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Blakeman must be bold to win N.Y.

New York is in an economic death spiral. Companies and taxpayers are fleeing the state, taking their money with them. Gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman needs to go bold and offer New Yorkers real change. Roll out a concrete plan to phase out the state income tax. It's an economy killer. The Albany spendaholics and taxaholics in both parties will claim it can't be done. But 68% of New Yorkers -- regardless of their party affiliation or their age -- support zeroing out the income tax, according to a Morning Consult poll done in December 2024. Forty percent of Democrats ...

Platner wants redemption, others want refund

Democrat Rep. Ro Khanna conceded at a rally for the Maine senatorial candidate that Graham Platner's actions have not been sterling. Voters considering Platner don't like his "shameful" actions against women, the Californian said, but "they are willing to extend him grace and redemption." Maine Democrats have just chosen Platner to challenge five-term Republican Susan Collins in November. Maine is a purple state, and Collins is a moderate by current Republican standards. But here's the problem for Platner: Redemption is a theme in religion whereby someone who has committed ...

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Hall-Stankoven-Blake line is big reason Carolina won Cup

Logan Stankoven was 7 years old and Jackson Blake on the verge of his seventh birthday when Taylor Hall was the No. 1 pick in the 2010 NHL draft. Fast-forward more than a decade and a half later, and the "Kids and the Hall" line was a huge reason the Carolina Hurricanes won the Stanley ...

Mike Pence’s important new book about the USA

Former Vice President Mike Pence is now promoting his new book, "What Conservatives Believe: Rediscovering the American Conscience." Distinct from most stuff appearing now for the nation's 250th birthday, Pence's book is targeted not at the nation as whole, but at the Republican Party in particular. Pence's op-ed in the Wall Street Journal discussing the book is headlined, "A Republican Time for Choosing." He uses the title of Ronald Reagan's famous speech delivered Oct. 27, 1964, at the Republican National Convention, which put Reagan on the national stage, and was his initial ...

America seen through the world’s eyes

The World Cup is kicking off here in the United States and for the next five weeks, a sport most Americans cannot be bothered to watch will bring the rest of the planet to our doorstep. They are already arriving. Germans, Spaniards, Egyptians, Australians, every continent but Antarctica is showing up and something is happening that ought to make us pause. Their minds are being blown away by us. A German named Freddy came to Atlanta and made his way up to North Georgia, went tubing on the Chattahoochee, drove through Chattanooga and on to Auburn, Ala. He has been tweeting it all home ...