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It was a modest piece of news, as news items go these days, but it warmed my heart and made me smile. Joni Mitchell had become a U.S. citizen. The...
The recent death of Margaret Hamilton merited a pause. Hamilton was the head of the programming team that developed software for the onboard computers...
In 2015, Sayville’s Island Hills golf course closed. Since then, the 114-acre property has been dormant. Developers Gregg and Mitchell Rechler have...
Bruce Blakeman became a kind of Donald Trump “Mini-Me” well before the Nassau County executive was anointed this year’s GOP nominee to challenge...
Dr. Anthony Fauci is hardly above criticism. But the appearance by the former chief medical adviser to the president of the United States turned into...
For nearly 60 years, through 10 administrations both Republican and Democrat, the federal government required companies with at least 100 workers to...
The smoke is gone. But its specter lingers. Or at least it should. It’s been just over a week since that unsettling smoky haze from Canada’s...
Who’d have thought an epic poem some 2,700 years old could ignite polemics? The current controversy is about Christopher Nolan’s film adaptation...
This election season, the Trump administration has stepped up its shady use of government appointees for partisan purposes. The immediate aim is to...
On a recent summer evening, Fair Meadow Park in Huntington was quiet — acres of grass and trees without a person in sight. Only a few steel panels...
For certain kinds of concerts, you know the deal going in. There will be aging. That's the way it goes with rock 'n' roll in...
The rise of the far left in the Democratic Party has been one of this year’s major political developments. The primary victories of Darializa Avila...
Despite all the political alarms resounding from last month’s primary upsets by left-wing Democrats running for Congress, the Republicans have yet...
Russia is returning to the Olympics. And so the long controversy over the messy nexus of politics and sports simmers again. The road back was paved...
When Mayor Zohran Mamdani released his budget last month, it appeared he might answer a quarter-century-old question. It’s a Sept. 11 question...
Just a few months ago, it seemed all but certain that Ukraine was slowly but inexorably losing its war against the Russian invasion. Russia, it was...
President Donald Trump’s gushing praise of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at NATO’s summit on Tuesday even as Trump chafes with other...
More than a century ago, a California businessman produced a fervently patriotic film called "The Spirit of '76" — set, as one...
The war with Iran might or might not be winding down. A peace agreement might or might not be signed soon. Either way, lessons already have been...
It was May of 2005, and Long Island's housing market and the broader economy were roaring. But some saw trouble on the horizon. So, when Alan...
From one congressional district to the next, Tuesday’s primaries across New York told varying stories of high-stakes strife within both major...
I was sitting at a red light a few days ago, contemplating a tree standing kitty-corner across the intersection. It was a fine tree, tall and flush,...
The most unusual twist to the Democratic primary contest for the 1st Congressional District seat now held by Republican Rep. Nick LaLota has to be the...
Bad news for the retirement set arrived this past week: Social Security faces a funding shortfall. The looming gap described in the program...
Nobody should have been shocked to hear that George Santos began a new path to trouble shortly after President Donald Trump embarrassed...
Long Island has a serious case of Knicks fever. Bakeries are churning out orange-and-blue cakes, cookies and doughnuts. Restaurants and delis are...
A steep and tricky climb awaits Bruce Blakeman if he intends to reach the coveted realm of major league governance by succeeding Gov. Kathy Hochul....
On some matters humans do not do well without guidelines or guideposts. Leaving us to our own devices is often unwise. That was made clear again this...
If you are a sports fan, what a glorious spring it has been. It's a spring that reminds us how fierce competition can uplift and ennoble its...
On May 7, more than a month into the start of the state fiscal year, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced an agreement on a new annual budget. Minutes later,...
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