Opinions - NY Daily NewsRead editorials and essays on subjects affecting New Yorkers including local and world politics, humor, and current events.Goodwin: Pols duck the truth on crisis- September 16, 2008 The days of easy money have ended the way they always do - with a financial crash. With warnings we could be headed for another Great Depression, the presidential campaign's holiday from facts must come to a screeching halt.http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nydnrss/opinions/~3/394709793/2008-09-16_pols_duck_the_trut... Lachman: Paulson's between a rock and a hard place- September 16, 2008 One has to pity Henry Paulson, the U.S. Treasury secretary, as he valiantly tries to stem the worst U.S. financial crisis since the Great Depression. After an illustrious and highly lucrative career at the helm of Goldman Sachs, he now has the unenviable task of spendinghttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nydnrss/opinions/~3/394545029/2008-09-16_treasury_secretary... Goodwin: Barack's big blunder- September 16, 2008 With top Dems fearing Barack Obama is in a hole, the Obama campaign has made a weird decision. It's going to dig that hole deeper, harder and faster. No more Mr. Nice Guy, Obama vows.http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nydnrss/opinions/~3/392161153/2008-09-14_barack_obamas_big_... Gecan: Rudy Giuliani's rage returns- September 16, 2008 Poor Rudy Giuliani has finally won something in this election cycle: he's the runaway choice for the Howard Dean Award. Instead of Dean's campaign-crippling primal scream, Giuliani has undermined his career with a series of jackal grins, Snidely-Whiplash sneers and McCarthy-esque red-baiting.http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nydnrss/opinions/~3/394471173/2008-09-16_rudy_giulianis_rag... Cohen: McCain's personal treason soils all he once stood for- September 16, 2008 Following his loss to George W. Bush in the 2000 South Carolina primary, John McCain did something extraordinary: He confessed to lying about how he felt about the Confederate battle flag, which he actually abhorred.http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nydnrss/opinions/~3/394004201/2008-09-16_personal_treason_s... Voice of the People for September 16, 2008- September 16, 2008 While one can question the campaign tactics of Barack Obama and his advisers, the real reason for his decline in popularity is that, after the initial glow, the American electorate is beginning to realize his shortcomings.http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nydnrss/opinions/~3/394004202/2008-09-16_voice_of_the_peopl... Hammond: It's the Pedro Espada show- September 16, 2008 There's something ridiculous about a Legislature in which a pol as slippery as Pedro Espada Jr. could be the ultimate power broker. Espada has spent most of his career double-crossing allies and dodging legal charges.http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nydnrss/opinions/~3/394004200/2008-09-16_the_pedro_espada_j... Editorials: Wall tumbles down- September 16, 2008 Pfft. There went Lehman Brothers into bankruptcy after 158 years of business. Pfft. There went Merrill Lynch into ownership by North Carolina-based Bank of America after more than nine decades as a New York titan.http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nydnrss/opinions/~3/394004199/2008-09-16_as_lehman_brothers... Shot through with errors- September 14, 2008 The streets of New York became more dangerous for the NYPD last year as the number of people opening fire on cops jumped sharply - but the Finest responded with remarkable restraint.http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nydnrss/opinions/~3/393452548/2008-09-15_shot_through_with_... Clinton: Feds, get onboard transit train- September 14, 2008 New York City puts the mass in mass transit. Our rails, buses and subways carry nearly one- third of the nation's transit passengers. They provide 8.5 million rides each day and more than 2.6 billion rides a year.http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nydnrss/opinions/~3/393018818/2008-09-15_time_for_federal_g... |