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Local Commentaries

A Jury Judges A Former President

For the first time in our history, a 12-person jury of one’s peers unanimously found a former President guilty of a felony after applying the highest level of proof in our judicial system… “guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.” There are really two stories here — that of our judicial ...

Court Rejects Punishing Disfavored Speech

No government officials in New York would engage in lawfare to silence their political opponents, would they? Oh, yes, they would. Indeed, they did. And the U.S. Supreme Court has unanimously shut down such an effort by New York as violating the First Amendment. ı ı ı The speaker ...

A Garden Vegetable?

First of all, I believe rhubarb is technically a vegetable since it has no seeds in it. Once again, my rhubarb is ready to pick. I have already made sauce and one pie. I have only two plants. But that is enough for me. When one of my son’s employees wanted to get rid of her rhubarb, I ...

NY Should Offer EV Rebates To Low- Income Residents

I commend the editors of The Post-Journal for suggesting higher electric vehicle rebates for those with lower incomes. The benefits would be many for all the people of New York. Combustion vehicles exhaust into the air we breathe such gasses as carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxides, carbon ...

Retirement Security: A Silent Disaster

After World War II, most employees in America were covered by pension plans. No longer. Pension plans were “defined benefit” plans, meaning the plan would owe you a monthly pension you could be certain of based upon your years of service to your employer. In 1970, for example, over ...

Thirty Years With The National World War II Memorial

This past Memorial Day weekend in Washington, D.C., we commemorated the 20th year of the dedication of the National World War II Memorial. It was a special time. For me, it had all started in 1994, thirty years ago, when I had been first appointed by the President to the commission responsible ...