Take the fight to Syria? Who says? The guy who tweets about Chuck Todd’s “sleepy eyes” in the predawn hours?
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4/14/17
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Hurricane Sandy was special –– in a wicked sort of way. Like no other storm since the Long Island Express of 1938 . . .
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10/22/15
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Long Island friends, take note. Believe it or not, the hottest ticket in town isn’t the Mets. It’s Pope Francis. After arriving in Washington on Tuesday . . .
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9/24/15
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There’s a wonderful story about St. Francis of Assisi, the 13th-century champion of the poor, after whom the Roman Catholic Church’s current pope is named. St. Francis, it is said, would stop in his tracks if he . . .
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6/25/15
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Even Hillary Clinton’s harshest critics agree that she’s tough. While it’s common to stereotype Democrats and women as softer than Republicans and men, any such effort to stereotype Hillary is belied by her record.
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4/30/15
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The April 6 issue of The New Yorker disappointed me. Therein lay what can only be described as a rambling rant decrying the National Audubon Society, of all organizations.
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4/23/15
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East Meadow’s Christopher Melnyczuk was one of 20 SUNY Oneonta students who represented the school at the National Model United Nations Conference in New York City from March 22 to 26. SUNY Oneonta represented two countries: Oman and Turkey.
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By David Weingrad
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4/9/15
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The meanest streets are in India.
As the holidays are celebrated across America, I have just left . . .
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12/18/14
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Nassau County Legislator Laura Curran, a Democrat from Baldwin who represents part of Merrick, and Bob Young, an environmental activist from Merrick, are among the local organizers preparing for the People’s Climate March on Sunday, Sept. 21, starting at 11:30 a.m. at Columbus Circle in Manhattan.
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By Scott Brinton
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9/18/14
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It was a simple but profound thought that struck me as I recently read Anna Lappé’s “Diet for a Hot Planet” (Bloomsbury Press, 2010): Where and how we shop for our food –– and for everything else, for that matter –– is directly tied to the health of our planet.
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2/6/14
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