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Henry J. Stern's Articles: March 2002 to Present

396. July 24, 2007 Tell The Truth, Governor(Spitzer Is Beleaguered As Bruno's Chickens Come Home To Roost, Courtesy of A. Cuomo.)

395. July 20, 2007 See How They Run(Editorial Mercy: 3 Mile Forgiven In 2 Short Days.)

394. July 17, 2007 The Harder They Fall(Dinapoli Trashes Hevesi, Calling His Predecessor "Unethical, Irresponsible".)

393. July 16, 2007 The Bigger They Come(2 Prosecutors Scramble Over Hevesi's Carcass, Hunting Beneficiaries Of Political Largesse.)

392. July 10, 2007 78, 48 To Cuomo 49. Plummer 70 Axed(Accusations in Albany Go To Andrew Cuomo Quinn Fires Plummer.)

391. July 6, 2007 Tough Talk at the Albany Corral(Bruno, 78, vs. Spitzer, 48. Wily Senator Challenges A Threatening Governor.)

390. July 3, 2007 The House We Live In(Reflection on Independence Day.)

389. June 28, 2007 Practical Advice For Subway Riders(Mayor Likes the Subway, But Rush Hour Patrons are Feeling the Squeeze.)

388. June 26, 2007 Pleasant Purprise: Cuomo and DiNapoli (Andrew Cuomo In Fast Start, Spitzer Praises Tom DiNapoli as the First Furlong Finishes.)

387. June 22, 2007 Can't We All Just Get Along? (Albany Packs It In, Few Achievements, Much Squabbling.)

386. June 20, 2007 Heart Says Yes, Mind Says Maybe (Mayor Mike Abandons Elephant, A Hindrance In National Poitics, As He Positions Himslef For 2008.)

385. June 15, 2007 Geraldine, Christine and Viola (Geraldine, Christine and Viola.)

384. June 13, 2007 There's Good News Tonight (Early City Budget Agreement 2.3 Billion is Set Aside For '09. Tales of Unrequested Ambition.)

383. June 11, 2007 Sun of Public Art (Sun Trashed Public Art, But Settling the Lawsuit May Have Been Prudent.)

381 & 382. June 8, 2007 Public Art (Brooklyn College Art Show: Clasped P-nis and Live Rat. City To Pay $56K to Can it. --Dread Scott and Dead Cop, Art of The Next Revolution. Why We Ignored it in 1994.)

380. June 6, 2007 What's In a Street Name? Honor. ("Assasinate His Ass" Is A Mixed Metaphor, What To Do About It?)

379. June 1, 2007 What Would Horace Do? (Teacher is Fired, Paper Censored at Horace Mann.)

378. May 31, 2007 Eliot's Report Card: Jan-May'07 (The Governor at Day 151: How to Deal With Rogues Without Looking Foolish.)

376 & 377. May 25, 2007 Govt v. Media; Eliot's Elves at War (Egotistic Executives, Self-Serving Scribes in Frequent Conflict & Spitzer Staff's Spats Described by Dicker, But Tale Stops There.)

375. May 17, 2007 Thundering Hoofbeats (Eight Years Ago Today 5.17.99 Commuter Tax Was Repealed By Speaker Silver's Assembly. Loss to NYC so Far: $4 Billion.)

374. May 16, 2007 Inconvenient, But How True Is It? (Mayor on World State, But Congestion Pricing is a Tricky Local Issue.)

373. May 14, 2007 City: Yes; Feds: No; State: Maybe (Three Governments: City OK, Feds NG, State In A Struggle.)

372. May 10, 2007 Trimming the Fat, Ruffling Feathers (The Reduction of Waste in the Hospital Industry Will be Rsisted Fiercely by Local Beneficiaries and Legislative Allies)

371. May 8, 2007 The Bloominator ? Bloomberg For Governor? It's on Page One of the Post, The Paper that A Elected Koch)

370. May 4, 2007 A Cole Night in April (Why Should Assemblyman Have to Sleep on the Floor While Intern Hogs the Bed?)

369. May 1, 2007 Growing Up in Inwood (Growing Up in Inwood Watching Coal Delivery, Aided by Rent Control)

368. April 25, 2007 The Ph.D.s, the NRA, or Both? (Who Killed the Blacksburg 32? Virginia's Pathetic Gun Laws? The Incompetence of Shrinks? Could it be Both?.)

367. April 20, 2007 He Was Crazy, They Were Dumb (We Revisit The Virginia Tech Massacre. The Closer You Look, The Worse It Gets.)

366. April 18, 2007 Virginia Tech - The Accomplices (Sharing The Blame At Virginia Tech: Who Are The Evnablers of 32 Deaths? Can Anyone Prevent Mass Murder?)

