Guest Columns

By Michael Gold Have you ever had a wonderful friend for scores of years, who is extremely reliable, then goes completely off the rails and you never hear from him again? Or hard whiskey that suddenly stops getting you drunk?

By Dr. Craig Hametz  When the pandemic hit last March, all our medical offices essentially ceased to function as far as our seeing patients. Even if we were open to people coming in, nobody was coming in. So we used

By Rick Wolff Because of the pandemic shutting down my local gym, I’ve been doing a good amount of walking on a daily basis in my neighborhood. It’s a quiet area, and I rarely see anything out of the ordinary.

By Michelle K. Rea State Sen. Todd Kaminsky (D-Long Beach) and a host of colleagues have introduced legislation that shifts the responsibility and costs of recycling from municipalities to the producers of packaging and paper products. The legislation is called

By Michael Gold Westchester’s battle against COVID-19 has finally been joined. A line about 600 feet long, socially distanced, in the Westchester Medical Center’s Taylor Pavilion in Valhalla, tells a tale of progress against this microscopic apocalypse. It took about

By Dr. Richard H. Becker With the November presidential election still in our rear-view mirrors, it is difficult to believe that the 2021 campaign process is already well underway. Local political parties have met, interviewed and selected their candidates. Petitioning,

By Michael Peppard “Can we please have class outside today?” Remember that timeless question? Students gazed out the window, longing for fresh air and bodily movement. But kids knew the answer before they even asked. No, we have to use

By Michael Gold There is no joy in Pleasantville. The mighty sun has struck out. Over and over again. I’ve borrowed from the poem, “Casey At the Bat,” with apologies to the author Ernest Thayer. At the end of the