BY MICHAEL RICONDA I am not normally one to knock memorializing resolutions. They’re short, snappy little things designed primarily to puff up their legislative sponsors and make nice news pieces while expending little if any taxpayer money. Likewise, I usually do not begrudge an executive, be it a county executive, governor, or president, for signing […]
BY DIANE DIMOND We have got to get smarter about controlling the ever-widening Ebola epidemic — and quickly. Ebola is not just a problem for the West African hotspots of Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone. And the Department of Homeland Security’s new system of simply questioning and taking the temperature of incoming air travelers from […]
To the Editor, I take my electronic “pen” in hand to write the following words of praise for the Spring Valley Rest Home. First I want to thank the Home’s Administrator, Mrs. Myrna Daos, for allowing me to live under the home’s roof. When few other facilities would consider me, Myrna gave me a chance. […]
BY LEAH BINDER Americans are losing patience with our nation’s healthcare system. But the reverse is also true — our healthcare system is literally losing “patients.” More than 1,000 Americans die every day from errors, accidents, and infections in hospitals. Many more suffer at the hands of procedures that never needed to be done in […]
BY DIANE DIMOND When someone decides to retire, they tell the boss and within a few weeks there’s a party, maybe a gold watch, and they’re gone. Not so if you are Attorney General Eric Holder. Holder recently announced his retirement as the nation’s top cop, but promised to stay on until a replacement is […]
Note from Bob Rhodes to local media: All of a sudden I am seeing Asian knotweed along our roads. This is exceptionally nasty stuff. It uses runners as well as seeds and grows like crazy. It pushes out everything else and destroys all of the native vegetation that is needed by our birds. It is […]