JERUSALEM, ISRAEL — January 28, 2020 — With the release of the Trump Middle East peace plan, the “Deal of the Century,” there have been many questions and challenges posed about whether its good or bad, politically motivated or not, has potential to do anything toward achieving peace or make things worse, and much more. One thing it does do is …
By JONATHAN FELDSTEIN
Former Mount Vernon Police Officer Indicted on Assault Charges
WHITE PLAINS, NY — January 28, 2020 — Westchester County District Attorney Anthony A. Scarpino, Jr. today announced that James Ready of Putnam Valley was arraigned following an indictment by a Westchester County Grand Jury for assaulting a defendant in his custody and other charges. At the time, Ready was a probationary officer with the Mount Vernon Police Department. He …
Why It’s Safe to Declare Trump Victory Over the 2019 Migrant Crisis. But Violent Caravans Aim to Take It Away
By TODD BENSMAN
TACUN UMAN, GUATEMALA – January 27, 2020 — Chanting “Hon-dur-as! Hon-dur-as! Hon-dur-as!” hundreds of migrants from the first U.S.-bound caravan of 2020 last week showed up at the Puente Rodolfo Robles International Bridge in this violent smuggler’s town on Guatemala’s northwestern border with Mexico, always a symbolic turnstile to the American goal line. Mexican officials on the other side had …
By TODD BENSMAN
Bible Study Can Give Meaning to Your Life
By BOB WEIR
Weir Only Human FLOWER MOUND, TX — January 28, 2020 — For the past few months some friends and I have been involved in the challenging pursuit of reading and understanding the Bible, Old and New Testaments. Although raised in the Catholic faith, my education in the Scriptures was more perfunctory than scholarly. I grasped the necessity for the Ten …
By BOB WEIR
Hezi Aris, Yonkers Tribune Editor-at-Large, AJ Smith, SmartAsset VP of Financial Education, and Shawn Patterson-Howard, Mayor of Mount Vernon, NY on Westchester On the Level – Tuesday, January 28, 2020 at 10am ET
Guests and Listeners may share their perspective and / or inquiry when staying on topic and using the following call-in number: (347) 205-9201. Listen to the broadcast “live” or “on demand” via … http://tobtr.com/s/11650939 MOUNT VERNON, NY, NEW YORK, NY and YONKERS, NY — The broadcast day begins this Tuesday, January 28, 2020 with Yonkers Tribune Publisher / Editor-at-Large Hezi …
Bigger Than Ukraine
By CLAY JONES
Clay Jones is a self-syndicated political cartoonist whose work is distributed to newspapers and news sites across the United States and around the world. He also draws a weekly cartoon for CNN Opinion’s weekly newsletter, Provoke/Persuade. Clay was represented by Creators Syndicate (2000-13) until he left to start his own syndicate. His career began in 1990 at The Panolian, a …
By CLAY JONES
Two of New York’s Sacred Cows are About to Lock Horns
By RICHARD BRODSKY
WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NY — January 26, 2020 —What’s different about this year’s budget proposal from Gov. Andrew Cuomo has nothing to do with the size of the looming $6 billion budget gap. Albany has successfully wrestled with larger gaps often. The problem is that for the first time we’re headed for a collision between the two sacred cows of state …
By RICHARD BRODSKY
John Bailey, White Plains CitizeNetReporter Publisher/Editor; Michael Edelman, Esq., Political Analyst; and Hezi Aris, Yonkers Tribune Publisher / Editor-at-Large on Westchester On the Level, Monday, January 27, 2020 @10am ET
Participate by calling: (347) 205-9201. Listen to this broadcast “Live” or “On Demand” via the Internet … http://tobtr.com/s/11650933 Please note the broadcast goes “live” at 10am ET sharp and is archived within 15 minutes after conclusion of the broadcast. The topics/subjects of discussion are defined herein: BOCA RATON, FL, WHITE PLAINS, NY, and YONKERS, NY — January 20, 2020 — …
A Great—But Fragile—Triumph of Zionism
By CAROLINE GLICK
JERUSALEM, ISRAEL — January 26, 2020 — The arrival of dozens of world leaders to Jerusalem to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day and commit to fighting anti-Semitism represents recognition of Zionism’s fundamental truth: The Land of Israel is the one and only, eternal homeland of the Jewish people. What the foreign leaders who came to Jerusalem last week to mark …
By CAROLINE GLICK
New York State Senator Peter Harckham Endorses Westchester District Attorney Anthony Scarpino, Jr.
MT. PLEASANT, NY — January 26, 2020 — New York State Senator Peter Harckham endorsed Democratic Westchester District Attorney Anthony Scarpino, Jr. for re-election on Wednesday, January 22nd. Senator Harckham, Chair of the State Senate’s Committee on Alcohol and Substance Abuse, cited Scarpino’s innovative and proactive approaches to solving the opioid epidemic as the reasons for his support. “I am …