Yonkers Tribune

ED KOCH COMMENTARY: Enforcing The Law By ED KOCH

The National Rifle Association which announced it had enrolled 100,000 new members in one week after the national tragedy that took place in Newtown, Connecticut, is apparently so strong in Congress that, according to The New York Times of January 11, "The White House has calculated that a ban on military-style assault weapons will be exceedingly difficult to pass through congress and is focusing on other measures it deems more politically achievable."

ED KOCH COMMENTARY - Tom Friedman: Confused and Clearly Hostile to Israel By ED KOCH

NEW YORK, NY -- December 28, 2012 -- In his December 26 New York Times editorial, Tom Friedman wrote in support of former U.S. Senator Chuck Hagel and the possibility that he will be chosen by President Barack Obama as Secretary of Defense. He stated: "So, yes, Hagel is out of the mainstream. That is exactly why his voice would be valuable right now. Obama will still make all the final calls, but let him do so after having heard all the alternatives." By "mainstream," Friedman apparently means overwhelmingly supportive of Israel. Hagel's position is, as Friedman states, "out of the mainstream" with respect to Israel. 

ED KOCH COMMENTARY: Let Us Annually Observe a Moment of Silence To Recall The Tragedy By ED KOCH

Twenty defenseless children, ages six and seven, along with six of their teachers and school administrators, were murdered by a young man, himself 20 years old, who before committing these despicable crimes, murdered his mother, shooting her in the face several times.

ED KOCH COMMENTARY: Collaborators Then, Collaborators Now By ED KOCH

The war against the Jews - and against the State of Israel - continues unabated.

For the past year, Israel has been subjected to rocket bombardments directed at its cities including Jerusalem and Tel-Aviv. A million Israeli civilians in Southern Israel had their lives disrupted as 8,000 rockets rained down on them since 2005. The Israeli government decided to respond militarily against Hamas which governs Gaza and has its own prime minister, Ismail Haniyeh.

ED KOCH COMMENTARY: Mr. President, Members of the Congress, Do Your Duty By ED KOCH

NEW YORK, NY -- December 11, 2012 -- I wrote the beginning of this commentary in New York-Presbyterian Hospital where I was admitted on December 4. I had the flu, despite my having received an earlier flu shot. Fortunately, my flu was treated and is now gone. I am under the care of my longtime cardiologist, Dr. Joe Tenenbaum. I appreciate the concern that many of you have expressed and the good wishes you have sent my way. I believe I am okay for someone who will celebrate his 88th birthday on December 12.

ED KOCH COMMENTARY: The City Has a Right to Defend Itself By ED KOCH

The New York Times columnist, Nick Fox, put together on the Times website a discussion concerning the rape of a young woman in Central Park in April 1989 which resulted in the arrest and conviction of five youths who became known as the Central Park Five.

ED KOCH COMMENTARY: The New York Times Editorial of November 18th On Immigration Reform Is A Disgrace By ED KOCH

I have never read a more biased editorial than The New York Times editorial of November 18th, entitled, "New Hope on Immigration." It advocates, as it has for years, providing amnesty for the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants now residing within the borders of theUnited States.

ED KOCH COMMENTARY: Advice to Both Republicans and Democrats By ED KOCH

President Barack Obama won reelection in a blowout. Some will ask how I can say "blowout" when he narrowly won the popular vote. President Obama won by a margin of about 3 million votes, winning 62,085,892 votes, compared with Mitt Romney's 58,777,012 votes. However, the President handily won the electoral college by a majority of 332 to 206. Two-hundred and seventy electoral votes were needed to win.

ED KOCH COMMENTARY Hurricane Sandy Tested Us, And We Came Through By ED KOCH

On Sunday, October 28, at 4:00 p.m., I joined the parishioners at St. James Cathedral Basilica in Brooklyn in honoring my friend and their fellow congregant, Frank Macchiarola. His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI had bestowed upon Frank the Papal Honor of Knight Commander of the Holy Order of St. Gregory the Great. Frank had been the Chancellor of the Board of Education appointed by me in 1978, and I believe he is the best chancellor to have ever presided over the New York City public school system.

ED KOCH COMMENTARY: The New York Times Changes Its Position Now Urges an Immediate Start of the Withdrawal of Our Armed Forces from Afghanistan By ED KOCH

NEW YORK, NY -- October 15, 2012-- In a full-page editorial this past Sunday, October 14th, The New York Times publicly revealed its new position on our remaining in Afghanistan until December 2014 as proposed by the Obama administration. The opening paragraph of the editorial states that "it is time for United States forces to leave Afghanistan." The editorial urges that the U.S. begin the immediate withdrawal of our armed forces from Afghanistan to be completed in a year or less.