Like most people, I don’t like Trump. I’ve disdained him ever since then-developer Donald demanded drastic concessions at my beloved Jones Beach State Park . . .
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By John O'Connell
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11/24/22
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Voting is so easy. There used to be a single Election Day. Since 1845, that voting day . . .
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By John O'Connell
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10/27/22
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Many of our institutions are failing us, and unless our faith in their competence and fairness is restored, I think we’re doomed.
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By John O'Connell
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9/1/22
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Issues of life and death, liberty, justice and freedom call for citizen involvement. We should have strong opinions about such topics.
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By John O'Connell
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7/7/22
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Who’s to blame for New York’s increase in crime, its high taxes and the general feeling of dread many of us feel?
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By John O'Connell
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5/12/22
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Long awaited, spring, the season of beginnings, has begun. Though it happens with astronomical regularity . . .
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By John O'Connell
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3/31/22
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In addition to the world’s oldest (continuous since 1762) and largest St. Patrick’s Day parade up 5th Avenue in Manhattan on March 17, dozens of Long Island communities are looking forward to their local parades . . .
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By John O'Connell
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3/3/22
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The 49th Nassau County Ancient Order of Hibernians Feis and Irish Festival is set for Sunday, Sept. 19, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Nickerson Beach in Lido Beach, and this year’s honoree will be John O’Connell, the former executive editor of Herald Community Newspapers, who retired in 2016.
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By Scott Brinton
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8/27/21
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Four hundred years ago, the Catholic Church — then the arbiter of what ideas could be expressed and promulgated — banned books by scientists who claimed the Earth revolved around the sun . . .
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By John O'Connell
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2/4/21
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Besides the sad deaths of a quarter-million Americans, the pandemic claimed another victim this month: the re-election of President Trump. Had the election been held in February . . .
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By John O'Connell
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11/26/20
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