Adam Brodsky has served as The Post's deputy editorial-page editor since 2000. He has written on local, national and international affairs -- including on subjects as diverse as local school governance, health care and terrorism. Before joining The Post, he was managing editor at The Forward and worked for a year as a spokesman for the New York City Economic Development Corporation under Mayor Rudy Giuliani.
PRESIDENT Obama and con gressional Democrats are now fixing their gun sights on health insurers, but their broader, underlying goals remain unchanged: socializing costs and extending Washington's control of the health...
August 24, 2009 2:40 AMEAT your vegetables. Avoid sweets and fats. Never smoke. And do your calis thenics. Or be ready to pay a hefty tax. Ridiculous? Sure. But under ObamaCare, Americans may well find themselves moving quickly...
August 10, 2009 12:49 AMIN 2005, the year Mayor Bloomberg last ran for re- election, Hizzoner OK'd race- and gender-based quotas -- er, "goals" -- for city contracts. He's on the ballot again in less than four months -- and, hmm, this month...
July 24, 2009 1:03 AMROBERT McNamara's death this week reig nited a debate that couldn't be more timely: Should Americans stand up to aggression, hostility and threats that could jeopardize their basic liberties, perhaps even their lives...
July 10, 2009 3:28 AMCITY Comptroller Bill Thompson faces nearly in surmountable odds in his race to unseat Mayor Bloomberg. But if he builds his campaign on flip-flops and distortions, Thompson might have to kiss his future prospects...
June 26, 2009 2:12 AMEVEN before the blood was fully mopped up from Wednesday's shooting at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum, the left began shouting "We told you so." Homeland Security's gumshoes, we're told, were right all along...
June 12, 2009 2:06 AMEVER since November, Democrats and Republicans alike have wondered how the GOP would rebuild -- as the press mischievously stoked the "rift" between party moderates and conservatives. Just Monday, The New York Times...
May 29, 2009 12:56 AMIF President Obama were as crafty as, say, Osama bin Laden, you might wonder if his decision last week to release new "torture" photos this month was part of some clever psych-ops scheme. After all, the decision...
May 01, 2009 1:07 AMDISGUSTED by the teachers union's bra zen muscle-flexing at City Hall last week? Well, it's nothing compared to a sister union's power punches in the Niagara Falls Wheatfield school district. On the same day that...
April 17, 2009 1:10 AMBARACK Obama wrote a book about hope and be came president promising it. So why's he doing everything in his power to snuff it out? Think about it: In Obama World, what are we supposed to "hope" for? Certainly not...
March 27, 2009 2:40 AMIT sounds like parody, but it's not: Secretary of State Hill ary Clinton last week an nounced a four-year program of US scholarships and "opportunity grants" for "disadvantaged young Palestinians" to attend...
March 13, 2009 1:05 AMPICTURE yourself on a cold, deserted subway platform. It's the weekend, or maybe late at night - and (what else?) nary a train in sight. So you wait. And wait. And wait some more. Still, no train. Nor even a...
February 27, 2009 12:19 AMMAYOR Bloomberg's budget presentation today will be sobering. He'll say the city is desperately short of cash and will likely outline "bold" steps to keep City Hall solvent. But the one measure he likely won't mention...
January 30, 2009 12:43 AMCALLS for national unity were rampant this week, as is common when the na tion welcomes a new leader. But to boost our chances of overcoming the huge challenges we face, Americans - of every stripe - are going to have...
January 24, 2009 12:50 AMWITH global conflicts raging, a volatile econ omy and tectonic polit ical shifts afoot, anyone claiming to know what will happen in 2009 is probably named Bernie Madoff. On the other hand, you can make book on what...
January 01, 2009 1:56 AMGOV. Paterson and Mayor Bloom berg may be about to blow the biggest chance in a generation to fix New York's long-broken, budget-busting public-pension system. Indeed, their planned remedies fall so far short, and...
December 22, 2008 2:43 AMMATTHEW Carmel has an answer for some of government's wackiest policies: the "prescription handgun." OK, maybe Carmel - a firearms instructor and a friend of mine - wasn't looking to expose the silliness when he...
December 12, 2008 12:41 AMGIVEN all the grim economic and fiscal news, New Yorkers may be tempted to pity Gov. Paterson and Mayor Bloomberg for the "difficult" budget choices they're confronting. Here's a secret: You couldn't ask for a...
November 14, 2008 4:50 AMTHOSE who see disaster in a Barack Obama presidency are bracing for the worst. But there may also be grounds for hope, however slim. A President Obama stands the best chance of pleasantly surprising his critics,...
October 31, 2008 3:23 AMIT'S always risky to believe The New York Times, and the paper's front-page lead story Wednesday - claiming John McCain's attacks have "backfired" - vividly illustrates why. Imagine: The Times counseling McCain...
October 17, 2008 4:39 AMTHE New York Sun got some well-deserved praise as it ran off its final issue Tuesday. But most folks never truly understood - better yet, appreciated - its goals. In fact, what the paper sought to do was...
October 03, 2008 4:40 AMFACED with an outcry over America's energy woes as Election Day nears, politicians in Albany and Washington are scrambling to appear responsive. Alas, they're not likely to achieve anything meaningful. At least,...
September 18, 2008 4:06 AMYESTERDAY'S 9/11 anniversary meant annual report-card time for US counterter ror efforts. Yet again, the grades are lacking. Washington needs to boost counterpro- liferation, insists one report. Another cites gaps...
September 12, 2008 3:47 AMTHE National Archives' doc ument dump last week re vealed that such famous Americans as TV chef Julia Child and movie director John Ford served in America's World War II spy network. As did historian Arthur...
August 22, 2008 4:25 AMIF David Paterson wants to prove he's no "accidental governor," he can start today - when the Senate takes up his property-tax cap. The cap, to be sure, has little chance of becoming law (though it's a vital first...
August 08, 2008 3:53 AMNEWS that a terror-linked imam is behind an in- your-face Islamic subway- ad blitz should spark one thought: oil. What's the link? Maybe none. But petro-dollars have bought a lot of extremist Muslim influence...
July 25, 2008 3:23 AMWITH Joe Bruno out as Senate majority leader, it's time for Mayor Bloomberg to take on Albany's last-man-standing: Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver. Nothing would boost Hizzoner's legacy as much as a successful bid...
June 27, 2008 4:27 AMKEY triumphs by New York union bosses this spring offer textbook lessons for how to keep Labor strong. Which is great news for the bosses and their members - but bad for everyone else. Consider two recent...
June 13, 2008 4:08 AMFOR all his soaring, hopeful rhetoric, Barack Obama chose an odd message this week to send Wesleyan's graduating seniors. Face it, kids - he basically said - Americans are losers. Pathetic, needy dependents who can't...
May 30, 2008 4:09 AMANYONE with high hopes for the Middle East Road map as President Bush ar rived in Israel Wednesday might reasonably be considered insane - that is, if insanity is, as some say, repeating the same behavior and expecting...
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