02.14.2013 Columns Last chance to win our annual Oscars contest Yes, it’s true, ladies and gentlemen! You have arrived at our annual Academy Awards contest column, wherein readers of same are challenged to pick the winners of the 85th...
08.09.2012 Columns Column: The pain of death and the joy of life In my personal experience, life’s mysterious continuum never was more mysterious than during the past two weeks. The fortnight began with the devastating news of the untimely death of...
06.13.2012 Columns Column: That show was plum disappointing Charles Kuralt probably rolled over in his grave last weekend during the airing of the “CBS Sunday Morning” piece on Plum Island. I tuned in with great anticipation to...
03.15.2012 Columns Column: Why are they preying on the YMCA? Surprise of surprises: The good people of Jamesport, South Jamesport and Aquebogue appreciate the benefits of building a YMCA somewhere in Riverhead or Southold towns. They just don’t want...
01.18.2012 Columns Column: Why I plan to be there when Robert Waterhouse is executed If you knew you were going to die for certain on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012, wouldn’t you be just a little concerned? I know I would. But not Robert...
01.05.2012 Opinion Column: Thanks and God speed, Paul and Barbara I enjoyed many magic moments over the holidays, but the one that stands above the rest was the hour I spent interviewing Barbara and Paul Stoutenburgh in their Cutchogue...
12.15.2011 Columns Column: The Florida-North Fork connection One of the sweet ironies of our winters in Florida is the extent to which our activities here are tied to our lives on the North Fork. (I suppose...
12.01.2011 Columns Column: Thanksgiving was much more than a meal It was a Thanksgiving feast, all right. And I’m not just talking about the ab/fab meal the Olsen and Gustavson clans enjoyed on Thursday afternoon. I’m talking about the...
11.09.2011 Columns Column: Now, this is what I call fair & balanced Even for a news junkie like me, Monday night’s “NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams” was a veritable feast. Where shall we begin? With the report that Michael Jackson’s...
10.27.2011 Columns Column: A silliness surplus, politically speaking We in the news biz have come to call it “The Silly Season.” It’s the period of time that comes every other year between, say, Labor Day and Election...
