A Hill With A View

 Originally published October 27, 2021 https://www.queensjewishlink.com/index.php/opinion/5363-elections-2021-go-vote From Forest Hills to Merrick, from Great Neck to Far Rockaway, the polls are open and the election of 2021 is underway.  The unfortunate reality of our electoral process is that far fewer people will vote this year than last, even though the results of this election will have far more ramifications.  Here is a primer on what offices are up for grabs and how they affect you. The largest office is for Mayor of New York City, which pits heavy favorite Eric Adams against Republican Curtis Sliwa.  As mayor of the largest city in the country, the victor of this election will wield a lot of power on how the city is run.  Adams, while being more towards the center than current mayor Bill de Blasio, still suffers from the affliction most Democrats seem to have: They think they can control everything.   This became evident during last week’s debate between Sliwa and Adams.  When

 Originally published October 20, 2021 https://www.queensjewishlink.com/index.php/opinion/5308-the-two-ways-this-pandemic-can-end COVID is over.  Everyone who is vulnerable to the virus has had the ability to protect themselves for at least six months.  Anyone who wants to get a vaccination can get one, and everyone who is still worried can access an N95 mask.  There is nothing more the government can do to protect anyone.  So there are two ways for people to get back to normal: Either wait until you get permission, or just live your life.  If you are waiting to get permission, you’re going to be waiting for a long time.  There’s about to be a COVID infection wave hitting the Northeast.  By all available data, COVID rates increase where larger crowds gather indoors.  In the summer, the areas around the Gulf of Mexico, where it’s incredibly hot and humid, had a spike of cases.  While the media focused on Florida and Houston, New Orleans had an increase as well.  The only difference is t

Originally published October 13, 2021 https://www.queensjewishlink.com/index.php/opinion/5264-correcting-the-record-on-mandated-vaccines-in-schools   When California governor Gavin Newsom announced a first-in-the-nation COVID vaccine mandate for K-12 students, he claimed that “this is just another vaccine.” His words reflected those of Dr. Anthony Fauci back in August, who said, “I believe that mandating vaccines for children to appear in school is a good idea. We’ve done this for decades and decades, requiring polio, measles, mumps, rubella, hepatitis [vaccinations].” Were a Republican to say this, fact-checkers would rate these claims as “mostly false” because they are “missing context.” There are two major differences between the COVID vaccine and other mandated vaccinations. First, COVID as a disease is not the same as all the other mentioned diseases. Second, the COVID vaccine rollout is wildly different from these other mandates.  Comparing the effect of COVID on children to poli

  After the 60 Minutes interview and Congressional testimony this week, it is clear that Frances Haugen, a.k.a. The Facebook whistleblower, is a Democrat. This is altogether unsurprising, as Big Tech is filled to the brim with liberals and leftists, with nary a conservative to be found. The way she is using the political system to mutate Facebook into an arm for her political priorities, however, exposes the fundamental difference between Left vs. Right thinking. Taking policy out of the equation, the difference between people who lean left or right is broken down by institutional thinking or individual thinking. Leftists think institutionally. If they are part of an institution, be it a corporation, school, media outlet, government agency or anything else, that institution should mirror their own priorities. Conservatives think individually. Their politics are personal and unrelated to the institution that they are a part of. This is how the Left have taken over nearly every instituti

 Originally published October 6, 2021 https://www.queensjewishlink.com/index.php/opinion/5229-pro-crime-kaminsky-hiding-from-his-record In an odd-numbered year made odder by the consistent and endless takeover of personal liberties, people don’t think they have the ability to make the necessary changes to government until 2022 or 2024.  To the contrary, the election of 2021 will affect the lives of Nassau County residents far more than either of those cycles. Nassau County has two incredibly important leadership positions on the ballot this November: Nassau County Executive and Nassau County District Attorney.  The Executive position is currently held by Laura Curran, who presided over the disastrous property reassessment which caused 65% of homeowners in Nassau to have a spike in property taxes.  CBS quoted residents saying that the tax hike was “absurd” and “unfeasible.” When given the opportunity to cut taxes, Curran vetoed $9 million worth of tax cuts approved by the County legisla

