Johnc Macklin News Today

Mineola, L.I.: In rejecting Rep. Tom Suozzi’s comprehensive COVID plan to combat the burgeoning omicron variant, Gov. Hochul revealed herself to be the empress with no clothes. Rather than confronting this crisis with clarity, conviction and a coordinated state-wide program, Hochul declared that her laissez-faire, piecemeal approach had the situation well in hand. Instead of governing during the state’s hour of need, she engaged in self-centered fundraising.

Pond Eddy, N.Y.: I recently turned 78, but back in the 1960s I was young and a bit groovy and excited to be working in the NYC TV commercial industry. Like most of my cohorts, I was running around in a miniskirt, interacting with the many men at work, some of whom were constantly “on the make.”

Los Altos, Calif.: Ignoring Israel’s violations of 28 resolutions of the UN Security Council, President Trump continues to serve as an errand boy for Israel, diverting critical American taxpayer funds.