Your Views on Albany Ethics Reform Shortcomings
Reader criticizes New York ethics reforms as insufficient and argues for stronger transparency in state money grants. Notes per diem abuse and campaign fund use rules, urges broader controls on governor and legislators, and invites contact.
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Albany
N. Second St
Fulton
Barclaw
Assembly
State
Barack Obama and the Chamberlain myth in Iran talks
A critique of right wing comparisons of Obama to Chamberlain and Hitler, arguing they distort power. The piece notes Iran’s relative weakness, U.S. superiority, and that sanctions and diplomacy reflect a measured approach. It cites Lyons and references debates on Iran negotiations, urging careful reading of the balance of power and outcomes.
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Barack Obama
Fox News
Obama
Adolf Hitler
Neville Chamberlain
Washington
Mike Godwin
China
Soviet Union
Conservative
Caucus, Inc
Reagan
Chamberlain
Mikhail Gorbachev
Hitler
Berlin Wall
U.S.S.R
Jonathan Chait
Iran
Tehran
Benjamin Netanyahu
U.S
William Kristol
Saddam Hussein
Iraq
Netanyahu
Israel
Britain
France
Germany
Russia
Nazi Germany
Middle East
Jerusalem
Saud Abia
Ayatollahs
ISIS
Syria
Persian Gulf
New York Times
Thomas Friedman
On This Day In History April 17 2015 Highlights
Key events include Phnom Penh fallen to the Khmer Rouge in 1975 ending five year war. Lochner v. New York 1905 limiting bakers hours. Daffy Duck debut in 1937. Bay of Pigs 1961. Jerrie Mack solo circumnavigation 1964. Apollo 13 splashdown 1970. Libyas embassy siege 1984. Rodney King civil rights verdict 1993. Onstott murder charge 2005. Crimea crisis 2014. Quotes Will Durant on intelligence.
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Cambodia
Phnom Penh
Khmer Rouge
U.S. Supreme Court
Lochner
New York
High Court
West Coast Hotel Co
Daffy Duck
Warner Bros
Porky’s
Tex Avery
Yugoslavia
Germany
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Geraldine “Jerrie” Mack
Columbus
Ohio
Ford Motor Co
Pittsburgh Pirates
Mets
James A. Lovell
Fred W. Haise
Jack Swigert
Pacific
Moon
Libya
London
Yvonne Fletcher
Britain
Los Angeles
Rodney King
David Lee Onstott
Sarah Michelle Lunde
Florida
Onstott
Ukraine
Russia
Moscow
Crimea
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Gene Lyons
St. Martin’s Press
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Associated Press
America
Will Durant
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USPS
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