I recently saw an ad in Jewish Week promoting a discussion between former president Bill Clinton and George Bush, and moderated by Doris Kearns Goodwin, to be held at the Temple Emanu-El Streicker Center on Nov. 8. more

We have had institutional violence involving assault weapons, rifles, pistols, knives, hatchets and arson. One approach to dealing with these issues would require the banning of assault weapons, rifles, pistols, knives, hatches and matches. more

We recently recognized the anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education which ruled that separate meant unequal, ruling against segregation for the first time since reconstruction. more

Now that there is a supposed agreement to unite the Democrats in the New York state senate, the apologists for Jeff Klein’s Independent Democratic Conference claim there is no need for Democratic primary challenges to IDC members, since the IDC has been dissolved. more

Trade wars are never good for anyone, and particularly not for consumers. more

There would be little to contend with the statement that we live in troubled times, politicizing each and every aspect of our lives and society. more

Primary season is soon upon us, and in anticipation of this event, registered Democrats have received two letters from U.S. Rep. Eliot Engel’s challenger, Jonathan Lewis. more

I am responding to your recent story where I was mentioned. It leaves readers with significant misimpressions about me and my firm’s work in Riverdale. more

Upon being fired as manager of the New York Yankees following a seven-game World Series loss in October 1960, the eminently quotable Casey Stengel quipped, “I’ll never make the mistake of being 70 again.” more