The Sacredness of the Vote

The Sacredness of the Vote

I had a wonderful 3-day weekend, going door-to-door to meet Democratic and independent voters in the densely populated area around the Tuckahoe train station. The overcast skies kept me from getting overheated and there are plenty of local spots to get a snack and...
Memories of my uncle for this Memorial Day

Memories of my uncle for this Memorial Day

As Memorial Day approaches this year and the word “Korea” appears more and more in the news, I think more often about my uncle, Bruce Patterson, a man I never met, whose name is one of those etched in stone on the big wall in front of Yonkers City Hall. My uncle had a...
Thimble: A housing parable

Thimble: A housing parable

On Monday evenings, I meet with a group of very good people at Bethesda Baptist Church on Lincoln Avenue. We call ourselves New Rochelle Against Racism (or “NewRoAR”), usually twenty to thirty of us each week, of a rotating overall a group of 75 or so. We...