To the Editor, Instead of throwing away $225M in taxpayer money, Cuomo could save a couple thousand jobs at Remington, Savage and other arms makers at no cost to the taxpayer by ridding us of the SAFE Act. Pennsylvania created 232,000 new jobs at $60,000 a year plus, small communities and counties in Northern Pennsylvania […]
BY DIANE DIMOND In this time of economic strain, anyone who doesn’t look at ways to cut his or her personal or business budget is just not being responsible. Same goes for the justice system. For nearly two decades, lawyers working with death row inmates have spent countless hours, court time and multiple tens of […]
To the Editor, National Healthcare seems to be on everyone’s mind – but we’ve had a National Healthcare system for nearly a century. It’s called the Department of Veterans Affairs. The VA Healthcare system in the past few decades has developed a Neighborhood Clinic system, which we’re proud to say, started right here in Rockland […]
BY THOMAS A. KENNEDY America is home to 21.2 million veterans — men and women who were willing to risk their lives for our country. Unfortunately, many of these veterans face a daunting personal battle here at home: finding work. According to the labor department, more than 700,000 U.S. veterans are currently unemployed. This simply […]
To the Editor, There is a story this week, something dealing with a baby found wrapped in a plastic bag at a cardboard recycling plant across the river. It is said by government officers that it will be investigated and treated as a homicide. The investigation has now led to Spring Valley. But isn’t abortion […]
By Robert L. Bradley Jr. On a cool night in July, 73 pressurized oil tankers began an unmanned descent into the tiny town of Lac-Megantic, Quebec. The Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway train cars detached from their locomotives, barreled four miles downhill, and exploded in town. Forty seven people perished. The annihilation was so complete […]