First, he did no harm. Mayor Bloomberg yesterday pres ented his seventh State of the City Address and proposed, well . . . not very much at all. No grandiose schemes of the sort Gov. Spitzer...more >

Barack Obama may have called for a truce in the increasingly ugly war of words with Hillary Clinton, but it looks like the Chicago minister whom he has cited as his mentor and spiritual leader...more >

January 17, 2008 - Really. Does PBA President Pat Lynch have any shame? Not if the police union's latest effort to hurt rookie cops is any indication. Last month, the PBA quietly filed a claim...more >

January 17, 2008 - Memo to New York Times Public Ed itor Clark Hoyt: Your urgent atten tion is needed on the slanderous 7,000-word front-page article published last Sunday about homicides allegedly committed by US...more >

January 16, 2008 - Schools Chancellor Joel Klein looks to be getting serious about ending New York's most embarrassing racial quota. The Department of Education announced Monday that it's asking a federal...more >

January 16, 2008 - Dumb judges beget dumb lawsuits. The dumb jurist du jour is state Su preme Court Justice Michael Ambrecht, who last January threw out reckless-endangerment charges against moron...more >

January 16, 2008 - New York earned a dubious distinc tion yesterday as one of the few states not making news for its bud get prudence. "Slower growth in tax revenues are prompting governors from New...more >

January 15, 2008 - For one brief shining moment, on Oct. 4, 1955, the Brooklyn Dodgers and their ever-loyal fans stood atop baseball's championship summit. After decades of disappointment, "next year"...;more >

January 15, 2008 - There is no such thing as free milk. That's a vital lesson coming out of Chuck Schumer's latest Sunday press conference. The senator notes the northward spiraling of milk prices -...more >

January 15, 2008 - When Democratic candidates hurl ac cusations of racial insensitivity, the target is usually a Republican. Not this year. The ugly brawl now under way between Democrats Hillary Rodham...more >

January 14, 2008 - The First Amendment is worth more than a sack of grass seed. In that spirit, last week's settle ment that will eventually open Central Park's Great Lawn to large political rallies is to...more >

January 14, 2008 - When Philip Agee, the rogue ex-CIA agent, died last week at 72, most of the published obituaries used terms like "renegade" and "whistle-blower," saying he'd simply become...more >