen over the past few weeks of the campaign is the Hillary Clinton many of us have come to know in New York over the past eight years: Bright, tenacious, charming to a degree unexpected, indefatigable in her determination to demonstrate that a Midwesterner by way of Arkansas and Washington could represent New York with all its different regions and diversity.

• Long, winding presidential campaign road no good

  May 2, 2008

  This campaign has gone on entirely too long.

• Will lack of national experience hurt Obama?

  April 25, 2008

  The political question of the day is why Sen. Barack Obama can't close out the Democratic nomination. He missed the opportunity in New Hampshire, and then again in Texas and Ohio, and now in Pennsylvania.

• Bob Greene believed in glorious Long Island

  April 18, 2008

  There've been a lot of stories about Bob Greene in the paper over the past week, most focused on his distinguished career. But in addition to everything else you've read about the former Newsday journalist - all of it incredibly true - he was also a man of community. Of Kings Park. Of Smithtown. Of Long Island. More than anything, of Long Island.

• Election year politics and the cost of war

  April 11, 2008

  To appreciate the ongoing debate over U.S. policy toward Iraq this week, first you have to understand the different agendas of the players. And then try to move beyond those agendas.

• For LI pols, road to Albany seems less congested

  April 4, 2008

  For New York State politicians, including and maybe especially the Long Island branch, it's been like living through an earthquake. The resignation of Eliot Spitzer and the troubled ascension of Gov. David Paterson had everyone frozen in place as the aftershocks reverberated around the state.

• Time for a '30s-style government mortgage role

  March 28, 2008

  Enough already with the brouhaha over Sen. Barack Obama's pastor and whether Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton was greeted by sniper fire in Bosnia. In this crazy kaleidoscope of shifting charges and countercharges that passes as a campaign, there was a moment of real importance this week that shouldn't get short shrift.

• After Obama speech, how will Pa. respond?

  March 21, 2008

  Just as the 1960 West Virginia primary was the decisive contest for John F. Kennedy in his quest to win the Democratic nomination for president, the April 22 Pennsylvania primary this year is shaping up as the decisive moment for Sen. Barack Obama.

• Op-ed: Change at top may be just what Albany needs

  March 14, 2008

  I've had it with knights on white horses coming to the rescue of the political system.

• Power rightly belongs to Democrat superdelegates

  March 7, 2008

  After this week's primary results, it's clear that the superdelegates will have to decide who the Democratic nominee for president will be. Good.

• Klurfeld: A neophyte looks like a pro, and vice versa

  February 29, 2008

  I have been consistently skeptical that there's any correlation between how a candidate runs a presidential campaign and his or her ability to lead the nation effectively.

• Op-ed: The allure of Obama for young people

  February 22, 2008

  I received a lot of e-mail on last week's column predicting that Sen. Barack Obama would become the target of a lot more negative press, now that he has become the Democratic front-runner. Most of the messages were from supporters of Sen. Hillary Clinton, who said it's about time.

• Obama sounds good, but words aren't enough

  February 15, 2008

  Watch out, Barack Obama. You've hit the magic tipping point. After winning the Virginia, Maryland and District of Columbia primaries, you are now the front-runner. It doesn't mean that the nomination is yours, not by a long shot in this kind of competitive race. But you've got more delegates than Hillary Rodham Clinton.

• Media must heed primary lesson: Await the votes

  January 11, 2008

  This already has been one of the most interesting and unpredictable presidential election campaigns in decades.