What became known as “The Speech” took place 60 years ago this week. The Speech was on behalf of a major-party-American-presidential candidate shortly before Election Day. Years later, the candidate recalled that supporters had proposed he give The Speech himself. The candidate, ...

I have always loved songs by John Denver. A while back I purchased two CDs of his greatest hits. I knew many of them, but not all of them. Some of the newer ones have become my favorites. I especially love “Some Days are Diamonds, Some Days are Stones”. That song has come to mean so much to ...

I write to clarify and correct the public record created by recent reporting and editorial comment on my efforts to obtain “Sexually Violent Offender” designations for certain convicted sex offenders under New York’s Sex Offender Registration Act (“SORA”). In my view, your coverage ...

This year’s New York state ballot contains the well-hidden and deceptively named “Proposition 1: Equal Rights Amendment.” Upon reading this proposition, you should immediately ask yourself: What do they mean by equal rights? The language of Proposition 1 (Prop-1) brings to mind the ...

Eight years ago, Hillary R. Clinton seemed certain to derail Donald J. Trump’s barely begun political career. Instead, a witch’s brew of misogyny, mistakes and the Electoral College gave us our second minority-vote President of the early 21st century. Eight years later, here we are in the ...

There is one thing that I really don’t like about fall…it is an announcement that winter is coming. However, the one thing that I do look forward to are the colors of fall foliage. Right across from my office window is a “burning bush” bush. As I write this, it is bright red. I ...