Opinion

Op-Ed Columnists

• Benny Avni

  ’Nam syndrome II

  The Taliban seem to believe all they need to do now is wait ’til America hightails it out of...  

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• John Podhoretz

  Conservatives gone wild

  The most passionately anti-Obama Republican politicians and activists consider themselves the...  

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• BRIAN D. BACKSTROM

  Left out of the gov’s schools Rx

  Hang on to your hats, folks: Those of us who favor serious, overhaul-minded education reforms...  

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By SEAN DELONAS



By MIKE RAMIREZ

Today

• Andrew’s opportunity

  Could Gov. Cuomo be about to bless the gas-extraction process known as fracking?

• Boehner’s stealth win

  Ohio Republican Rep. John Boehner took another pummeling yesterday on his way to re-election as House speaker, administered largely by conservatives resentful of concessions he made during fiscal-cliff talks this past weekend.

Yesterday

• An ugly deal

  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was a model of understatement yesterday when he declared: “This shouldn’t be the model for how to do things around here.”

• Say goodnight, Lisa

  Good news: Environmental Protection Agency boss Lisa Jackson announced her resignation last week.

Letters

• NYC’s mental-health crisis: Inviting a deadly danger?

  The Issue: Whether violent mentally ill people can live independently without institutionalized supervision.

• Hammar’s Hell in Mexico

  The Issue: How the administration handled former Marine Jon Hammar’s ordeal in a Mexican prison.

Yesterday

• Chuck Hagel for defense?

  January 02, 2013

  The Issue: Whether former Sen. Chuck Hagel would be a good choice for secretary of defense. *** If...  
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  Remembering TV’s ‘Oscar’: Klugman’s loveable mess

  January 02, 2013

  The Issue: The passing of Jack Klugman, a character actor most famous for his work on “The Odd...  

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  In my library: Audra McDonald

  December 30, 2012

  Audra McDonald will spend New Year’s Eve doing what comes naturally: singing. This time, the five...  
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  Becoming Europe

  December 30, 2012

  It’s a fair bet that every American who’s travelled outside the United States has heard people...  
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  Too broke girls

  December 30, 2012

  When Natalie and I first met, she talked a mile a minute. An overachiever in every sense of the...  

• Required reading

  December 30, 2012

  Tiger Rag  by Nicholas Christopher (The Dial Pres) Based on a legend that jazz pioneer Buddy...  
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  Gone native

  December 23, 2012

  The World Until Yesterday  What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies? by Jared Diamond  Viking...  
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  In my library The Grinch (Jeff McCarthy)

  December 23, 2012

  It’s not easy being green — in fact, it takes at least half an hour in the makeup chair — but Jeff...  
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  Taming of the shrewd

  December 23, 2012

  The Feminist and the Cowboy  An Unlikely Love Story by Alisa Valdes  Gotham Books Here are some...  
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  Insider rips the lid off ‘Idol’

  December 16, 2012

   More withering than Simon Cowell, crazier than Paula Abdul — it’s the novel that will have...  
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  Shutter island

  December 16, 2012

  “I fell out of my mother’s womb with a Nathan’s hot dog in my hand, and the screams of the girls on...  
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  In My Library: Raoul Felder

  December 16, 2012

  Most of us know him as divorce attorney to the stars, but Raoul Felder says, “I always intended to...  

• Required Reading

  December 16, 2012

  The Missing Ink  The Lost Art of Handwriting  by Philip Hensher (Faber and Faber) Will...  
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  Give us a break

  December 09, 2012

  Antifragile  Things That Gain From Disorder  by Nassim Nicholas Taleb  Random House  After...  
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  Stairway to hell

  December 09, 2012

  Led Zeppelin: The Oral History of the World’s Greatest Rock Band  by Barney Hoskyns  Wiley Deep...  
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  In My Library

  December 09, 2012

  It’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas, even in LA, home to writer and actress Annabelle...  

• Required Reading

  December 09, 2012

  Orders From Berlin  by Simon Tolkien (St. Martin’s) Just as the big film of his grandfather’s book...  
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  Oo-rah!

  December 02, 2012

  Underdogs  The Making of the Modern Marine Corps  by Aaron B. O’Connell  Harvard University Press...  

• Booked for the holidays

  December 02, 2012

  Hollywood Unseen  ACC Editions  Talk about your familiar faces in unfamiliar situations: Boris...  
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  In My Library: Robert Battle

  December 02, 2012

  Clive Barnes, The Post’s late, great dance and theater critic, was always looking for the new and...  
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  Cracking the nut

  November 25, 2012

  Creamy & Crunchy  An Informal History of Peanut Butter, the All-American Food by Jon Krampner...  
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  Lost in the mail

  November 25, 2012

  The Great Pearl Heist  London’s Greatest Thief and Scotland Yard’s Hunt for the World’s Most...  

• Required reading

  November 25, 2012

  Then and Now  by Steve Schapiro (Hatje Cantze) Brooklyn-born lensman Schapiro has been shooting...  
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  In my library Dan Lauria

  November 25, 2012

  “Storytelling is a lost art,” sighs Dan Lauria, who grew up in Lindenhurst, LI, listening to his...  
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  We’ve all gone MAD

  November 18, 2012

  The Joy of Hate  How to Triumph Over Whiners in the Age of Phony Outrage by Greg Gutfeld  Crown...  
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  Giving it his best shot

  November 18, 2012

  Then and Now by Steve Schapiro Hatje Cantz His career spans from the protests for Civil Rights to...  
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  In my library Duncan Sheik

  November 18, 2012

  Grammy winner Duncan Sheik says it helps to be Buddhist, if only because its teachings keep the ups...  

• Required reading

  November 18, 2012

  Life Is a Gift  The Zen of Bennett  by Tony Bennett (Harper) If you teared up at Tony Bennett’s...  
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  The demon in my mind

  November 11, 2012

  Her hair looks stringy and dirty. Her body remains rigid as her eyes, wild and unfocused, turn and...  

• Required Reading

  November 11, 2012

  Five Lieutenants  The Heartbreaking Story of Five Harvard Men Who Led America to Victory in World...  

• Beat the clock

  November 11, 2012

  What time is it?  If you look at a clock to get the answer, your body probably doesn’t agree. Our...  
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  In My Library Nathan Englander

  November 11, 2012

  He’s been showered with fellowships and prizes, but Nathan Englander (“What We Talk About When We...