Funny how quickly $4-a-gallon gas can smoke out hypocrites - as last week's Pew Research poll, citing a dramatic spike in the share of Americans demanding more energy sources and less...more >

Meanwhile, a land-use controversy out west proves yet again that, even with "renewable" sources of energy, there's no such thing as a free lunch. The Bureau of Land Management announced...more >

July 5, 2008 - New York's claims against former New York Stock Exchange head Richard Grasso are now moot, thanks to a pair of court rulings that Attorney General Andrew Cuomo properly has decided not to appeal...more >

July 5, 2008 - It was one year ago today that Post State Editor Fredric U. Dicker broke the news that then-Gov. Eliot Spitzer had set the State Police on Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno. That stunning fact...more >

July 4, 2008 - On July 4, the nation's thoughts traditionally turn to the hopes and virtues that the Stars and Stripes represent - thoughts that have inspired America's poets since the Republic's...more >

July 3, 2008 - Speaking of Mayor Mike, maybe he didn't get entirely, er, trashed in Al bany after all. In one of the mayor's few recent legislative victories, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver finally...more >

July 3, 2008 - Hey, Mayor Mike, hope you noticed that even without rescinding last year's 7 percent cut in the property- tax rate, city homeowners will be pouring more money into city coffers. As The Post...more >

July 3, 2008 - Mayoral aspirant Anthony Weiner needs to have a chat with Rep. An thony Weiner. Mayoral-candidate Weiner got all puffed up by the City Council pork-barrel/earmarks scandal in May - declaring...more >

July 3, 2008 - "They could have chosen any number of career paths, but they placed service to the public and the NYPD above all else. That decision alone takes courage and character." - Police...more >

July 2, 2008 - "I told you so. There was never a case here. What more can we say? The enormous waste was a travesty." - Ken Langone, former NYSE compensation chairman, after Attorney General Andrew...more >

July 2, 2008 - A new policy from the city Health and Hospitals Corp. is meant to limit the number of patients at any one time in a psychiatric emergency room - and also ensure that such patients are checked on...more >

July 2, 2008 - Barack Obama "had nothing to do" with Gen. Wesley Clark's curt dismissal of John McCain's military record, the retired Army officer wants everyone to know. "I don't...more >