07.05.2020 Columns Column: The names that represent a story we can’t tell Across the country and across Long Island, America’s past is being examined, thought about in a very different light, criticized and, in some cases, kicked to the curb. Symbols...
06.28.2020 Columns Guest Spot: For 111 days, we watched and admired I couldn’t hold back the tears last Friday as Gov. Andrew Cuomo gave his 111th — and final — daily press briefing during the COVID-19 crisis. He promised that...
06.15.2020 Columns Guest Spot: After 50 years, where are my former students now? In 1970, I was a newly minted third-grade teacher in Bushwick, Brooklyn. My students were Black and Latinx, living in crowded apartments, relying on school meals to hold back...
06.12.2020 Columns Guest Column: We missed an opportunity to govern better Let me first say that the last few months have been an extraordinary time of stress and sadness for all of us. This must be particularly true for our...
06.09.2020 Columns Equal Time: This went way beyond ‘poor judgment’ For the first 12 hours after reading Charles Sanders’ column, I felt deep anger. After that, my anger turned to sadness. Mr. Sanders is an elected official in Southold...
06.08.2020 Columns Guest Spot: Viewing America through a broader lens I’m inclined to believe that most of you reading this feel similarly to me. You are feeling a lot of mixed anger at what is occurring in our major...
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...
05.29.2020 Columns Guest Column: A survival plan for downtown Greenport Many will recall when Greenport was a place few people wanted to come to, with vacant stores littering Front and Main streets and derelict and burned-out wrecks blighting the...
05.28.2020 Columns Column: Drive-in movie night was a throwback at a time we needed it most My earliest movie-going memory is seeing “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial” at the old Rocky Point Drive-In. I couldn’t tell you much about the experience, but to this day, I can’t...
05.24.2020 Columns Column: A special grave marker for ‘Pop-Pop’ Something was missing. When 10-year-old Namiah Santacroce looked down at the gravesite of his late great-grandfather, Tom Santacroce, there was no indication at all of who was buried there....
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...
05.03.2020 Columns Guest Column: Please remember to wear a face covering when out in public spaces On Saturday and previous weekends, I take a few drives around the village to observe the activity down the street and other areas of the village. This Saturday was disheartening...
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...
04.19.2020 Columns Column: Social distancing back during an era of war The letters from a distant land began with the same salutation: “Dearest V —.” Wherever George Withers traveled across Europe during World War II as a soldier in the...
04.09.2020 Columns Busca como ayudar a quien lo necesita To read in English, click here Un tweet/trino del Dalai Lama me llamó la atención: “La naturaleza básica del ser humano, es la bondad. Esencialmente, las personas son amables,...
