Dear Editor, Extraordinarily long lines at the region’s gas stations are an inevitable consequence of government policy. But contrary to what many believe, it is not because politicians have not done enough. It is because they have done too much. Laws that prohibit “price gouging” rest on the assumption that both the available supply of […]
BY DIANE DIMOND At least 88 people were killed, but there was no crime. There were widespread blackouts, yet there was no systematic looting. Police departments were run ragged, but lawlessness seemed to take a vacation. This column isn’t about crime this time. It is about how, in the face of crisis, crime is replaced […]
A continuation of the conversation between the TSA and its critics BY Anthony Melé, MA, Diplomacy, Conflict Management The Towers, Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania were crashed into due to multiple failures by the US government, not because of one security guard or a razor blade. Aviation security can be achieved without the […]
BY DIANE DIMOND Imagine a country where citizens collectively own more than 300 million guns. It is a place where more than 14,700 people were murdered in 2010. And in this country, nearly 85,000 people were forcibly raped during that same year. More than 6 million people are in prison or on criminal supervision. In […]
Dear Editor, Having represented you in the New York Assembly these past 22 years, I am pleased to endorse Kyle Roddey for New York State Assemblyman in the new 99th District. Kyle is the Mayor of the Village of Goshen where he solved long standing sewer problems and enacted a 20 percent co-payment for health […]
BY LISA FARBSTEIN For someone who lives just 15 miles from what used to be the World Trade Center, Rockland resident/writer Diane Dimond seems to have a short memory. In a recent column, she ranted about TSA because she doesn’t like to take off her shoes at the checkpoint and because TSA dared to open […]