The New York Times columnist, Nick Fox, put together on the Times website a discussion concerning the rape of a young woman in Central Park in April 1989 which resulted in the arrest and conviction of five youths who became known as the Central Park Five.
ED KOCH COMMENTARY: The New York Times Editorial of November 18th On Immigration Reform Is A Disgrace By ED KOCH
I have never read a more biased editorial than The New York Times editorial of November 18th, entitled, "New Hope on Immigration." It advocates, as it has for years, providing amnesty for the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants now residing within the borders of theUnited States.
ED KOCH COMMENTARY: A History Lesson from 1010 B.C.E. to Now By ED KOCH
On September 27, 2012, Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu of Israel delivered a speech to the United Nations. That speech is well worth reading, if someone is interested in world events and, in particular, a discussion of why it is a matter of life and death whether Iran is able to develop nuclear bombs. For Israel, it is an existential matter, …
ED KOCH COMMENTARY: President Morsi Makes His Demand on the U.S. By ED KOCH
In a New York Times interview published on September 23, 2012, the new president of Egypt, Mohamed Morsi, makes his demand for a change in U.S. foreign policy if Egypt is to have a friendly relationship with the U.S. He states that the U.S. would have to give up "supporting Israel over the Palestinians."
ED KOCH COMMENTARY: My Reaction to President Obama’s Response to the Incidents in Egypt, Libya and Elsewhere By EDWARD IRVING KOCH
The New York Times of September 17, reported that, "[i]n Iran, the commander of the powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Gen. Mohammad Ali Jafari, took the unusual step of holding a news conference on Sunday to warn that 'nothing will remain' in Israel if it or any other nation launches attacks against his country. He said that Iran and its …
ED KOCH COMMENTARY: Potpourri By EDWARD I. KOCH
SANCTIONS: I believe the President is absolutely sincere when his surrogates advise Israeli officials that, as The New York Times of June 7th described it, they “reiterate Mr. Obama’s readiness to use military action against Iran if diplomacy fails.” Along the same reassuring lines, the Times also reported “David S. Cohen, a Treasury Department under secretary who oversees financial sanctions, …
Ed Koch Commentary: Let’s Get Out of Afghanistan , Now By EDWARD I. KOCH
There is no rational reason for us to be in Afghanistan. Our original goals were to end the government of the Taliban which had given Osama bin Laden a base from which he could launch worldwide terrorist attacks and commit his greatest horror and catastrophe: the blowing up of the World Trade Center towers in New York City and …
Read The Westchester Guardian – March 22, 2012 Edition
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Ed Koch Commentary: Planned Parenthood, Worthy of Continued Financial Support By EDWARD I. KOCH
I’m back, having had a wonderful vacation of 7 days in the Caribbean and having the special experience of going through the Panama Canal. I transversed it, by entering the canal from the Pacific side. Some call the creation of the canal the ninth wonder of the world. The original canal, still in use, is being supplemented by a …
Read The Westchester Guardian – December 29, 2011 Edition
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