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  • Spitzer’s skill set

    The two Democratic candidates for city comptroller squared off yesterday in one of the wildest political debates this town has seen in some time. Amid the exchange of insults, one thing became clear: Eliot Spitzer has no comprehension of what a comptroller actually does.

  • The UFT’s glass house

    In the aftermath of test scores that show the majority of city school children are not performing up to standard, everyone’s a critic. But not everyone’s earned the right to be.

  • A Bronx tale

    It’s often said, with good reason, that a prosecutor could indict a ham sandwich, given the generally one-sided nature of the grand-jury system.

Yesterday

  • Sign of the Times

    We don’t normally find ourselves in the position of defending the Obama administration, especially when it comes to dealing with the terrorists who want to attack our country and harm our people. But we have no choice as we read the half-baked criticisms of the president for his decision to shut down 19 US embassies in the Middle East and North Africa after credible intelligence about a planned terror attack.

  • A dumb data dump

    City Hall probably had little choice but to scuttle its stop-and-frisk database as part of a legal settlement, despite its effectiveness as a crime-fighting tool.

  • Waivering on ObamaCare

    When the going gets tough, the politically connected get a waiver.

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