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Long Island has a serious case of Knicks fever. Bakeries are churning out orange-and-blue cakes, cookies and doughnuts. Restaurants and delis are...
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...
Trouble is brewing in the Pacific. El Niño is coming. And once again, the world does not seem ready for the challenges it brings. El Niño is a...
Let's hear it for the weeds. I say that as a veteran of battle. I have spent more hours on my knees than I care to count, filled more yard bags...
Exciting news on the extinction front emerged last week from Indonesia: An orangutan used a rope bridge strung high between trees by humans to...
There's nothing quite like being a quarter-million miles away to bring fresh perspective on the need to do more to safeguard our little planet....
The train sped quietly through the Spanish countryside. It was early morning, and the farmland around us was just beginning to stir. The sun had...
Death demands reflection and introspection. And so I found myself thinking quite a bit this past week about the passing of Richard Amper. Dick, who...
As a nation, we’re a mess. Hopelessly divided, forever fighting, with political leaders who throw gasoline, not water, on the fire. That’s the...
It's March, and spring is in the air. For a moment, anyway. As quickly as hints of change arrive, just as quickly come reminders that say: Not...
From the Department of You-Can't-Make-This-Up: After a heated back-and-forth between Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and the Defense...
To get from the back door around the garage and out to the garbage cans, I dug a path barely the width of one shovel, a concession to age and the deep...