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The older you get, the more you think about the times when things were simple and pleasurable. That especially applies to my years in school, when my only cares were . . . more
Q. Planning our home has gotten to be expensive, and we don’t like the look of high-hats in the ceiling. The contractor tells us we have to have a lot of them to light the room. Isn’t there another way? more
Hundreds of parents in the Long Beach School District have signed a petition calling for the return of recess after the district replaced the unstructured playtime with phys. ed. classes to meet … more
It’s easy to get complacent about our nation’s economy right now. We’re in the longest modern-day recovery from a recession. The stock market has soared past 22,000. Unemployment is low. more
I covered Donald Trump long before he ran for president. It was the mid-2000s, and the American economy was tanking –– big time. The Donald wanted to construct a posh, $24 million, 86,000-square-foot catering hall called Trump on the Ocean . . . more
Seven years ago, the collapse of Lehman Brothers marked the beginning of a devastating recession that hurt New York families more than most. On paper, Long Island’s economy seems to have bounced back from the Great Recession. It now boasts . . . more
Curled up in a blanket against the arm of a wood-frame couch on which she wriggles to get comfortable, Nia, an 18-year-old resident of Family and Children’s Walkabout for Young Men and Women, a long-term transitional house in Freeport that shelters homeless teenagers and helps them to become self-sufficient, described her daily routine. more
I’ve seen a lot of presidents come and go. The vast majority of them have made some type of mistake that hurt their popularity as well as their legacy, but there hasn’t been as big a mistake as President Obama’s mishandling of so-called Obamacare. more
Before I get into the goings-on in Washington and Albany, I think it is more important to touch on the heartbreaking tragedy that took place last Friday at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., not far across the Sound from all of us. more
The year is quickly coming to an end, and if you believe the hype, lawmakers appear to be nowhere close to making any breakthroughs and solving the fiscal crisis. more
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