Over the MLK Weekend: Contemplation, Decision, Action

My wife Deborah and I were pleased that her strong efforts to revive the annual Inter-Religious Coalition of New Rochelle’s Martin Luther King interfaith Shabbat Dinner and Service at Temple Israel of New Rochelle, after a too-long COVID break, resulted in...
Don’t Think Of An Elephant

Don’t Think Of An Elephant

And certainly don’t talk like a member of the Elephant Party.NOTE: This partisan message comes from my personal/political email account, not my official County platform.I borrow my subject box here from the influential George Lakoff book about properly...

Ticket Time In TonyTown

“Let’s Be Particularly Careful Out There” While rolling up Mill Road or down Route 22 in Eastchester, heed the advice of Sgt. Esterhaus in the old Hill Street Blue series.  According to allegations in this recent Journal News article, the...

(White)Wash, Rinse, Repeat

New Rochelle Judge Acquits White Policeman of Unjustified Assault on Black Man Last week New Rochelle City Judge Matt Costa inexplicably acquitted NRPD Detective Michael Vaccaro in a non-jury trial involving a beatdown on Main Street in February of last year....