BY PUBLISHER EMERITUS ARMAND MIELE I always had the highest respect for lawyers, and considered them to be the pillar of our society. Being sworn to uphold the Constitution and the rule of law within our court system is an honor, and an expression of trust in our country. Sometimes we find lawyers using the […]
Rockland County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef has been an impediment to any efforts to reduce Rockland’s subsidies to the NYC subway and bus system. In this letter to the editor, Legislator Ed Days questions why the county exec continually sides with Albany and NYC over Rockland County… To the Editor, My gratitude to the Rockland […]
BY MARK HENDRICKSON In a recent piece for the Wall Street Journal, Andy Stern, an Obama insider and one of organized labor’s more aggressive personalities, praised what he called “China’s superior economic model.” Does China have a superior economic model? That depends: Superior to what? Mr. Stern, who headed the Service Employees International Union, cited […]
BY ANTHONY MELE Anti-gun advocates reading this are already saying no way can gun-ownership be as important as religion. For that matter, I say gun ownership is as important as speaking your mind, as reading a newspaper, as much as whatever you do in the privacy of your home. By now, the anti-gun advocate and […]
BY PUBLISHER EMERITUS ARMAND MIELE This is an excerpt from my book, Born Minus: From Shoeshine Boy to News Publisher, An Italian-American Journey. It’s similar to musings I’ve published several times over the years, saying that today’s rising property taxes are especially unfair to senior homeowners. The only thing I want to add today is that […]
BY DIANE DIMOND It was a small but horrifying item in the Los Angeles Times. “Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying what they call a ‘serious, dangerous serial killer operating in Orange County. Police believe one person is responsible for stabbing three middle-aged homeless men. He is (considered) extremely dangerous to the […]