Editorial: Jon Stewart: Not Faking It
Last week the editorial focused on Brian Williams and his problematic, evolving recollections of time in an Iraqi helicopter during the war. In the midst…
Opinion
Editorial: Brian’s Perfect Brain
Most people seem to agree that Brian Williams has been a good journalist, at least in terms of his adventurous spirit, articulate manner, sense of…
Editorial: Measles Outbreak a Warning
Before 1963, when the measles vaccination was first introduced, an estimated three to four million people contracted the disease per year in the U.S. alone,…
Editorial: Snowpocalypse Forecasts End with a Flurry
It’s hard to believe in the weather. Or rather, the weather reports, which are so important to so many people, and which have become so…
Editorial: When Moore is Less
On the heels of the Oscar nominations and the various controversies that came out of those announcements, it wasn’t altogether surprising that a movie like…
Editorial: Freedom to Offend
A journalist goes to work in the morning and is the first to arrive at the office. She turns on the lights and fires up…
Editorial: Sandy: Still Beating on Us, but Not Breaking Us Down
The Forum has spent the last couple of weeks reviewing 2014 and reflecting on some of the big stories that have impacted our community over…
Promise Me This
Making New Year’s resolutions is like making promises – to yourself or to a higher power – that you rarely, if ever, keep. No one…
The Policeman
In 1970, radio legend Paul Harvey wrote a newspaper column titled “What Are Policemen Made Of?” He also recorded the piece for his radio audience…
Editorial: Dangerous Distraction
Is anyone else finding it a shame that the NYPD is marking another year of record low crime rates – particularly in the area of…
Giving Thanks
Be thankful for what you’ve got. In the past seven days alone we’ve written about a sickly dog being tossed from a moving car as…
In the Dark About the Park
What happened to Gateway National Recreation Area? That’s what we’d like to know. But good luck trying to get an update, or even a morsel…
Editorial: After Failing Miserably, It’s Time for the City to Give Us a Reason Not to Give Up
Writing the paper this week, it almost felt like it was The Forum: The Build It Back Edition. Amy Peterson, who was appointed as the…
Editorial: Holding Onto Our History
For the thousands of people who came from all over to take a tour this week of the once-majestic New York State pavilion – a…
Editorial: A Return to the ‘canyon of heroes’
When World War II ended, paper seemed to rain from the sky during the ticker-tape parade the city held for the veterans – a massive…