World Views

At the abrupt end of an intended photo-op meeting, Trump noted, “This is going to be great television.” Was there some irony in this statement? Both Trump and Zelensky became famous as TV actors; Zelensky played a fictitious president, and Trump played himself as a company president. Then, they shared the Oval Office in front of the world in a riveting one-act skit.

Social justice never goes out of fashion. In our cover story this month, Yonkers Historian Mary Hoar writes about Tuskegee Airman Ivan McRae. Dr. Peter Corning’s Antidote for Lies and Liars is reminiscent of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Scarlet Letter. Tim Girvin assembles a touching and artistically brilliant tribute to his mother, the artist Lila Lee Shaw Girvin. Going back to basics is a good thing. In The Many Faces of Our People, I’ve noted what our mission was fourteen years ago and what it is today: We want you to be inspired and we want you to fall in love with the beautiful diversity of humanity. – Patricia Vaccarino