St. Patrick's Day Is Everyone's Holiday
      This Saturday is a significant holiday for New York City and the nation. On St. Patrick's Day everyone is Irish, at least for a few hours. And at least for a few hours, celebrants are united in honoring a spirit of unity that prevails all too infrequently the rest of the year.
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Have A Safe St. Pat's
      To The Editor: Each year on St. Patrick's Day, people everywhere--both Irish and Irish at heart--sport the green and celebrate Ireland's unique culture and heritage with parades, parties and community activities. Fortunately, many of those planning to celebrate make designated drivers a part of t...
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10 Stock Market Lessons
      To The Editor: The following are ten things that I learned from the stock market crash last week: 1. Antacids are useful medications. 2. What goes up can come down. 3. Stock market analysts are superb at explaining why something happens but only after it happens and not before when you could re...
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Landmarking
      To The Editor: The rush to landmark Sunnyside Gardens is partly being driven by fear of overdevelopment. Many people are under the misperception that one of the purposes of landmarking is to prevent overdevelopment. If one reads the Landmarks Commission's enabling legislation, it becomes clear th...
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Lessons From Medicare On Drug Spending
BY LAWRENCE A. HUNTER, PH.D.
      A new government study forecasts that America's healthcare spending will almost double by 2016. Assuming prices don't drop, health care will account for nearly 20 percent of the U.S. economy within the decade, and taxpayers will shoulder nearly half that burden---not an encouraging outlook.
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BEG PARDON
      The article "Gianaris Blasts Con Ed Again" by John Toscano ( Gazette, Mar. 7, 2007, page 31) quoted a spokesperson for Consolidated Edison as saying the utility planned to spend $1.5 million a year to upgrade the electrical system. The amount is $1.5 billion.
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