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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.
A struggling economy. Cash shortfalls at City Hall, in Albany and Washington. A turbulent Mideast. A fateful US presidential election. The coming year is shaping up to be absolutely . . . unpredictable. Then again,... December 31, 2011
From Oped Columnists‘I’m not going to have anything to do with a bill that does not respect the rights of the disabled community,” Gov. Cuomo said Friday, dissing a measure that would notably boost the number of wheelchair-friendly city... December 20, 2011
From Oped ColumnistsLast April, New York City won a snazzy prize. Amid fierce competition, NASA chose the Intrepid Museum on the Hudson as the home for the space shuttle Enterprise. Now the price of poker has gone up: Museum officials want... October 27, 2011
From Oped ColumnistsState education officials say a rash of probes into cheating on school tests around the nation spurred them to look at what New York does to prevent such abuse. But the probes also raise an obvious question: Is some... August 05, 2011
From Oped ColumnistsYale just announced a new program for studying anti-Semitism, just weeks after it shut an earlier version that called attention to manifestations of Muslim Jew-hatred. The program will let Yale claim that it considers... July 07, 2011
From Oped ColumnistsThe foremost duty of an elected official, especially a fiscal watchdog, is to protect the collective interests of constituents -- that is, all constituents, not just those who'll help him politically. But tell that... June 14, 2011
From Oped ColumnistsAfter a week of shifting facts, the picture is now clear: Eight days ago, President Obama charged into Pakistan unilaterally, guns ablaze. He blasted an unarmed Osama bin Laden to kingdom come -- and then dumped the... May 09, 2011
From Oped ColumnistsFor "progressives," few things are as virtuous as sac rifice. Especially if it's some one else doing the sacrificing. Thus, in the wake of Japan's nuclear crisis, you just know they'll be calling for less nuke power... March 18, 2011
From Oped ColumnistsMayor Bloomberg was mum on Friday after United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew likened him to Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak, in a bizarre attempt to suggest that City Hall rules with an iron fist. ... February 07, 2011
From Oped ColumnistsBrace yourself: A budget blizzard is headed straight for the city, yet Mayor Bloomberg sees mostly Bermuda-like skies. "This place not only survives, it thrives," he said Wednesday in his State of the City speech.... January 24, 2011
From Oped ColumnistsThis time of year, everyone makes predictions. Here are some that definitely won't come true in 2011: * Newly installed Gov. Andrew Cuomo will eradicate corruption, freeze state taxes, curb spending, cap property... January 01, 2011
From Oped ColumnistsHere we go again: The 2010 midterm elections are barely a month old, but chatter's already surfacing about a possible Mike Bloomberg presidential bid, just as after the 2006 midterms. A week from Monday, we get the... December 03, 2010
From Oped ColumnistsWhat, exactly, do Manhat tan Borough President Scott Stringer, city Comp troller John Liu, Bronx BP Ruben Diaz and 28 City Council members have against poor, young immigrants and blacks? Not satisfied that demands... November 12, 2010
From Oped ColumnistsThere's one big reason Democrats face disaster Tuesday: They've done almost nothing in the last two years to make anyone -- left or right -- want to vote for them. In 2008, recall, they made grand promises -- to... October 29, 2010
From Oped ColumnistsNew Yorkers must be glut tons for punishment. They're unhappy with gov ernment — which is run these days by Democrats, both in Albany and Washington. Yet polls say voters here are planning to send most Dems back to... October 11, 2010
From Oped ColumnistsNew York officials fell all over themselves last week, seeking credit for the $700 million New York "won" in federal Race to the Top school funding. Better they had turned the money down. Let's be honest: Handing... August 30, 2010
From Oped ColumnistsCome Jan. 1, Democrats will officially end their romance with John May nard Keynes. That's the day they hope to sock America with the largest tax hike in years, all in the name of their supposed new love: deficit... August 02, 2010
From Oped ColumnistsAmerican victims of terrorism can sue their own government for damages -- but not, generally, foreign regimes or officials. It's a ludicrous approach to the War on Terror. Weren't we supposed to be using every tool... July 16, 2010
From Oped ColumnistsAs America celebrates free dom this Independence Day, some 35,000 boys are preparing for a first-hand encounter with it later this month -- at a national jamboree that will mark the 100th anniversary of the Boy Scouts.... July 02, 2010
From Oped ColumnistsBarack Obama has finally become a wartime president. Unfortunately, the enemy happens to be an oil com pany. Talk about missed opportunities: In Tuesday's Oval Office speech, the president could have addressed a... June 17, 2010
From Oped ColumnistsRealists know that all the kabuki diplomacy last week won't slow Iran's nuclear-weapons drive one bit. But there is a way to punish Tehran, dent its military capacity and -- who knows? -- maybe even complicate its... May 24, 2010
From Oped ColumnistsDoubling-down on defense isn't going to win the War on Terror. Yesterday's scare in Times Square shows just how hopeless that strategy is -- if a cooler can be a threat, not even the NYPD will be able to stop them all.... May 08, 2010
From Oped ColumnistsWEST ORANGE, NJ THE Garden State tax revolt is starting to bear fruit -- and it's about time, too. On Tuesday, voters nixed 315 of 537 school-district budgets, including many that sought tax hikes. That's a... April 23, 2010
From Oped ColumnistsEvery weekday morning, some 200 city buses roll into Manhattan from Staten Is land, packed to the gills. After letting off passengers, they head home -- empty -- and park at one of three SI depots. Later, they head... April 09, 2010
From Oped ColumnistsALBANY is beyond hope -- and every one knows it. Corruption's rampant. No one gives a fig about taxpayers. The governor's MIA, the Senate's overrun by boodlers and bunglers. The Assembly? Bought and paid for. ... March 19, 2010
From Oped ColumnistsMTA 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 transit... March 08, 2010
From Oped ColumnistsMayor 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
From Oped ColumnistsIf 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
From Oped ColumnistsLike 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
From Oped ColumnistsPRESIDENT 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
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