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Big Boy sparks nationwide reunion

In Virginia Lee Burton's classic 1939 children's book "Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel," Mulligan often boasted that his steam shovel, Mary Anne, "could dig as much in a day as a hundred men could dig in a week. Mulligan never gets the chance to prove his boast because electric, diesel and ...

Can Trump sue himself?

The question recently asked by a federal judge in Miami – can the president sue an entity in the executive branch of the federal government and benefit from the resolution of that lawsuit? – seems to beg the question. How could anyone sue an entity he controls and derive a benefit from ...

Homeless camps violate others’ rights

The homeless encampment rapidly spreading across 12 blocks along the West Side of Manhattan from the Intrepid Museum to the Javits Center is a red flag to New Yorkers in every part of the city that if you own anything, the city will not protect you, your business or your property. Owners of ...

Move over, Wall Street – here comes Texas

The New York Stock Exchange opened its doors over 230 years ago. It has been one of the iconic symbols of America's economic might for more than two centuries. But for how much longer? Now the challenge for supremacy isn't coming from London or Tokyo or Hong Kong or Beijing. It's ...

Iran war could shape American policy for decades

The war with Iran that never really ended is back on. Like everybody else, including the Trump administration and the Iranian regime, I have no idea how it will end. But it eventually will, and how it will be remembered will matter enormously. Politics is about many things, but whether you ...

In defense of data centers

New York just became the first state in the country to sign a moratorium on data centers. There are two paths forward on this issue. One path builds the infrastructure that runs the next 50 years of the American economy. The other bans the future, then acts surprised when the jobs show ...