Bronxville and Scarsdale region

Good Monday morning. Here’s a digest of opinion content published in The Journal News over the weekend and today: Saturday, July 30 Norway attacks: Commentary Tim Rutten, a columnist for the Los Angeles Times, assesses connections between literature consumed by Timothy McVeigh, architect of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, and… Read More →

It’s Friday and it’s a scorcher. We hope you’re staying cool. Here’s a quick glance at opinion content published today: Leiby Kletky: Editorial We comment on news that Leiby Kletzky, the 8-year-old Borough Park, Brooklyn boy who was killed last week, was in Rockland County after he was allegedly kidnapped… Read More →

A bipartisan group of senators — called the “Gang of Six” — unveiled a deficit reduction plan Tuesday that would save almost $4 trillion over the next decade and could leverage a deal on raising the debt ceiling before an Aug. 2 deadline. President Barack Obama welcomed the deficit-cutting plan,... Read More →

It’s Friday. We’re hours from what should be a spectacular summer weekend here in the Lower Hudson Valley. Pass the time by taking in today’s opinion content: Leiby Kletzky: Editorial We mourn Leiby Kletzky, the Brooklyn boy who was killed and dismembered earlier this week. We write: As we now… Read More →

The United States risks defaulting on its loans and other obligations unless the White House and Congress agree on a plan to raise the debt ceiling or borrowing limit by Aug. 2. What should they do? The White House and Congress are at battle over the nation’s debt ceiling; what… Read More →

Here’s a glance at opinion content published today’s editions of The Journal News: Larry Schwartz: Editorial We comment on news that Larry Schwartz, a former aide to Westchester County Executive Andrew Spano and former Gov. David Paterson, has been named Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s secretary. We write: … One area where… Read More →