Opinion Exchange

Good Tuesday morning. Here’s a glance at opinion content published today: “Sexting” and cyberbullies: Editorial We comment on Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Friday signature on the New York’s Cyber-Crime Youth Rescue Act. The law, we write, “sets up a two-year, diversionary educational program for kids under age 16 who are caught… Read More →

In the wake of the March earthquake that devastated Japan, the Editorial Board hosted Lynn Sykes and Klaus Jacob, both retired professors and seismologists affiliated with Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory in Palisades. The Editorial Spotlight discussion focused on he Indian Point nuclear power plant in Buchanan. Sykes and Jacob… Read More →

Good Monday morning. Here’s a digest of opinion content published over the weekend in The Journal News: Saturday, July 9 Debt-ceiling: Commentary Carl Leubsdorf of The Dallas Morning News assesses the struggle in Washington between President Barack Obama and the Democrats and the tea party-fueled House Republicans over whether or… Read More →

Good Wednesday morning. Here’s a look at opinion content published today in The Journal News: Cuomo and Indian Point: Editorial Gov. Andrew Cuomo has made it plain that he would like to see Indian Point shuttered, but we wonder if meeting that goal is realistic. We write: … Gov. Cuomo… Read More →

Good Friday morning. Here’s a look at opinion content published today in The Journal News: Indian Point and Japan: Editorial We comment on Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Gregory Jaczko’s Wednesday visit to the Indian Point. In remarks to the press, Jaczko affirmed that comparisons between the Buchanan facility and Japan’s… Read More →

Good afternoon. Here’s a look at opinion content published today in The Journal News: Nyack’s Riverspace: Editorial We comment on news that Riverspace Arts and the village of Nyack are poised to team on the development of an arts-based “superblock” in the Rockland village’s downtown. We write: … At tonight’s… Read More →

Good Monday morning. Here’s a look at opinion content published over the weekend in The Journal News: Saturday, April 9 Federal budget: Commentary Doyle McManus, a columnist for the Los Angeles Times, comments on last week’s 2012 budget proposal from Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. While the plan is far from… Read More →

Good morning. Here’s a glance at opinion content published today in The Journal News: Greg Ball and homeland security: Editorial We comment on news that state Sen. Greg Ball, R-Carmel, who chairs the state Senate’s Homeland Security, will host a hearing Friday in Manhattan that will focus on Indian Point’s… Read More →

Good afternoon. Here’s a look at opinion content published today in The Journal News: County government: Editorial We comment on the Westchester County Board of Legislators’ recent approval of a citizen-run Charter Revision Commission. The panel is charged with taking a look at the way the county’s government works and… Read More →