Columns from the Year 2004

12/31/04 - Post-Tsunami Bush Bashing Is Biased
12/29/04 - When Issues Collide, Watch Out
12/24/04 - You Needn't Be Christian To Celebrate
12/21/04 - Work Ethic Is Missing in Public Works
12/17/04 - For the Birds: Of Pale Male And Liberals
12/14/04 - Saving Social Security
12/10/04 - Wishing You A Merry Holiday
12/07/04 - A Formula To Ruin a Community
12/03/04 - When Killing An Ill Infant 'Is Not Wrong'
11/29/04 - Reopening Of Theater Saves Gem
11/26/04 - The Trouble With 'Kinsey': Alfred Kinsey
11/24/04 - Save City's Catholic Schools
11/22/04 - Dirty Politics Results in Double Loss
11/19/04 - Figuring Out The Hubris Of Democrats
11/17/04 - A Poor Choice for an Important Post
11/15/04 - Battle of the Television Billionaires
11/12/04 - It Is Time To Tone Down The Rhetoric
11/10/04 - Feeling Blue Living in a Blue State
11/08/04 - Elites Out of Touch With America's Heart and Soul
11/01/04 - Immigrants Are 'More American'
10/29/04 - Living Among West Village Wildlife
10/27/04 - True Face Of AIDS
10/25/04 - Bush Faces Countless Obstacles
10/22/04 - Keeping A Pedophile Behind Bars
10/20/04 - Yankee Team Offers Good Example
10/18/04 - Is the Senator Deliberately Misleading?
10/15/04 - Security Moms Tilting Toward President Bush
10/13/04 - Hollywood Has a History Of Hysteria
10/11/04 - The 9/11 Conspiracy Theory Lives
10/08/04 - Disgrace At Gracie Mansion
10/06/04 - The U.N.'s Diminished Dignity
10/04/04 - Logging on To Debate Chatter
10/01/04 - Night in ER Puts Things In Perspective
09/29/04 - Smitten With Socrates
09/27/04 - 'Shark Tale' Hit With Bias Accusations
09/24/04 - Beware the Bloggers, Charles Schumer
09/22/04 - The War on Poverty Has Been Won
09/20/04 - Authentic New York Behavior
09/17/04 - Bill O'Reilly's Big Head
09/15/04 - Immigrants as Enemies?
09/13/04 - A Double Standard
09/10/04 - Pausing To Remember
09/08/04 - Killers Defy the Koran
09/03/04 - Protesters:Then & Now
09/01/04 - Stop Ducking for Cover
08/30/04 - An Early Exit
08/25/04 - Protest Plans Put City In Harm’s Way
08/23/04 - Democrats and Vote Fraud
08/20/04 - Boycott the Boss? Brilliant
08/18/04 - Preparing for Terrorism
08/16/04 - A Look Inside CORE
08/13/04 - The Right and Wrong Ways To Drive a Bus
08/11/04 - The Sanity of Talk Radio
08/09/04 - Untapped Conservatives
08/06/04 - When Hollywood Goes Bad
08/04/04 - Clone Barack Obama?
08/02/04 - S.I.'s District Attorney Is a Rare New Yorker
07/30/04 - Staten Island Living, Hold the Abortions
07/28/04 - The Fairy Tale of Alzheimer's And Stem Cell Research
07/26/04 - Good Gunwomanship
07/23/04 - The Death Penalty Debate
07/21/04 - Thurston Howell Types Won't Help the GOP in N.Y.
07/19/04 - A 'Nay' for Jerrold Nadler
07/16/04 - Cyclones-Yankees Rivalry Minor League in Name Only
07/14/04 - Tax Cuts Work Their Magic
07/12/04 - N.Y. Bush Supporters: Unite
07/02/04 - The Barberi,Then and Now
06/30/04 - Gay Liberation and AIDS
06/28/04 - The Real Reagan Revolution
06/25/04 - Poll or Propaganda?
06/23/04 - Who Were These People Waiting for Bill Clinton?