365. April 12, 2007 Your Pork, My Bacon (Prospect of State Surplus May Have Induced Spitzer To Compromise On Budget. $170M Provided For Pork.)

364. April 10, 2007 First 100 Days (We Look at Spitzers's First Hundred Days, Some Ups, One down Budget Was a Tossup.)

363. April 5, 2007 Other People's Opinion (What They Think: Press and Public Rate the Budget.)

362. March 30, 2007 Day 89 -- What Happened (Three Days of Talks In Albany In Effort to Meet 4/1 Deadline Add Billion (s?) to State Budget.)

361. March 23, 2007 Another Day Older and Deeper in Debt (Three levels fo Government Have Substantial Det Load. 1975 Fiscal Crisis Revisited.)

360. March 21, 2007 Exceptions to the Sixth Commandment (Thou Shalt Not Kill a Man Unless Thou Knowest Well That He Wouldst Kill Thee.)

359. March 12, 2007 Released Rapists and Potential Victims (Both Houses Pass a Bill to Keep Sex Offenders in 'Civic Confinement' Until They are Cured.)

358. March 9, 2007 Fire Under the Elms (Appellate Court Upholds City on Washington Squar Park Renovations Can Go Ahead.)

357. March 5, 2007 Quoth ELS: "I'll Be LBJ" (Is the Triumvirate Acceptable If They Serve the Public Good? Spitzer Uses Bruno and Silver, Writer Criticizes Secret Deals.)

356. March 3, 2007 Spitzer's First Report (Spitzer Stars as He Reviews His First 60 Days in Office, Attacks Role of Hospitals in Billing Medicaid Costs.)

355. Feburary 28, 2007 Judges: The Good, The Bad.... (What Makes A Good Judge? Begin With Great Integrity, Add Brains, Guts and Balls.)

354. Feburary 22, 2007 The Longest Article Ever (How Judges Are Picked For Court of Appeals, And How it Used to Be.)

353. Feburary 20, 2007 Valentine Escapes on Mardi Gras (Is Governor Spitzer Crazy Or is He Crazy Like a Fox?.)

352. Feburary 16, 2007 Spitzer in 2012? (Is Governor Spitzer Crazy Or is He Crazy Like a Fox?.)

351. Feburary 15, 2007 It's WAR. Spitzer Strikes First Blow (The Battle of Albany: Gov. Spitzer Trashes The State Legislature Over Tom DiNapoli Says "Knockout Blow Is Coming Very Soon".)

350. Feburary 9, 2007 Fillmore 2, DiNapoli 54 (An Assemblyman No Longer, DiNapoli is 54th Comptroller The Governor is Not Amused.)

349. Feburary 7, 2007 No Non-Legislators Need Apply (Tale of Tom DiNapoli Comptroller Wannabe, Who May Get the Call to Replace Elected Guy.)

348. Feburary 1, 2007 Be Kind To Man and Beast (Ex-Wife Tells Daily News Mason Bought Judgeship But Didn't Support Kids, He Says His Ex is "Bitter".)

347. January 26, 2007 Three Threes To Find One (Three Member Screening Panel Selected By Three Men In Room Calls Three People "Qualified" To Be N.Y. State Comptroller, Replacing the Elected Offical Who Had Driver Assist Ill Wife.)

346. January 23, 2007 Judges' Ex Drops a Dime (Ex-Wife Tells Daily News Mason Bought Judgeship But Didn't Support Kids, He Says His Ex is "Bitter".)

345. January 19, 2007 Wanted: Watchdog or Lapdog? (Selecting A Comptroller: Politicians Strive to Fill Vacancey They Created By Feeding Hevesi to Wolves.)

344. January 15, 2007 Odyssey in a Sewer (State of the Brooklyn Courts: Judgeships for Sale or Rent, Barrett's Two-Year Inquiry, Plus History of Scoundreland.)

343. January 8, 2007 Five Hundred Year Siesta (Badillo Says Hispanics Don't Value Education Due to 500-Year Siesta.)

342. January 8, 2007 Ambition in the Assembly (Ambition Exceeds Judgment As Assembly Rivals Compete for Normal Elected Office.)

341. January 4, 2007 Spitzer Aims High(State of The State: Spitzer Expresses Great Aspirations.)

340. January 2, 2007 Mr. Spitzer Goes to Albany(Spitzer Focuses on Ethics, Issues 5 Executive Oders Pledges Open Government.)

339. December 29, 2006 Holiday Reading; Good Wishes (Two Article You Should Read Over the New Year's Weekend.)

338. December 15, 2006 Albany Update: Pots and Kettles (Legislative Session Fizzles. Hevesi Attacked, Defended Sen. Gonzales Re-Indicted.)

