Thank you, thank you, thank you, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, State Senate majority coalition leaders Dean Skelos and Jeffrey Klein, and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver! You led while others squirmed.
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2/21/13
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I have, over the years, written about tragedies that have touched our lives.
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12/20/12
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According to The Associated Press, some 1,843 American soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan since 2001.
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5/24/12
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Imagine a world where there is no death or dying. Where fading flowers revive and aging people regain their failing faculties. For a brief weekend, that’s what happens in the new musical “Death Takes A Holiday” at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre.
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Elyse Trevers
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7/20/11
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Those places are freakin’ depressing.
Nursing homes, assisted living residences, hospitals, rehab facilities…
They really are freakin’ depressing.
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By Mitchell Hart Cooper
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4/12/11
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"It is not that there are no certainties, it is that there is an absolute certainty that there are no certainties,” writes Christopher Hitchens in his memoir, “Hitch 22.” As I read the last pages of this movable feast of a book, that thought, in particular, resonates.
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Randi Kreiss
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11/18/10
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State Sen. Charles J. Fuschillo Jr. announced last Friday that legislation banning dangerous drop-side cribs in New York state has been signed by Gov. David Paterson.
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David Weingrad
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8/3/10
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I hate being an opening act, but in the medical adventures of my family, I cop to being the second banana. The first banana, no disrespect intended, is my husband.
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Randi Kreiss
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6/3/10
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Looking for the reality show of a lifetime? Want to dance under the stars instead of with them? Then immerse yourself in nature: the trees, mountains, rivers, lakes, swamps, deserts and glaciers that lie within the boundaries of our national parks.
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Randi Kreiss
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10/8/09
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