Please pass on my deepest sympathy both to The Queens Courier family and his own family on the passing of former editor Lou Parajos. Lou never censored my letters to the editor during his time as editor-in-chief. Prior to the launching of your digital edition in December 2007, it was Lou who suggested the names of several regular letter writers including myself [...]
India is launching its 101 satellite into orbit. The country’s agenda is to earn money for the exploration of space by placing into orbit satellites of other nations and private companies. The goal set by India is to land astronauts on Mars. Exploration of the Red Planet holds many promises for short- and long-term return [...]
Have you seen all the “Don’t Let Tax, Water, or Repair Charges Come Between You and Your Property” full page ads in your daily and weekly newspapers? Even worse was the 118-page supplement which appeared in The New York Daily News on Monday, February 11. It listed line by line the name of every New [...]
President Barack Obama spoke about many issues during his State of the Union address, and all of them are very important. Congress and the president need to work together on all of the matters, ranging from balancing the budget to ending the recession, reducing unemployment and improving education, gun control, immigration reform and foreign policy. [...]
As a letter carrier and local union president of Long Island City Branch 357 representing over 250 active and retired workers and thier families, I was quite concerned that the article written in the February 14 Courier did not include three very important facts. First, over 80% of the losses sustained by the USPS are [...]
I am greatly saddened and distressed to read another gay man has been murdered. This now brings the total to three in the city and two have been in Queens. I find it sad that these men were killed because they were searching for someone to love and paid the price with their lives. We [...]
It has been nearly four months since Sandy and the early November Nor’easter that struck our region. Thousands of trees were uprooted and destroyed and hundreds more were damaged. There are thousands of trees that survived both storms, but many of these may have been substantially weakened. It is imperative that the New York City Department [...]
Comunilife claims to be succeeding with residential housing in neighborhoods in Manhattan and in Brooklyn. I don’t agree with State Senator Tony Avella for shutting down the discussion. I don’t know if it’s feasible financially to place these disadvantaged people in small residential housing, as was suggested at the recent town hall. Let a task [...]
February 13 marked the beginning of Lent, the 40-day period before Easter when Catholics abstain from meat and dairy products in remembrance of Jesus’ 40 days of fasting before launching his ministry. Devout Catholics and some other Christian denominations who observe meatless Lent help reduce their risk of chronic disease, as well as preventing environmental [...]
One area that Congress must not reduce funding for is the Pentagon. There are so many potential hot spots around the world, and some of them have really gotten worse, such as the Syrian civil war, North Korea’s bellicose threats and the ongoing dispute between China and Japan over the islands in the South China Sea. [...]