337. December 13, 2006 Stop Rape; Give Me More Money (Business as Usual In Albany; Legislators Want Pay Raise as Reward For Passing Bills.)

336. December 8, 2006 2,193,603 Votesd for Him (Hevesi Was Re-Elected By Voters Who Knew About His Misconduct.)

335. December 7, 2006 Money Now: Reform Later- Maybe (Council Votes Itself 25% Raises, Fails To Act On Reform Proposals, Quinn To Give Them Carefull Study.)

334. December 1, 2006 Eliot On Ethics. Is it Day One? (Good News Form Albany: Can Today Be Day One? Spitzer Adopts Reforms Will Legislature Follow? Don't Stand One One Leg.)

333. November 29, 2006 Building Castles Underground (Building Castles Underground: MTA Approaches $ Billion Cost On Fulton Street Construction)

332. November 17, 2006 A Rafter Of Turkeys (Notes On Thanksgiving, Pelosi And Hevesi. Should Jack the Riper Be Free To Roam?.)

331. November 17, 2006 "Holier Than Thou" ("Holier Than Thou" Pols Pursue Hevesi But He's No Angel.)

330. November 17, 2006 The Speaker Has to Listen (Incoming Speaker Nancy Pelosi Finds Her Troops Have Mutinied As Hoyer Beats Murtha, 149-86.)

329. November 14, 2006 Spitzer Meets Silver and Bruno (Spitzer Meets Silver and Bruno. How Will These Three Get Along? Pelosi Would Oust Hoyer, Harman.)

328. November 8, 2006 Lose War, Lose House (Ruminating: Rumsfeld Caused GOP Casualties.)

327. October 31, 2006 Nobody Does it Once (Hevesi Hounded, Haunted, Abandoned by Associates, Struggles for Survival.)

326. October 18, 2006 Fundraiser. Wedding. Indictment (We Try Again: Invitation For Oct. 26. Southern District Indicts McLaughlin Non-Election Draws Nigh. Juicy Links.)

325. October 13, 2006 Family Money, What of It. (State Election Results Appear Assured, Leading to Fewer Promises And Attacks. Historical Notes on Weatlh & Politics.)

324. October 5, 2006 33 Days and Counting (Thrity-three Days and Counting: New York Races Are Runaways, Control of Senates Is Uncertain.)

323. September 21, 2006 Turning 180 Degrees in One Day (Primaries Dissected: Sundry Observations, Cowardice Under Fire.)

322. September 19, 2006 Upstate and Big Apple Turnover (Five Incumbents Lose Primary Races, But 3 of 4 Top Contests are Runaways. Will the Democrats Capture the Senate?)

321. September 15, 2006 Primaires Dissected (Primaries Dissected: Sundry Observations, Cowardice Under Fire.)

320. September 12, 2006 A Secondary Election (A Curious Primary Election Results are Widely Foreseen Why Do Pols Self-Destruct.)

319. September 5, 2006 Goodbye, Judicial Conventions (Reducing the Rodle of County Leaders, 2d Circuit Bars Judicial Conventions To Select Supreme Court Nominees.)

318. August 30, 2006 This Little Piggy is Hiding (Legislature Conceals Identity Of Members Sponsoring Pork)

317. August 28, 2006 Lawmakers, Lawbreakers (Lawmakers, Lawbreakers)

316. August 23, 2006 Work for NYC; Retire in Your 40's (State Legislature Imposes $1 Billion More in Pension Costs on NYC Taxpayers.)

315. August 18, 2006 Bloomberg For President? OMG! (Springtime For Bloomberg: Cold Mayor Carry Nation Fed Up With Major Parites.)

314. August 17, 2006 Wake Up the Council (Proportional Representation Would Make City Council More Diverse Ideologically.)

313. August 10, 2006 On To November (Water Tunnels Meet at 34 St. Nutmeg State Senate Contest More Interesting Than Ours.)

312. August 4, 2006 October 23, 1983 (WW III Began 10-23-1983 But We Were Unaware Of That Until 9-11-01.)

311. July 28, 2006 Elephants, Snails and Butts (Elephant Expands at a Snail's Pace, Showing Its Butt to Hudson River.)

310. July 25, 2006 Thomas J. Manton (1932-2006) (Tom Manton, Successful County Leader, Controlled Queens, Thwarted Reformers, Selected Speakers and Judges With Class.)

309. July 18, 2006 Jacob K. Javits & Henrik Hudson (Proposed Design to Expand Javits Center is Criticized by Civic and Esthetic Groups for Extending Wall Facing Hudson River.)

