Khalil Gibran, a renowned writer, believed that life is a profound and interconnected journey of spiritual growth, love and inevitability. He famously said “life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit.” Gibran emphasized that...
New York City has gross income and wealth inequality. It’s fueled an affordability crisis that Mayor Mamdani has pledged to address in his new administration. His agenda focuses on housing, transportation and childcare. In order...
The responsibility for the current turmoil in Minnesota lies completely with ICE. The tactics they're using are what's causing chaos there. Last week there was reporting that their indiscriminate traffic stops ensnared two Brooklyn Park police...
Our President is attempting to steal the 2026 mid-term election by vicious gerrymandering and bald-faced bribery. He earlier set in motion bribes like $1,776 payments to military personnel, $50,000 sign-up bonuses to ICE agents, and $2,000...
The current strike of 15,000 nurses and members of the New York Nurses Association should be supported by everyone in the city. As a healthcare worker I can testify that the shortage of nurses is bad for a patient’s health. But it was as a patient...
On Rev. Martin Luther King Day we celebrated the life of America’s greatest civil rights leader, while the man who would be king, President Donald J Trump, leads our nation in opposition what Dr. King fought for: racial equality and human...
To the editor: Kristi Noem’s reputation for cruelty and lying has earned her the people’s disgust award for being the family pet-killing, stone-cold lying ICE Barbie. Her many outrages include telling Congress that Homeland Security has not...
Wow, President Trump has hit a major milestone! Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado presented him with her Nobel Peace Prize medal at the White House, which is another feather in his cap. Machado, who Trump refers to as a Venezuelan...
I have often marveled at Donald Trump’s ability to avoid consequences for his failings and misdeeds. As I noted last July, Trump accomplishes this legerdemain by changing the news cycle; preferably with some tidbit certain to gin-up his base...
Joseph Cannisi's Jan. 16 letter detailing how religion has been used to further evil and proclaiming his faith in science was good except for one major flaw. He attributes bans on transgender athletes competing in female sports to religion....
To the editor: The killing of Renee Nicole Good, a legal observer at a Minneapolis ICE enforcement operation, symbolizes the brutal, cruel, illegal and unaccountable immigration policy of the Trump administration. According to a video and...
To the editor: I am not a religious man, my faith lies in science. I believe the universe, in its present form, resulted from a big bang 13.8 billion years ago. Our planet formed roughly 4.5 billion years ago, life began organically...
To the editor: Let us embark on a reflective journey through the annals of history to scrutinize President Trump’s second inaugural address. This address not only met the lofty expectations of his supporters but also posed a formidable challenge...
To the editor: Here's four examples from the first 2026 Chief (January 2nd) that show the shortage of common sense and/or common decency. "Transit unions secure protections against bus lane fines" shows that it was...
After posing as a pacifist to get elected, our president has revealed his true colors: blood red and black gold. He is carrying out military action in Venezuela first, Colombia next, and Cuba, Mexico, Greenland, and Iran not far away. He is in a...
To the editor: I finally understand Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS). It’s obviously the clinical term describing the mental illness afflicting Donald Trump. What else explains the mental state of a man who, following a false...
To the editor: Rachel Maddow did an excellent show, the “Burn Order,” where the records of the horrific abuse of Japanese Americans with the Japanese internment (imprisonment) were burned to prevent future generations finding out about the...
To the editor: Here we are starting a new year, ready to celebrate our country’s 250th anniversary. America is the nation that established itself by rebelling against a system of monarchy in Europe that kept that continent in the Dark Ages for...
To the editor: Renee Campion, the Office of Labor Relations Commissioner under now-departed Mayor Eric Adams, doesn't understand why unions representing Emergency Medical Service (EMS) workers found her proposals unacceptable. EMS workers are part...
To the editor: The audit of the Health Insurance Stabilization Fund conducted by former Comptroller Brad Lander, which delared it insolvent, was the first review in 40 years. Mayor Mamdani said that "…the report, as well as any other analysis, is...
To the editor: In 2011, the Citizens Budget Commission (CBC) sent a letter to Comptroller John Liu concerning the Health Insurance Stabilization Fund (HISF). The HISF was established as a City account administered jointly with the Municipal Labor Committee to...
To the editor: Some people, looking at the political, social, and racial hostility in the USA and around the world, say that if we accept people as they are we can solve most of the problems that prevent peace and mutual respect for all people....
To the editor: On December 21st in Queens, Kevin Fray calls the cops after fighting with his son, Chez. Two cops arrive and after the father retreats from his son, he stands behind the police officers. The son charges at the officers with a...
To the editor: Eric Adams, after four years as mayor, has no regrets but many grievances. By contrast, millions of New Yorkers have many grievances about how Adams ran the city, and regret he ever became mayor. Adams was so unpopular...
To the editor: Our 47th President talks like a broad-minded human being who respects people of every race, but his actions tell a different story. After he loses the 2020 election, he invites white supremacist groups to lead the charge to...