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Hempstead was hot as the two Presidential contenders engaged in verbal fisticuffs from the moment the bell rang. The second presidential debate between President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney was a verbal slugfest. Those who predicted that the Town Hall format would not lend itself to such an aggressive and bombastic brawl were wrong. The real question is whether this second debate actually helped many in the purported target audience, the undecided voters, make up their mind in what is clearly one of the most important presidential contests in American history. Candy Crowley of CNN's "State of the Union"...

Hoffstra Law & Order by: Malcolm A. Kline, October 30, 2007 What do controversial mouthpiece-of-terrorist-suspects Lynne Stewart and the Law Students for Life have in common? Not much, it turns out, including the right to funding by Hoffstra University. The disbarred barrister was invited to give a lecture on legal ethics at Hoffstra Law paid for by the university. In stark contrast, the pro-life group on campus has yet to secure funds for a one-shot lecture by a speaker who shares the group’s anti-abortion views. “As a duly-recognized student organization, we submitted a budget application in accordance with the rules,...