308. July 14, 2006 The Court of Appeals Punts (Appeals Court Rules Legislature Should Decide on Gay Marriage. 4-2 Vote Does Not Weigh Merits, Leaves Issue to Albany for 2007.)

307. July 6, 2006 Ken Lay Modeled NY Debt (New York State: Government 101. Legislature- It's Business as Usual. Inauguration of a New Governor May, or May Not, Change Much.)

306. June 30, 2006 Silver Service. What About Gold? (Silver, in 13th Year as Speaker, Dominates Assembly Democrats. Does He Use Power Equitably, Or to Assist Unions, Tort Bar?)

305. June 23, 2006 Albany - Silver - Gates (Legislature Concluding Session, Speaker Silver, Bill Gates.)

304. June 20, 2006 To Act - Or Not to Act (Times Editorial, 2 News Columns Urge Albany to Act, or Not to Act.)

303. June 16, 2006 The News Speaks Out (Daily News Criticizes Silver’s Plo Of Stacking Assembly Committee To Defeat Legislation on Lawsuits.)

302. June 14, 2006 A Silver Bullet (City Cries Foul As Albany Panel Defeats Measure On Lawsuits.)

301. June 7, 2006 Horseless Carriages (Central Park Annals: Car Use is Restricted, But Purists Still Balk.)

300. May 26, 2006 The Mayor Relies on Science (Mayor Backs Quest For Scientific Truth In Address To Johns Hopkins Graduates. He Rejects Theories Based On Religion.)

299. May 24, 2006 Columns Worth Reading (Rudy Washington, Tort Reform and Eliot Spitzer.)

298. May 19, 2006 Rape, Laws and Albany (Extension of Statute of Limitations for Rape is Bottled up in Albany. Silver Would Allow More Time for Civil Actions. Bruno Says No. Spitzer, Morgenthau, Suozzi Oppose Linkage.)

297. May 18, 2006 Test Ability, Use Standards, Not Charades (Gifted Children Struggle For Education In Generally Inhospitable School System. Parents Are Frustrated By New Rankings Based On Indefinite, Subjective Criteria.)

296. May 12, 2006 Bright Kids. New Counselor. (Let My People Learn. The Senior Counselor to the Chancellor.)

295. May 8, 2006 Teaching Facts to Kids (E.D. Hirsch, Education Theorist, Says Kids Must Be Taught Facts. His Views Rejected By Educrats.)

294. May 5, 2006 This Land Is My Land (Mayor Bloomberg Defends Eminent Domain As Congress Moves To Limit Cities' Powers After 5-4 Supreme Court Decision In Kelo.)

293. May 3, 2006 The Mayor, a School, McGreevey & Cheney (Bloomberg's Second Term, John F. Kennedy High School, McGreevey & Cheney.)

292. April 28, 2006 Anarchy, Tyranny, or Fairness? (Who Should Run a Legislature, The Speaker or the Members? Also: Is It a Sin to Tell a Lie.)

291. April 19, 2006 Must Work for Food (Has Dependency Reached Its El Alamein? Mayor Rejects Welfare Chief's Proposal to Seek Waiver of Federal Regulation That Denies Food Stamps to Applicants Who Refuse to Work or to Seek Work.)

290. April 13, 2006 Lame Duck Bites Solons (Gov. Pataki's 202 Budget Vetoes Set Stage For Albany Showdown As Legislators Want to Override. Issues to go to Court of Appeals.)

289. April 4, 2006 Spendalot (Backdoor Borrowing Balances Big Budget.)

288. March 30, 2006 Spend, Spend, Borrow, Borrow ($11 Billion to Build Schools With New State Borrowing Agreed to by Bruno, Silver.)

287. March 23, 2006 Coyotes' Seven Year Itch (Henry J. Stern Recalls Coyote Visitations In Bronx And Manhattan Over The Years.)

286. March 14, 2006 The Sun Interview , 3/15 Forum

285. March 3, 2006 Law Says No, Pix Say Yes (A Passel Of Laws Unenforced Is An Issue For The Justice System. Can Law And Reality Reconcile.)

284. February 24, 2006 Pirates With Camcorders (Bootleg Movies Are Sold Illegally On New York Streets And Subways. Should Police Seize The Evidence.)

283. February 14, 2006 Will You Still Need Me ? (Happy Birthday Mayor Bloomberg! Tighten up on Employee Discipline, Lighten up on the Ninth Greenwood.)

282. February 9, 2006 Another Prague Spring? (Federal Judge Opens Door to Reform, The Case Now Goes to Second Circuit; State Chief Judge Kaye Seeks Panel.)

281. February 3, 2006 When Justice Triumphed (Federal Judge Gleeson Upsets System Of Judicial Conventions Through Which Party Bosses Made Supreme Court Nominations Without Primary Elections.)