To the editor: I recently read Batya Ungar-Sargon’s book, “The Jews and the Left.” It traces Jewish involvement in American politics, starting with George Washington’s praise and moving through events like FDR’s presidency and the Civil Rights...
To the editor: Now Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump are out to destroy the objective and independent newspaper for those in the military, the “Stars and Stripes.” New rules are there will be no more cartoons, and every article or report has to...
To the editor: On June 30, a 6-3 majority of Supreme Court Justices ended a 17-month farce, rejecting Donald Trump’s Executive Order 14160 ending birthright citizenship. The decision was a no-brainer, anyone with a 3rd grade education and a...
To the editor: Donald J. Trump is the world’s worst peacemaker. He can’t make peace in Gaza. He can’t make peace in Iran. He can’t make peace in Lebanon. He can’t make peace in American cities like Minneapolis, L.A., and Chicago. President...
Maybe Donald Trump’s moronic mistakes, corruption and coverup related to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool could borrow the title, Soylent Green, the dystopian thriller film about overpopulation, starvation and the wealthy protecting themselves...
To the editor: The United Federation of Teachers (nearly 200,000 members) and DC37 (62 locals representing 150,000 members) endorsed the losers in last week’s upset by the Democratic Socialists of America slate in the Democratic...
To the editor: On March 10, 2024, Nadia Vitela entered her new home on East 31 Street in Manhattan. She would not get to enjoy it as two squatters,19-year-old Kensley Alston and 18-year-old Halley Tejada,...
To the editor: A recent letter ('Not in my house') rightly questions why 38 percent of Americans continue to support Donald Trump after witnessing ICE’s brutality towards immigrants (to which I would add the cold-blooded murders of Americans Renee Good and Alex...
To Celestino Monoclava: My letter in the New York Daily News was based on my limited knowledge. When I knew Norman Seabrook in the nineties, he was a dedicated and productive advocate for COBA members, but I also know how power can change people...
To the editor: In his famous 1897 essay, “The Path of the Law,” Oliver Wendell Holmes argued that understanding the law requires adopting the perspective of the “bad man,” who prioritizes material consequences over natural law axioms and...
The New York Times in its June 21 opinion section asked, “What was the war in Iran for?” Both the U.S. and Israel justify their illegal and destructive June 2025 and February 2026 attacks on Iran as necessary to prevent Tehran from getting...
To the editor: Fantasy progress is easy to manufacture and sell in America. President Trump makes constant assertions about set-in-stone progress in negotiations to end the Iran War. He trumpets successes like nuclear inspections, control of...
To the editor: I recently received a letter from something called the Benefit Protection Alliance claiming benefits paid to illegal immigrants were reducing money going into the Social Security Trust Fund. In reality, undocumented...
To the editor: On June 17, Donald Trump announced he was ending his 110-day military blunder in Iran. The costs in life and treasure have been staggering --$2.2 trillion lost in world gross product, 10,000 dead, 50,000 wounded and hundreds...
To the editor: President Donald Trump is deserving of substantial recognition for some of the most consequential pro-Israel decisions made by any American president in recent history. During his inaugural term, Donald Trump implemented...
To the editor: How long can America and the world bear up under our President’s regular social media temper tantrums? Will someone please give the President a bottle with some warm milk in it? A typical example is his Juneteenth rant after Iran...
To the editor: Brothers and sisters, We are all EMS. Today, we find ourselves in separate contract fights. You are fighting the City of New York after more than four years without a contract. We are preparing for what may become a major...
To the editor: Speaking with CNBC, Jeff Bezos addressed calls to tax the rich by Democrats like Mayor Zohran Mamdani. Bezos, worth $280 billion, proposed eliminating federal income taxes for the bottom half of earners, noting the...
To the editor: Right now, Zohran Mamdani is the right person for the second hardest job in our nation, the Mayor of New York City. If he lives up to his promises to those of us who voted for him, he will not permit any religion or religious...
To the editor: As reported by The Chief, the Mayor’s Commission on Government Efficiency (COGE) invited executive director Ann Cheng to attend a future Municipal Labor Committee meeting to gather feedback from labor leaders. A June 10...
To the editor: Will there ever be a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for New York City pensioners that provides a livable income? ...
To the editor: Voltaire, a prominent 18th-century French philosopher, famously remarked that “common sense is not so common” when he observed the prevalence of illogical and rudimentary reasoning in France during the Age of Enlightenment. His...
To the Editor: Primary Day for the Democrats is June 23rd. A key contest is in the 10th district between two-term Congressman Dan Goldman and former City Comptroller and mayoral candidate Brad Lander. These are two progressives with...
Retired NYPD lieutenant and former Lieutenants Benevolent Association member Julian Antkies sent the following letter to members of the Police Pension Fund's executive board. It is the second such letter on the topic of the city's planned pension...
To the editor: Our people don’t know the difference between big events and little events. Recently on daytime TV’s The View, America’s popular woman commentators glorified the N.Y. Knicks’ appearance in the NBA Finals like it was the answer to...