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Adam Brodsky

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.

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    Hike MTA fares now

    MTA Chairman Jay Walder last week said he was losing sleep over his options for plugging a $750 million budget hole. Planned service cuts, he said, are "tearing my heart out." But if Walder wants to save mass...  

    March 08, 2010 12:00 AM
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    If Bloomberg can't cut now . . .

    Mayor Bloomberg issued a stern warning to state lawmakers last month: Gov. Paterson's budget cuts would meet stiff resistance in the Big Apple. "Let me tell you," Hizzoner huffed, "the cuts the state's fiscal mess...  

    February 05, 2010 12:00 AM
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    Muslim groups still MIA on terror

    If you believe the hype, the United States has a valuable new ally in the War on Terror: American Muslim leaders. Alas, it's called "hype" for a reason. Yes, some American Muslim groups are making a show of...  

    January 19, 2010 12:00 AM
  • Calling 'em for '10

    Like other recent years, 2010 promises big news developments. Rest as sured, none of the following will be among them: * Former President George W. Bush will win the Nobel Peace Prize for liberating Iraq and...  

    January 01, 2010 12:00 AM
  • O'S INSURANCE SCAM

    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 AM
  • HIDDEN 'REFORM' COSTS: THE HEALTH COPS

    EAT 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 AM
  • MIKE'S 'QUOTA' CREEP

    IN 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 AM
  • THE WRONG LESSONS OF A BOTCHED WAR

    ROBERT 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 AM
  • BILL'S DOUBLE TALK

    CITY 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 AM
  • JEWS' TRUE NEMESIS

    EVEN 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 AM
  • D-DAY FOR THE DEMS

    EVER 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 AM
  • 'TORTURE' REGRETS CHEER OUR ENEMIES

    IF 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 AM
  • LABOR RUN AMOK

    DISGUSTED 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 AM
  • WHY IS THE PREZ SNUFFING OUT HOPE?

    BARACK 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 AM
  • SUICIDE SCHOLARS?

    IT 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 AM
  • WRONG WAY TO SAVE

    PICTURE 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 AM
  • BUDGET BALM

    MAYOR 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 AM
  • ROOTING FOR OBAMA

    CALLS 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 AM
  • 2009: HERE'S WHAT NOT TO EXPECT

    WITH 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 AM
  • PUNTING ON PENSIONS

    GOV. 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 AM
  • TAKE TWO BULLETS & CALL ME IN THE MORNING

    MATTHEW 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 AM
  • THE PERFECT EXCUSE

    GIVEN 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 AM
  • SILVER LININGS IF OBAMA WINS

    THOSE 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 AM
  • BLIND TO BAM'S BAGGAGE

    IT'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 AM
  • THE GOOD THAT GREW UNDER THE SUN

    THE 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 AM
  • POLS' LET'S-PRETEND ENERGY 'ACTION'

    FACED 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 AM
  • TERROR: THE OFFENSE WE NEED

    YESTERDAY'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 AM
  • ELITES VS. AMERICA

    THE 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 AM
  • A WAY FOR THE GOV TO EARN HIS STRIPES

    IF 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 AM
  • OIL'S ENEMIES, UNITE!

    NEWS 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 AM