WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NY — October 17, 2019 — The legal track on impeachment is colliding with the political track. The legal track is relatively straightforward. An investigation is underway to determine facts. The White House may or may not cooperate but there are witnesses being heard and documents being reviewed. At the same time a discussion is underway as to …
By RICHARD BRODSKY
Is Verizon at Risk of Call for Breakup?
By DERICKSON K. LAWRENCE
MOUNT VERNON, NY — October 2, 2019 — Tech companies have too much power — too much power over our economy, our society, and our democracy. Well known anti -trust cases like the breakup of AT&T in the 1980’s, and the breakup of Microsoft in 2000’s, were well founded. Why? Those companies grew by acquiring their competitors, using private information …
By DERICKSON K. LAWRENCE
Even the Powerful Are Not Above the Law
By BOB WEIR
Weir On Human I’ve known a lot of politicians in my life, from New York City, to Long Island, to Denton County, Texas. During my 20 years as a cop in the Big Apple I had to deal with the politics within and without the department. It might be a union leader whom I opposed because he was taking us …
By BOB WEIR
The Demon in Liberalism
By DANIEL PIPES
“Why has Sweden become the North Korea of Europe?” That’s what a Dane semi-facetiously asked Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks at a conference I attended in 2014. Vilks unconvincingly muttered about Swedes’ partiality for consensus. Now, along comes Ryszard Legutko, a Polish professor of philosophy and leading politician, with a better answer. His book, translated by Teresa Adelson, The Demon in …
By DANIEL PIPES
Progressives Chafe at Cuomo’s Authoritarian Streak
By RICHARD BRODSKY
WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NY — July 15, 2019 — “I am the Left.” So sayeth Andrew Cuomo. Is he? It’s a bold statement that invites scrutiny, if only because it echoes the king of France, Louis XIV, who has been forever remembered for saying, “I am the State.” That didn’t turn out well for anyone. As to Cuomo’s left-wing credentials, some …
By RICHARD BRODSKY
State Republicans Are Lost, and Following An Outdated Map
By RICHARD BRODSKY
WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NY — June 24, 2019 — We all need a functional Republican Party. One-party rule never turns out well. The trend lines in New York have been easy to see. For 20 years the GOP has been in a steady, inexorable decline. Its Assembly delegation is below a third of the house. Its Senate delegation clung to power …
By RICHARD BRODSKY
“Mount Vernon’s Strongest Are Not Pawns In Richard Thomas’ Political Game of Thrones
By Mayoral Candidate CLYDE A. ISLEY
End the Political Oneupmanship and Treat City Employees and Taxpayers With Respect MOUNT VERNON, NY — June 12, 2019 — Once again, Mount Vernon Mayor Richard Thomas is staging political drama in the aftermath of the indictment of his Corporation Counsel, Lawrence Porcari, on multiple felony charges related to misappropriation of city Water Department funds to pay for Thomas’ criminal …
By Mayoral Candidate CLYDE A. ISLEY
TARGET MAYOR RICH: Threats, Prosecution Promises, Grand Jury
Mount Vernon Mayor RICHARD THOMAS
Mayor Rich Thomas has had a target on him since day one. The old guard assigned their figureheads to stay at the ready to destroy the millennial Mayor by any means necessary. Enter André Wallace and the forces behind him that he and others have compromised for their own GREED, prepared to take Mayor Thomas out. Whatever it takes to …
Mount Vernon Mayor RICHARD THOMAS
Shrugging At An Ocean of Blood
By KENNETH BELVIN
This past Sunday, my family and I went to church for my younger brother and sister’s confirmation. It signified the fourth of the Holy Sacraments, validating a short lifetime of religious instruction. As an adult I find myself skeptical, somewhere between atheism and agnosticism. However, the joy of coming together with family to celebrate a milestone was special, even if …
By KENNETH BELVIN
Why China Should Switch Sides in Venezuela
By Interim Venezuelan President JUAN GUAIDO
Our country will be a source of prosperity that fulfills its commitments and ensures security to investors, pledges its interim president. CARACAS, VENEZUELA — April 20, 2019 —China is the world’s largest oil importer and Venezuela has the largest proven oil reserves in the world. For those two reasons alone, the economic relationship between our nations will inevitably grow. In …
By Interim Venezuelan President JUAN GUAIDO