Jeffrey Zalles Mar 1 2 min I Survived a Living Wage With all the talk about raising the minimum wage, I thought I would weigh in as an employer whose payroll almost doubled overnight. In...
Jeffrey Zalles Jan 14 1 min Put the "Grand Old" Back into the GOP For the past five years, the rallying cry of the Republican party has been “Make America Great Again”. Well, on Wednesday we all...
Jeffrey Zalles Oct 22, 2020 1 min Wayne & Pat Lately, things have not been easy for Wayne LaPierre. The NRA’s top executive finds himself fighting accusations of mismanagement and...
Jeffrey Zalles Sep 28, 2020 2 min There's Turbulence Ahead On Wednesday, September 23, New York State Judge Arthur Engoron ordered Eric Trump to abide by a subpoena and submit to a deposition by...
Jeffrey Zalles Sep 10, 2020 1 min Arthur Seltzer Was Not a Loser Arthur Seltzer as a young soldier (left) and at age 90, just prior to his death. I once asked my cousin Arthur if the opening scene in...
Jeffrey Zalles Sep 8, 2020 2 min A Long Time Ago on a Manhattan Sidewalk A sheltered existence is a good way to describe my upbringing in a white suburb in upstate New York. Although I was aware that racism...
Jeffrey Zalles Jun 14, 2020 3 min This Commissioner Must Resign First letter sent published in local newspapers: In the wake of the death of George Floyd, our nation is beginning to come to terms with...
Jeffrey Zalles Apr 21, 2020 2 min Richard Burr Makes a Killing Updated Memorial Day, 2020 Now that deaths from Covid-19 have reached the 100,000 threshold, perhaps this is a good time to come up with...
Jeffrey Zalles Mar 13, 2020 1 min Watch the Damage Caused by Republican Intransigence on Medicaid The Corona Virus may hasten the end of North Carolina’s rural hospitals. March 23 will mark the tenth anniversary of the Affordable Care...
Jeffrey Zalles Feb 26, 2020 1 min This Pimple is Making Me Angry I have this little pimple on my face and I’m angry! My dermatologist told me it’s probably from a hair follicle that got trapped when I...