As Erik Mahler’s 11-year tenure as the Baldwin Chamber of Commerce president comes to an end on Nov. 3 at the American Legion, where Frankie Jorge will take over the reins, we take a look at …
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10/28/21
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Nassau County recently announced that it finished 2020 with a surplus of $75 million (subject to some adjustment, but it’s a reasonable number to work with). Sounds like good news, right? Not so fast.
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By Howard Kopel
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4/15/21
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We will need years, if not decades, to unravel and repair the damage that President Trump has done to the nation with his politics and policies.
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1/21/21
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Dr. Susan Poser, now provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Illinois Chicago, has been named Hofstra University's new president — the first woman to hold the …
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By Brian Stieglitz
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12/9/20
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We offer sincere congratulations to former Vice President Joe Biden for winning the presidency last week . . .
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11/12/20
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My soul is aching. As the Covid-19 death toll surpassed 200,000 last week, we mourned Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, one of America’s greatest daughters — an incredible mind with a voracious appetite for learning . . .
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10/1/20
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U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice and Rep. Tom Suozzi on Wednesday called on Republican senators to work with the Democratically led House of Representatives to pass another round of economic stimulus, only …
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By Scott Brinton
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7/29/20
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I was asked recently why university presidents aren’t speaking out about the state of affairs in our country. Of course, the issue of the moment is the lack of preparedness for the coronavirus pandemic . . .
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By Robert A. Scott
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5/8/20
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As we suffer through pandemic-mandated home confinement, the media becomes more and more important to us each day. We follow it for information, for comfort, for life-saving advice and for ways to keep us from having nervous breakdowns.
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5/1/20
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Governor Cuomo, speaking deliberately during his daily briefing Tuesday, responded to President Trump’s assertion that he has “total authority” over reopening of the economy, which …
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By Scott Brinton
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4/14/20
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