Originally published September 28, 2021 https://www.queensjewishlink.com/index.php/opinion/5195-tears-of-a-clown   “The United States will give foreign aid to Israel to help them replenish their depleted supply of Iron Dome missiles, which are integral to its defense against relentless rocket fire from terrorists into civilian populations.” That sentence made Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez so sad that she wept on the floor of the House of Representatives.   AOC voted “Present,” changing her vote from “No” because she wants to remain a relevant figure in New York politics.  Her Hamas-loving cohorts like Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar, Cori Bush, and others stuck with their “No” votes.  Tlaib explained the group’s reasoning during the floor debate.  “I will not support an effort to enable war crimes and human rights abuses and violence. We cannot be talking only about Israelis’ need for safety at a time when Palestinians are living under a violent apartheid system, and are dying from what Human Rig

  Originally published September 15, 2021 https://www.queensjewishlink.com/index.php/opinion/5156-joe-biden-s-dictatorship Joe Biden is a petty, tyrannical dictator who is forcing millions of businesses to become enforcement arms of his petty administration at the risk of bankruptcy. That’s all this vaccine mandate is.  Back in December 2020, Biden himself admitted that the government wouldn’t mandate vaccinations, and the White House reiterated that several times this year.  Like Obama granting amnesty to illegals - which he said dozens of times he couldn’t legally do and then did anyway - Biden is implementing an unconstitutional executive order that will, hopefully, be shot down by the courts. “But everyone should take the vaccine!”  That is irrelevant.  Yes, everyone in a high-risk group (over 40) who does not have natural immunity should get the vaccine. It is the best protection against the pandemic. Even if you have a breakthrough infection, as Biden himself said, you are incred

 Originally published September 7, 2021 https://www.queensjewishlink.com/index.php/opinion/5115-the-hostage-crisis-nobody-cares-about On November 4, 1979, 52 Americans were taken hostage in Iran, prompting international outrage and nonstop media coverage.  The nightly news gave consistent reports, and ABC began the show that would eventually become “Nightline.”  For 444 days, the hostages were on the minds of every single American. But when Joe Biden left hundreds of hostages for the Taliban in Afghanistan, America forgot within a week. On August 19, Joe Biden told George Stephanopoulos that “if there are American citizens left, we’re going to stay until we get them all out.”  This was a lie.  Biden left Americans behind, and he did so before his self-imposed deadline.  General Frank McKenzie, head of US Central Command, confirmed that Americans who wanted out of Afghanistan couldn’t make it to the airport.  The last five planes leaving Kabul didn’t have a single American onboard. And

 Originally published September 1, 2021 https://www.queensjewishlink.com/index.php/opinion/5087-government-officials-despise-americans Thanks to the prevalence of social media and the 24-hour news cycle, the public is now privy to opinions most people would only say behind closed doors.  A desire to shout your feelings to the world combined with the capabilities of a handheld device in the privacy of your own home has yielded some incredible results from a wide variety of officials. Last week on “CBS This Morning,” Dr. Anthony Fauci was discussing herd immunity and vaccinations, and blamed  chasidic  Jews for a measles outbreak in 2019.  In doing so, Fauci callously continued a long tradition of blaming Jews for diseases without evidence.  Jews were blamed for many diseases over the millennia, from the Bubonic plague to the cholera epidemic to, just last year, COVID.  Mayor Bill de Blasio tweeted in 2020, “My message to the Jewish community, and all communities, is this simple: the tim

 Originally published August 25, 2021 https://www.queensjewishlink.com/index.php/opinion/5045-new-yorkers-can-change-the-trajectory-of-their-city-and-state As the summer dwindles down and the seasons start to change, school buses won’t be the only things kicking into gear. Fall means a renewed political cycle, and even though the President, Senate, or House of Representatives are not on the ballot, it doesn’t mean that you are not affected. In many ways, this November affects your life far more than 2020 did or 2024 will. The most discussed election is, of course, the New York City mayoral race. Despite what the media wants you to believe, Eric Adams is not the Mayor Elect of New York; he is just the Democratic candidate. As Democrats out-register Republicans in New York City two to one, it’s a safe bet to say that Adams will be the next mayor. That doesn’t mean that voters shouldn’t vote for the far better option. Curtis Sliwa is the Republican candidate for Mayor, and his election wo