Letter to the Editor: IS THIS GUY FOR REAL?

To the editor, Just when you think you have seen it all in local politics, someone raises the bar to new levels of unbelievability. Do politicians really think that the average voter is a dolt? It seems obvious that Dagan Lacorte, the purveyor of his very own Rockland brand of the Nixon-style politics, thinks we […]

Letter to the Editor: WHO WILL TAKE THE 20/4 PLEDGE?

Dear Editor, If a candidate for the next presidential election, whether Democrat or Republican, has the courage to take the following pledge, I am certain he or she would be elected in a landslide and this country could once again become the โ€œUnitedโ€ States of America. 20/4 Pledge โ€œI hereby pledge that within my first […]

Letter to the Editor: HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL

Dear Editor, After the awesome and inspiring Right to Life March up Constitutional Avenue to the Supreme Court Building in Washington D.C. last Friday and our trek back to the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception to catch our bus, a few of us went inside to see if there was a Mass we could attend. […]

SETTING A LOW BAR

Reagan-home demolition story does not pass journalistic standards—should have been reported merely as rumor and speculation EDITORIAL REPORT BY MICHAEL RICONDA Following online rumors and reports in major conservative news outlets like www.newsmax.com and www.foxnews.com that one of Ronald Reaganโ€™s childhood homes would be demolished to make room for a parking lot for President Obamaโ€™s […]

Letter to the Editor: MONSEY RABBI SAYS BOY SCOUT BAN ON GAYS MUST REMAIN

To the Editor, In the midst of the raving child-molestation epidemic, it is revealing to behold certain financial interests seeking to undermine the security of children within one of America’s bulwark youth institutions, The Boy Scouts. Of course, from a Jewish perspective, the Torah position here is unequivocal: The commission of homosexual acts is a […]