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Opinion

Congestion relief zone tolls show positive early results

Columns

The week of Jan. 5 was the first week Congestion Relief Zone tolls went into effect in lower Manhattan, as explained in last week’s “Safety on the Roads” article. Although one week is far from a representative sample of how effective the tolls will be on reducing the congestion problem ...

A place worse than hell

Guest Commentary

Historians consistently rank Abraham Lincoln as the greatest U.S. president. Without his leadership and political brilliance, the Union may well have lost the Civil War. Born 50 miles south of Louisville, Kentucky on Feb. 12, 1809, his personal life was one of heartbreak and loss. His ...

Effectively a coup

Letters to the editor

To the editor: Lots of interesting headlines in the news. Here’s the title of a recent Wall Street Journal Editorial on Trump’s proposed tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China: “The Dumbest Trade War in History.” You don’t want to know how much slapping tariffs on Canadian lumber ...

Carnival planners do the work

Columns

An Enterprise story by Evelyn Outcalt began: “Compared with the problems encountered in 1971, the 1972 Diamond Jubilee Winter Carnival was a breeze. Or, so it seemed to the public. The carnival committee, headed by Bill Grogan and Margaret Haig, may have thought otherwise.” (This committee ...

Straw Poll, Jan. 28 – Feb.3

Editorials

This week’s Straw Poll: Do you support the state legislator’s idea of delaying the impending NY-21 special election? - This poll is not scientific, and its results represent only the opinions of internet users who have chosen to participate.

The demonic Don Quixote

Guest Commentary

Everyone is familiar with Cervantes’ Don Quixote, an old man who has lost his wits through over-immersion in chivalric romances and become disconnected from ordinary reality. He sees windmills as menacing giants, an old washbasin as the glorious “helmet of Mambrino,” and roams the ...