BRONX: Johnsonburg native Michael Hinman is in the newspaper business in New York City.

He’s editor of the Pulitzer Prize winning Riverdale Press, to be exact. He shared with us this week’s issue, which marks the 30th anniversary of when the newspaper office was firebombed for printing an editorial defending a bookstore’s decision to sell about Salman Rushdie’s book “The Satanic Verses.”

Ayatollah Khomeini, the leader of Iran, had taken issue with Rushdie’s depiction of Islam founder and prophet Muhammed, and had demanded Rushdie be killed for sacrilege.

It was Feb. 28, 1989. The office was closed. A man stopped his car in front of The Press office, hurled two Molotov cocktails through the plate glass window, ran back to his car and fled the scene. Two paramedics sitting in an ambulance nearby saw the man run to his car and flee and followed him, but he escaped and was never found.

Michael spoke to the Stein family, the paper’s owners, who talked about the still-unsolved bombing — and how they made it to press on time despite the attack.

It is a riveting story about freedom of the press.

Kudos, Michael, on a job well done. And kudos to the Riverdale Press for refusing to be silenced.

EARTH: For those looking for a broader view of our planet, the book “Earth” might be a good read.

NASA recently announced the availability of the 168-page book, which includes 69 images of the Earth taken from satellites.

“The spectacular images in this book remind us of the majestic beauty of our world,” said Lawrence Friedl, program director for the Applied Sciences Program in NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, Earth Science Division in Washington. “We hope these images inspire everyone to explore, understand, and appreciate the planet we call home.”

Purchase a hardcover copy from the U.S. Government Publishing Office at bookstore.gpo.gov/products/earth-book or a free e-book at www.nasa.gov/connect/ebooks/earth_detail.html

For an interactive online version, visit earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/earth-book-2019