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IRS Scandal: I was targeted and I’ve got proof it was a Democratically-led conspiracy

I was targeted by the IRS in a coordinated attack at the highest levels of government…and we now have the proof. My IRS files, obtained under the Freedom of Information Act by Judicial Watch, clearly implicate the IRS and a…

Iran nuclear deal and the White House credibility gap

Too bad the “framework” of a nuclear weapons deal with Iran didn’t come four days earlier on April Fools’ Day. It would have been more appropriate. The United States is being asked to foolishly believe promises by a regime that…

Violence on Television: Women’s lives matter except in primetime

In this image released by The CW, Gina Rodriguez appears in a scene from “Jane the Virgin.” Rodriguez and America Ferrera, of “Ugly Betty” have more in common than being the only Latina women to have won Golden Globes for…

Biggest misconceptions about finding the lowest airfares

Don’t be fooled by booking websites: Travel agents have tricks up their sleeves that automated websites have never heard of. (iStock) There’s a “magic” hour to find the best prices. This is the biggest myth of all. Airfares can change…

$40G per bird? California cormorants refuse to budge from bridge being demolished

Now that a crucial section of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge has been replaced by a new $6.4 billion span, nobody needs it anymore — nobody except about 800 birds who call the decrepit, 78-year-old segment home. The double-crested cormorants…

Celebrating the restoration of the emergency center at my hospital — NYU Langone Medical Center

Ken Langone, chairman of the Board of Trustees at the NYU Langone Medical Center, the New York City hospital center named after him, was being treated for pneumonia on the 11th floor of the facility when Superstorm Sandy flooded the…

The dangerous demonization of our food

Apples, celery, and bell peppers may be hazardous to your health, according to some environmental activists. At least that’s the impression you might get reading the Environmental Working Group’s Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce. But their guide is nothing…

Fast and Furious Screw Up Hurts Innocent Americans

There are now enough Operation Fast and Furious officials playing hide-and-seek in the Obama administration to fill a New York City-style “rubber room.” Yesterday, the Justice Department announced it was shuffling Kenneth Melson, acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol,…

Remembering Robert Sargent "Sarge" Shriver, Jr.

When Jack Kennedy announced the creation of the Peace Corps he turned it over to Sargent Shriver to implement. It became the greatest worldwide volunteer service vehicle for young people in America. It took us to places that none of…

New York Times All Wet About Drinking Water Crisis

Officials at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are working hard to hype drinking water risks as they ask Congress to expand their authority under the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA). They have the assistance of sensationalist journalism at the…