Polner

Polner, who edited "America's Mayor, America's President?" about Giuliani's record, said New York "is a very special national state of its own and it does not always lend itself to the issues, politics and the political spectrum beyond it."

Giuliani and Bloomberg: NY mayors linked by Sept 11 Reuters 2011

"New York mayor is typically a graveyard for people who want to seek higher national office," said Robert Polner of New York University's Public Affairs department.

Giuliani and Bloomberg: NY mayors linked by Sept 11 Reuters 2011

Polner, who edited "America's Mayor, America's President?" about Giuliani's record, said New York "is a very special national state of its own and it does not always lend itself to the issues, politics and the political spectrum beyond it."

Giuliani and Bloomberg: NY mayors linked by Sept 11 Reuters 2011

"New York mayor is typically a graveyard for people who want to seek higher national office," said Robert Polner of New York University's Public Affairs department.

Giuliani and Bloomberg: NY mayors linked by Sept 11 Reuters 2011

Finger, Seymour, ed. American Jewry During the Holocaust (1984); Polner, Murray, ed.

Elizabeth Holtzman. 2009

Polner continues: Nothing much was said publicly about standing for the song until first baseman-slugger Carlos Delgado, then of the Toronto Blue Jays, refused last year to rise from his dugout bench, declaring he wasn't thrilled how the U.S. had treated Vieques in Puerto Rico when it used the island for bombing practice.

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Polner mentions Muhammad Ali, Timmie Smith and John Carlos (the African-Americans who raised their fists in protest at the 1968 Olympics), and the less famous, but equally courageous, Toni Smith, college basketball player who was pilloried for refusing to salute the flag in 2003.

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Those among us who read both the news and the sports pages should check out "Sports: My Way or No Way", by Murray Polner, published on LewRockwell (and picked up on Common Dreams).

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Polner mentions Muhammad Ali, Timmie Smith and John Carlos the African-Americans who raised their fists in protest at the 1968 Olympics, and the less famous, but equally courageous, Toni Smith, college basketball player who was pilloried for refusing to salute the flag in 2003.

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Polner continues:Nothing much was said publicly about standing for the song until first baseman-slugger Carlos Delgado, then of the Toronto Blue Jays, refused last year to rise from his dugout bench, declaring he wasn't thrilled how the U.S. had treated Vieques in Puerto Rico when it used the island for bombing practice.

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