BY DAVE BUDGE, CALGARY HERALD “Anyone else getting sick of these daft posts?” my “friend” Chardon asked. This was on Facebook a while back. That’s why I put “friend” in quotation marks. She was talking about an annoying trend: posts showing up on Facebook news feeds, saying something like, “Name a city without an ‘R’ […]
Because of her choice to wear a Muslim hijab headscarf, Samia Kaddour has all but abandoned trying to land a government job in France. Soon some private sector jobs could be off limits, too. Read the full story here: NEW LAN TO BAN HEADSCARF IN FRANCE
Cuomo’s Seven Round Limit on Gun Magazines to be Indefinitely Lifted One of the signature pieces of Governor Andrew Cuomo’s SAFE Act, the seven round limit on gun magazines, has been scrapped according to Senate Republicans. In a win for gun rights proponents who claimed the SAFE Act was pushed through the legislature hastily and […]
National Endowment for the Humanities “Muslim Journeys” program elicits both praise and controversy BY MICHAEL RICONDA A new library program funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities and benefitting Rockland Community College has raised questions on public funding going to what some activists have characterized as religious programs. The Muslim Journeys Bookshelf is a […]
Gay marriage issue exposes rift between secular and spiritual institutions Past events and statements reveal the newly-elected Pope Francis to have a record of opposition to gay marriage and gay adoption equaling and possibly surpassing that of his predecessor Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. During his time as archbishop of Buenos Aires, then Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio […]
Suffern Commuters Complain to NJ Transit about Homeless Issue The presence of homeless men sleeping in Suffern train shelters has prompted several Rockland commuters to speak up on the matter, urging NJ Transit to resolve the issue. According to a recent Journal News piece, homeless men often sleep on the glass shelters’ heated floors, leaving […]