Boehner’s resignation is only a temporary fix to a Grand Old Problem
Speaker of the House John Boehner’s resignation last Friday came as a shock to nearly everyone within the GOP.
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Speaker of the House John Boehner’s resignation last Friday came as a shock to nearly everyone within the GOP.
Just about every time I’ve traveled on the Long Island Railroad (LIRR) going to or from New York City, I’ve seen ads all over the train cars that say, “If you see something, say something.”
To the surprise of many Republican voters and the dismay of even more, Donald Trump still sits atop the long list of GOP candidates for president. A recent CNN/ORC poll indicated that Trump has the support of roughly 32 percent of registered Republicans who are likely to vote. His closest challenger is Ben Carson, who is 13 points back at 19 percent.
The polls opened on May 19 as voters decided if their school budgets should pass or fail. According to the New York State Teacher’s Union, a record 99 percent of budgets passed this year, as opposed to 98.2 percent in 2014 and 95.3 percent in 2013. School budgets dictate how property tax money will be spent in a district and also have the potential to raise those taxes.
On the night of April 24, 1915, hundreds of members of the Armenian ethnic minority in Constantinople – now the Turkish city of Istanbul – were arrested and shortly killed. This was only the beginning of what would become known as the Armenian Genocide. At its conclusion in 1918, roughly 1.5 million ethnic Armenians were dead. Hundreds of thousands more would be deported, abducted, raped, beaten, or forced to flee for their lives.
Hillary Clinton announced her run for president on Sunday, to the surprise of no one. Her candidacy has been one of the worst kept secrets in politics. She announced her bid for the Democratic nomination with a video to her new Facebook page. Her video had more than 2.3 million views as of Tuesday evening.
A coalition of six nations, led by the United States, announced last Thursday that they had finally reached an agreement on framework for a nuclear deal with Iran. Negotiations lasted for nearly 18 months and the deadline was extended twice, but the two sides finally agreed on ways to limit Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for the lifting of economic sanctions.
On Monday, Texas Senator Ted Cruz became the first major candidate to announce his 2016 presidential candidacy – over a year and a half before the election.
Six words in a more than 1,000-page law have brought President Barak Obama’s Affordable Care Act (ACA) under Supreme Court scrutiny yet again.
If you have been on Twitter the past few days, you have probably seen millions of people tweeting about llamas on the loose in Arizona and have been caught up in trying to decide what colors that infamous dress is (it’s blue and black for those still deciding).
Editor’s note: The following letter is in response to an Aug. 27 editorial called “Tear gas and terror in the heart of America.” It has only been edited for grammar and clarity.