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NY Liberal Examiner

Matt Arnold is an editor of political science books and websites, a civil rights activist, and a life-long Democrat. Contact: Mattarnold098@aol.com

Bloomberg defends the little guy

As those who have read this blog know, I’m usually not much of a Bloomberg fan. But I have to hand it to him this past week: he did a brave thing by defending the right of Muslims...

New York Caught Cheating on Test Scores

Finally, the truth comes out. For years, people have been voicing suspicions about why New York students routinely score well on assessment tests that the state administers while simultaneously showing no improvement or actual declines in performance on the...

Terrorist Lieberman

Is the American constitution strong enough to survive another terrorist attack? Joe Lieberman introduced a bill earlier this month would let the federal government rescind citizenship from an American who is charged—not convicted—of a terrorist act...

The Paterson Legacy

The announcement by Gov. David Paterson that he won’t be running for re-election has elicited more joy among the political class in New York than just about any other moment in his tenure as governor. But despite...

NYC's falsified crime reports

Yesterday’s New York Times article, “Retired Officers Raise Questions on Crime Data” is causing the public to ask whether or not the crime statistics which City Hall has touted in the last several years are real...

Bloomberg screws the poor, again

Last week the New York Times reported that our city’s police department has ceased its longstanding practice of taking clothing seized from raids and donating it to charities for the homeless and poor. Starting last April it has...

Mr. "lock 'em up" Bruno gets the tables turned on him

For the 14 years he ran the New York State Senate, Joe Bruno was the champion of prosecutors. The mandatory sentences in NY’s Rockefeller Drug Laws were famous across the country for sending first time non-violent offenders...

What's next for marriage equality in New York

Advocates of marriage equality could be forgiven for feeling frustrated after this week’s defeat in the New York State Senate. In the last few years the LGBT community has made some great strides towards equality in New York...

Tell Bloomberg how he should spend $100 million on NYC

A trip down memory lane with Mike Bloombeg

As New Yorkers are bombarded by ads depicting Bloomberg as a wise sage who reigns over the city without the taint of political partisanship, it might be useful to think back a few years. In early 2004, George W. Bush...

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