This is the most wonderful time of the year, to paraphrase the popular song, with holiday music playing in the malls and on our car radios, resurrecting our earliest childhood memories of Christmases-past. We choose just the right tree, decorate…
Category: Editorials
The Mass Shooting in Australia: Shocking, but Sadly, not Surprising
This past weekend’s tragic shooting in Australia at a Hanukkah festival once again has demonstrated to the world the pernicious and evil effects of anit-semitism, which is the world’s oldest form of prejudice. Anti-semitism may have reached its peak with…
A Long, Hard Winter Lies Ahead
We didn’t need a weatherman to tell us that the first part of December has been unusually cold. So it was not at all surprising when we recently read that this has been the coldest start to December in our…
There’s Still Time to Help those in Need
It’s hard to believe that Christmas is just a week away. We realize that the compressed holiday shopping season has put even more pressure than usual on all of us, but we hope that all of our readers can find…
The MAHA Moms are Right about Toxic Waste
As our regular readers know, we have been highly-critical of the so-called Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement led by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the least qualified and least knowledgeable person ever to lead the Department of Health and Human…
Happy Hanukkah
The eight-day observance of Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights, starts this Sunday evening, December 14, and will culminate on Monday, December 22. Hanukkah is observed for eight nights and days by lighting the candles of the Menorah,…
Remember those in Need on Your Holiday Shopping List
Americans already have been spending a record amount of money thus far this holiday season, spurred on by the extended “Black Friday” (we are using quotes because Black Friday sales began in early November), Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday…
Trump Delivers on GLP-1 Drugs
Back in January, we wrote an editorial entitled, “GLP-1 weight-loss drugs should be made affordable for all Americans.” We pointed out that the U.S. ranks among the most obese nations in the world — an astounding 72 percent of Americans…
Happy Thanksgiving
Although a Harris poll a few years back revealed that Christmas is the favorite holiday of the year among all age groups of Americans, we think that Thanksgiving, our uniquely American holiday, has much more to recommend it than Christmas.…
Congratulations Mayor-elect Van Campen!
It’s never easy to topple a sitting mayor, especially one who is an 18-year incumbent. However, it was obvious from the results of this month’s city election that the campaign of Ward 5 City Councillor and Mayor-elect Robert Van Campen…