By Arthur H. Gunther III Many personalities and almost that number in characters passed through my Editorial Page desk at the old Journal-News in Nyack, N.Y., 1978-2006. Like a farmer pleased with a bumper crop, I was always provided with… Continue reading

    By Arthur H. Gunther III ahgunther@yahoo.com There were no Twitter moments in the information revolution of my youth, which was the transition from radio to television. Entertainer Milton Berle, newscaster John Cameron Swaze and funnyman Jackie Gleason came… Continue reading

By Arthur H. Gunther III ahgunther@yahoo.com Whether it is worry about family finances, or county government, the state of the nation or the world, the realization that we are but specks in time can put things in perspective. Quickly, the… Continue reading

   On Aug. 18, I offered an essay, “It’s a two-way street,” which argued that policing is a super tough job, and the officers deserve respect while being trained to know the community. It also  expressed concern about using military… Continue reading

  By Arthur H. Gunther III ahgunther@hotmail.com Fall — autumn sounds better — is when you are supposed to let go of summer, even if you dread winter’s coming and want to hold onto the beach, fire pits and the light as… Continue reading

Arthur H. Gunther III ahgunther@yahoo.com I won’t vote for Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the popular New Yorker seeking re-election. Nor would I for President Obama, if he were able to run anew, though I supported him twice. And I will be… Continue reading

By Arthur H. Gunther III ahgunther@yahoo.com HUDSON RIVER, N.Y. — This mighty waterway, not a western route to Asia through the Northwest Passage as Hendrick Hudson hoped it would be in 1609, but to the great port of Albany and so… Continue reading

By Arthur H. Gunther III ahgunther@yahoo.com When you are walking with young children, in this case one 7, another 5, and you have to pass the time of day as the clock seems to run awfully slow, you have to… Continue reading

By Arthur H. Gunther III ahgunther@hotmail.com   Police exist by the people’s command, and only by that direction,  because we cannot secure ourselves. Theirs is a dangerous, usually thankless job, and the officer’s whole being is often in the sewer… Continue reading

  Flanders fields, before the blood (painting by author)   By Arthur H. Gunther III ahgunther@yahoo.com       If, at the 11th hour of the 11th day in the 11th month of each year, from 1918 on when “The War to End… Continue reading