By Jay Sekulow
The left's outrage over the IRS turns to a plea to 'move on'
The Fire Department of New York says a crane has collapsed at a construction site in the city's Queens borough, injuring seven people, three of them seriously.
Public safety is non-negotiable. That's the message signaled Tuesday by lawyers defending the Big Apple's fire department from race-based bullying by the U.S. Justice Department.
Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr.'s obsession with racial grievance-mongering could get Americans burnt to a
Federal Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis and the Fire Department of New York (FDNY) Vulcan Society want minorities hired through a quota system instead of achieving the job on merit ("Justice Department undermines FDNY," Comment & Analysis, Monday). The judge attributed the ruling to the fact that a slightly lower percentage of minorities passed the firefighting entrance exam.
Thank you for keeping your Monday editorial "Justice Department undermines FDNY" (Comment & Analysis) straight and to the point.
Five people, including three young children, died in an apartment fire early Saturday, some taking refuge from the smoky blaze in a full bathtub and underneath a sink, fire officials said.