It is past time for women to take their rightful place, side by side with men, in the rooms where the fates of peoples, where their children's and grandchildren's fates, are decided.

It is past time now for this city to take care of the buildings it has, to protect the children and teachers who are in it.

I think there should be an analysis of what happened. The time to do that is after some time passes,

In the past, people have been nominated that did not know anything about the job or the time involved.

This happens all the time. It's nice to see people from your past.

At a time when many New York small businesses are indeed still recovering from the disruptions caused by the attacks of Sept. 11th, these reports of abuse of the STAR program and the profligate use of scarce government resources are indeed inexcusable,