By Kimball Shinkoskey In school, Americans were taught that the world works on the basis of education, science, law, honesty, goodwill, elections, free enterprise, corporate responsibility, government ethics, service-oriented political leadership. You get the picture. Except for brief periods of time, all that good stuff has never really materialized in the lives of most […]
To the Editor: Mike Lawler is helping Donald Trump tear apart the fabric of our democracy, and it’s us, Hudson Valley families, who are paying the price. If we don’t act now, we risk losing everything we hold dear. The future of our community, our families, and our democracy is on the line. We cannot […]
Helping our neighbors, friends and community has been a long tradition going way back in this country. The tradition started when people migrated to this country from other places all around the world, coming to these shores with pretty much nothing but the shirts on their backs. Ready to start a new life in a strange […]
Dear Editor, Need help with ICE? If you belong to a significant voting bloc, Congressman Mike Lawler may take your call. If not, don’t count on him. The recent surge in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrests makes this an urgent issue for our community. Too often, law-abiding people are being detained in the streets, […]
Dear Editor President Trump recently declared a “crime emergency” in D.C. and suggested it could be extended to large cities across the country whose efforts to stop crime do not meet with his personal approval. In doing so, he is making use of America’s long and sordid history of abuse of the Constitution’s requirements for […]
Dear Editor, I first fell in love with public transportation in the summer of 2000 when I moved back to Suffern, NY after college to live with my folks so I could save up some money. I took the New Jersey Transit to Hoboken and caught the path across to 23rd Street, where I’d walk […]