09.15.2019 Columns Guest Spot: Will Lee Zeldin stand up for our troops? Donald Trump is stealing from veterans and endangering the lives of their children to pay for his wall. Only Congress — and Lee Zeldin — can stop him. Mexico...
07.28.2019 Columns Guest Spot: This is not normal; these are not our values These presidencies — Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush (41), Clinton, Bush (43) and Obama — are the 12 administrations I’ve lived through so far. I...
07.05.2019 Columns Guest Column: We must act now to protect our water The recent closing of Veterans Memorial Park beach due to high concentrations of dangerous bacteria should alert all residents of Southold to the precarious state of our water resources.
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.
04.21.2019 Columns Guest Spot: Is processing on farms good for Southold? Southold Town is wrapping up its comprehensive plan, but code changes being proposed by the town to allow processing on farmland fail to consider the negative impacts of exempting...
08.18.2018 Sports Guest Spot: Tennis reading, anyone? As tennis observers around the world gather together at Flushing Meadows in a few weeks for our approaching National Tennis Championships, an older observer of the scene keeps returning...
04.29.2018 Columns Guest Column: An army of love for Cutchogue girl and her family In 2014, with no prior connection to the North Fork, I bought a house in Southold on a wing and a prayer, fingers crossed for a good local community...
03.24.2018 Columns Guest Spot: Grieving the loss of a beloved school As I watch my community stagger and reel from the blow we have been dealt, I have thought almost constantly, “What can be done?” The sinking feeling, the nagging...
02.03.2018 Columns Guest Spot: Saying farewell to Greenport’s The Book Scout It was a sad day last week when Pete Stevens walked out the door of The Book Scout for the last time. It was another link cut from the...
12.09.2017 Columns Guest Spot: Staying the same requires some change The “Conservative movement” originally came from the desire to keep things the same, preserve existing conditions, restore traditional ones and limit change.