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I have discovered a new love. That is, something new that I love to hate. This entire concept of compulsory tolerance blows my mind. The most recent addition to the dialogue between the left and right, at least so far as I have been involved, is focused on enforced tolerance. “You have to respect and tolerate,” I was recently told. I was later reminded of this demand in another debate. Let’s be blunt for a second, since I apparently don’t do that enough. “No, I don’t have to be tolerant.” Before we get into the meat of the matter, let’s...

What if on Election Day you could not only help the candidate of your choice - be it Eliot Spitzer, Jeanine Pirro or Hillary Clinton - win elected office, but win a cool million yourself? Well, on Nov. 7, voters in Arizona will be deciding whether their state should set up a lottery giving one lucky voter $1 million just for casting a ballot. New York needs some of the same fresh thinking. Our 2002 midterm election drew just 46% of eligible voters, putting us 39th in the nation in turnout. Meanwhile, 75% of state residents play the lottery every...

The city is reconsidering plans to name a new Staten Island ferry boat the "September 11th," after an informal poll of riders found almost 80 percent are against it. Mayor Michael Bloomberg said that he had not anticipated the opposition but will take it into consideration. “Quite honestly, I was surprised at that,” the mayor said Tuesday. “I think there would be a lot of people in favor of naming it 9/11, but apparently there are not. So, we are in the process of trying to set up a process to get other input.” The city Department of Transportation said...