06/21/04 - Here Comes the Olympics, Now That the Thrill Is Gone
06/18/04 - Eucharist Not Just a Symbol
06/16/04 - Where Are the Love Songs?
06/14/04 - Two Journeys to America
06/11/04 - 3,000 Umbrellas: Gimmicks And Politics of Public Art
06/09/04 - The Mob: Reality and TV
06/07/04 - A Kind Release
06/04/04 - A Right-Wing Lenny Bruce
06/02/04 - Will Staten Island Run With a Nascar Raceway?
06/01/04 - Bill Cosby Got It Right
05/28/04 - Long Faces of Fleet Week
05/26/04 - Tort Reform: Giving a Damn
05/24/04 - Is the State GOP Wising Up?
05/21/04 - Maybe N.Y. Really Is Rude
05/20/04 - The Problem With The 9/11 Commission
05/19/04 - Some Families Prefer To Skip Latest Show
05/17/04 - Anthony Jimenez, Hero
05/14/04 - Preventable Rape
05/12/04 - Pro-Choice Catholics And the Sacraments
05/10/04 - New York's Gun Culture
05/07/04 - Pro-Life and Abused
05/05/04 - Spiritual Renewal at a Spa
05/03/04 - A First Synagogue Visit, With Democrats for Bush
04/30/04 - Silver's Shameless Politicking
04/28/04 - The Many Wonders of eBay
04/26/04 - The Greatest Generation Is in Action Today,Too
04/23/04 - Giuliani Shares Memories During Reflection on Simon
04/21/04 - Bamboozled Over Omarosa
04/19/04 - A Roman Catholic Inside a Mormon Temple
04/16/04 - More Money for Schools Won't Buy Good Results
04/14/04 - Immigration Questions
04/12/04 - A Democrat Over the Line
04/09/04 - Sister Rose's Miracle
04/07/04 - A Reason To Watch TV
04/05/04 - Comparative Consumption
04/02/04 - The Real Problems Behind Failing Schools
03/31/04 - "Woe to the Scavengers"
03/29/04 - "How To Save a Piece Of Historic Staten Island"
03/26/04 - An Honest Perspective On the City's 'Poor'
03/24/04 - "Actions, Not Words"
03/22/04 - Drinks With Conspirators
03/19/04 - Ex-'Spin Sister' Tells All
03/17/04 - N.Y.'s Bravest, Post-9/11
03/15/04 - New York Republicans Give Democrats a Boost
03/12/04 - Suicide and the Scourge Of Marijuana Use
03/10/04 - Life After Stewart Trial
03/08/04 - The Misappropriation Of St. Patrick's Day
03/05/04 - Race and the GOP
03/03/04 - Reserving Judgment On Clerical Sex Abuse
03/01/04 - Dreaming of Mayor Fossella And the Smoking Ban's End
02/27/04 - Why Jews Need Not Fear Gibson's 'Passion'
02/25/04 - A 'Little People' View Of Martha Stewart Trial
02/23/04 - Behind the Debate Over Gay Marriage
02/20/04 - Staten Island Ferry Views
02/18/04 - A Building Makes City Green Giant
02/13/04 - How Bush's Opponents Use a Goebbels Formula
02/11/04 - Character Takes a Pass
02/09/04 - Smoking Ban Inequity
02/06/04 - Bill Moyers Vs. Star Parker
02/04/04 - Outrage Was Only Thing CBS Didn't Expect
02/02/04 - The Price Of Progress
01/30/04 - Keeping Tabs On Charities
01/28/04 - Barron's Dangerous Remarks
01/26/04 - Remarks Leave Bad Taste
01/23/04 - Bush Support Is Lively At a March
01/21/04 - Dancing Through Grand Central Terminal
01/19/04 - Where's the Outrage?
01/16/04 - Anti-Semitic Contagion
01/14/04 - City Boom Is Warning To Terrorists
01/12/04 - Sympathy for The Donald
01/09/04 - Trust in Bush On Immigration
01/07/04 - Immigration Reform's Time Is Due
01/05/04 - Forget Lynch, Meet Some Real Heroes
01/02/04 - Republican Confusion