Last week was Banned Books Week, a time to spotlight censorship and attempts across the country to take books off library shelves.
more
9/29/22
|
"The pandemic is over.” With those words last weekend, President Biden declared . . .
more
9/22/22
|
Journalist and bestselling author Susan Orlean once described a snow day as “literally and figuratively” something that “falls from the sky — unbidden — and seems like a thing of wonder.”
more
9/15/22
|
Today our fellow citizens, our way of life, our very freedom came under attack in a series of deliberate and deadly terrorist acts.
more
9/8/22
|
Summers are for beaches, barbecues and outdoor concerts. But for Faye, every day of her summers during her college years was spent inside a hot factory . . .
more
9/1/22
|
We don’t know much about him, except that he was 61 years old and he had visited a live animal market in Wuhan, China.
more
8/25/22
|
Hurricane season officially started June 1, but for those of us enjoying life on Long Island and in the Northeast, our storm season starts just about … now.
more
8/18/22
|
During the dog days of summer, many people are more apt to relax on vacation than to think about whom they plan to vote for in the upcoming elections, never mind how they can help ensure voters’ rights at the polling place.
more
8/11/22
|
With school board elections and the June primary for the Assembly, it seems we’re making more trips to our polling precinct than we might make to the gym.
more
8/4/22
|
Flyers were left on the doorsteps of homes in Rockville Centre and Oceanside last week, filled with vile hate claiming . . .
more
7/28/22
|