Reporting and Commentary by Robert Cox

Sunday Briefing: Fugitive Teacher Jailed, Mayor Loses an Ally, Residents Grill City on Development

This briefing draws from reporting at Talk of the Sound, analysis and commentary published in Words in Edgewise, and selected regional coverage for the week ending May 10, 2026 A Note from the Publisher It’s been one of those weeks where some of the most interesting stories didn’t

FOIL as a Weapon: Part 1

Sunday Briefing: Colombian Cops, Rubicco in Norwalk, Sustainable Westchester Report

This briefing draws from reporting at Talk of the Sound, analysis and commentary published in Words in Edgewise, and selected regional coverage for the week ending May 3, 2026 A Note from the Publisher I continue to work to sort the RSS issue so the feed, the home page, and

Sunday Briefing: Torture-Murder Conviction, Robotics Champs, Library Design Honor

This briefing draws from reporting at Talk of the Sound, analysis and commentary published in Words in Edgewise, and selected regional coverage for the week ending April 26 2026 A Note from the Publisher After so much work in March to increase load times to give readers a better experience

Sunday Briefing: $55M Library Bond, $300K Court Ruling, NY Power Prices Surge

This briefing draws from reporting at Talk of the Sound, analysis and commentary published in Words in Edgewise, and selected regional coverage for the week ending April 19, 2026 A Note from the Publisher A solicitor in Dublin sent a “private and confidential” cease-and-desist letter on behalf of Rob Rubicco

I’ve Been Calling Out the SEO Parasite National Today and Its Rotten CEO Ben Kaplan — Turns Out I’m Not Alone

DUBLIN, IRELAND (April 18, 2026) — For weeks now, I have been sounding the alarm about National Today, the so-called “news” site operated by TOP Agency and its CEO, Benjamin “Ben” Kaplan. I caught them stealing my original journalism — twice in quick succession — repackaging it with zero credit, zero new reporting,

Westchester County’s Parental Leave Policy Leaves Newer Hires With Little or No Paid Time Off

WHITE PLAINS, NY (April 14, 2026) — Westchester County employees taking maternity or bonding leave receive paid time off only to the extent they have personally accumulated annual leave, personal leave, supplemental time, holiday leave and sick leave, with no guaranteed block of dedicated paid parental leave and no participation in

Sunday Briefing: Fugitive Teacher in Colombia, NRPD Officer Resigns, Third Suspect Charged in Easter BBQ Shooting

This briefing draws from reporting at Talk of the Sound, analysis and commentary published in Words in Edgewise, and selected regional coverage for the week ending April 12, 2026 A Note from the Publisher I did not have breaking news out of Latin America, from my home in Europe, about

Who is Ben Kaplan? And Why is He Stealing My Journalism To Promote Beer Day?

DUBLIN, IRELAND (April 9, 2026) — On April 8, 2026 at 6:09 pm, Talk of the Sound published an article titled “New Rochelle High Rise Murder Case Heads Toward Trial as Indictment Details Clarify Evidence, Prior Conviction.” I was the only media outlet in the world that reported on this

Sunday Briefing: Late CCA Filing, Westchester Power Decline, New Rochelle BOE FOIL Case

This briefing draws from reporting at Talk of the Sound, analysis and commentary published in Words in Edgewise, and selected regional coverage for the week ending April 5, 2026 A Note from the Publisher I deliberately hid an involved analysis of Westchester Power, the CCA program operated by Sustainable Westchester.

SEO Parasite News: How Google Search Blurs Reporting, Aggregation, and Ad Platforms

DUBLIN, IRELAND (April 5, 2026) — As many will recall from those old TV commercials for men’s suits, Sy Syms used to say: “An educated consumer is our best customer.” The same is true when it comes to news—especially in an environment where not everything that looks like reporting

Are You Imagining It, or Is New Rochelle Suddenly Feeling More Violent?

Something feels different. Not in the data — in the headlines. So let’s ask it plainly: Are you imagining things, or has New Rochelle suddenly gotten more violent? Start with what just happened. A man bleeding on a downtown sidewalk after an altercation inside an apartment. A woman taken into