08.24.2012 Columns Gustavson Column: Protecting the Scrabble-cheating kid Back in June, I wrote a column about local businesses, such as North Fork Potato Chips, that have established a national reach. Among the businesses I neglected to mention...
09.29.2011 Columns Column: We will not be silenced My friend Paul had a pretty good idea when he heard about the folks who went from newsstand to newsstand buying thousands of copies of last week’s Riverhead News-Review...
07.21.2011 Columns Column: We’re so gay, and much better off If you had asked me before last week, when the 2010 census data was released, I would have said Fire Island is Long Island’s “gayest” community. But Fire Island...
06.02.2011 Opinion Column: When in doubt, just throw it out One can never have too many walking sticks and canes. At least that was my thinking as I collected scores of walking sticks and canes over the years. Walking...
05.25.2011 Columns Thanks for the memories, Mr. Berks I sometimes get the feeling that I’ve written the same column before — it’s a combination of advanced age and the act of having penned about a thousand of...
03.24.2011 Opinion Thank God Shoreham never opened The profoundly disturbing images coming out of Japan, coupled with news reports about the Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant on the banks of the Hudson River in Buchanan, N.Y.,...
02.23.2011 Opinion Contest: Who will/should/could win an Oscar It pays to have friends in high places. At least at Academy Awards time, that is. And because I know two people involved on the fringes of the movie...
02.02.2011 Opinion Column: If you’re mad as hell, please hold I’m starting to think those Tea Party folks are right: Los Estados Unidos is going to hell in a handbasket. What other conclusion could I possibly reach after my...