09.18.2022 Columns Guest Column: A climate change briefing for students As a new school year starts, let’s update our understanding of climate change. Here on our idyllic North Fork, we suffer from a malaise that I’ll call “back porch,...
06.14.2021 Columns Guest Spot: True patriots defend the U.S. Constitution Disgruntled Republicans allege that “voter fraud” “stole” the 2020 election but produce no evidence whatsoever to support that claim. In fact, Trump’s attorneys filed 62 lawsuits and lost 61....
07.10.2020 Columns Guest Column: The excuses don’t add up on bounties It has been reported that Russia paid bounties to the Taliban for the killing of American and coalition servicemen and women. Some have argued that the intelligence is not...
05.16.2020 Columns Guest Spot: Amid pandemic, another threat looms large for next generation “We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.” Well, young friends, you’re in trouble. No, it isn’t coronavirus that will make your...
05.11.2019 Columns Guest Spot: The evidence is clear — climate change is underway Albert Einstein is reputed to have said, “Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the former.” I’ll get back to this.
01.27.2019 Columns Guest Column: The time to act on climate change is now The good news, we can save the planet if we act now, but if we fail to make a concerted effort today, climate change will overwhelm us.
09.30.2018 Columns Guest Column: Dangers of dismissing climate change The renowned physicist Wolfgang Pauli once reviewed a paper that failed to reflect even a basic understanding of the physics involved. His remark has become one of the greatest...
02.04.2018 Columns Guest column: Racism and bigotry betray American values Regardless of the topic under discussion, President Trump has all too frequently chosen to speak or tweet comments that are clearly racist and bigoted. This is no liberal conspiracy;...