05.25.2021 Editorials Guest Column: We must support extraordinary courage A year ago today, the world was in lockdown due to the pandemic. Many of us were glued to the news, and had heard about Ahmaud Arbery, the 25-year-old...
02.11.2021 Columns Guest Column: Reflecting on nearly 20 years at helm of Peconic Bay Medical Center I remember the day like it was yesterday. It was a brisk afternoon in mid-March 2001, nearly 20 years ago. I had completed two interviews with the hospital board and now...
01.31.2021 Columns Guest Spot: Receiving the coveted COVID-19 vaccine shouldn’t come down to luck For us I am an 81-year-old retired nurse practitioner/psychologist, married to a 93-year-old retired urologist. We live in an over 55-community in Riverhead and were anxious to get signed...
01.30.2021 Columns Guest Spot: Five reasons to be vaccinated, two not to The old question — ‘Should I get vaccinated?’ — has become more urgent during this pandemic. I‘ve grappled with this question, and as a physician, have weighed the pros...
10.04.2020 Columns Guest Column: A breakdown of the social order My father was a lifelong Republican and my mother a lifelong Democrat. Yet in their 50-plus-year marriage, there was never a discussion, heated or otherwise, on candidates or political...
09.25.2020 Columns Guest Column: When it comes to voting, the devil is in the details By now, many of us feel like the prisoner in Frank R. Stockton’s 1882 tale, “The Lady or the Tiger?” It’s about an innocent hostage, barbarically tossed into the...
05.30.2020 Columns Guest Spot: Let’s certify businesses as ‘COVID compliant’ Confusion and mixed messages abound concerning the full reopening of the economy. Is it happening too soon or not soon enough? Will I be safe dining out or shopping...
05.02.2020 Columns Guest Column: The challenges of remote teaching during COVID-19 As a worker, are you essential, nonessential or front-line? COVID-19 has sorted us into categories we don’t usually contemplate. And what is essential work anyway? Excluding some people from...
