09.27.2025 Editorials Editorial: My goal is to engage, enlighten and entertain I killed a chipmunk last week. Let me back up. On the first day of starting this new job, the latch on the storm door to our house broke,...
09.20.2025 Editorials Editorial: Make a plan Every election in America is critical, whether at the national, state or local level. Voting is the engine that drives the democratic process. The oft-repeated expression “all politics is...
08.30.2025 Editorials Editorial: Starting anew Maybe it’s something in the air — it definitely was this week when it was cool and sunny — or maybe it’s in the way kids seem to be...
08.22.2025 Editorials Editorial: Four-year terms for county legislators Two-year terms? Four-year terms? Term limits? No term limits? Clearly, various legislative bodies have reached different conclusions about what works best. Suffolk County legislators are currently elected for two-year...
08.15.2025 Editorials Editorial: What the record will show “Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history.” So said Abraham Lincoln, and the sad truth is that we often forget it until forced to confront it. History, as manifested by...
08.10.2025 Editorials Editorial: Getting involved A recent report by a Suffolk County task force on “coastal resilience” warned, yet again, that our precious land resources are in danger from rising tides. It estimated that...
08.03.2025 Editorials Editorial: Midsummer dreaming The Dog Days of Summer descended on us July 3 and will last the Biblical length of 40 days, or until Aug. 11. Why Dog Days? Some have said...
07.27.2025 Editorials Editorial: When leaders lead, there’s cause for applause “Government isn’t the solution to the problem, government is the problem.” So said President Ronald Reagan, a man who could always break serious issues down to a pithy phrase that resonated...
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