The United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland, began last Sunday and will run through Nov. 12. Participants will include more than 190 government representatives and business leaders . . .
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By Alan Singer
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11/4/21
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I recently took part in a WABC-TV special, “Back to School: Learning During a Pandemic,” hosted by Lauren Glassberg. The participants included . . .
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By Alan Singer
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9/23/21
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In the 1987 movie “The Princess Bride,” Vizzini, a Sicilian assassin, warns Wesley, also known as the Dread Pirate Roberts, “You fell victim to one of the classic blunders — the most famous of which is, ‘Never get involved in a land war in Asia.’”
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By Alan Singer
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9/2/21
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The Smithtown School District will restrict the use of 34 BrainPop instructional videos in classrooms because they introduce topics like Black Lives Matter and human sexuality.
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By Alan Singer
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8/19/21
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The New York Times published a number of articles on July 10 on the impact of climate change on our lives today. Collectively, they were frightening . . .
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By Alan Singer
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7/22/21
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One hundred years ago, Memorial Day was the start of perhaps the worst anti-Black racist violence in the history of the United States, in the Greenwood district of Tulsa, Okla.
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By Alan Singer
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6/3/21
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It was recently reported that a group of Rockville Centre parents accused a high school social studies teacher of criticizing police during class, and wanted her to be reprimanded. The district superintendent . . .
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By Alan Singer
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5/6/21
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The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s Board of Commissioners approved a $355 million project to revamp Runway 13L-31R at John F. Kennedy International Airport and add a high-speed …
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By Nakeem Grant
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10/25/18
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The word “prodigy” suggests names such as Beethoven, Mozart and Picasso — men and women of another time and place whose talent surpassed anything normally encountered in daily life. So it may be surprising to consider that such a person might live on Long Island.
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By Timothy Denton
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9/20/18
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Long Islanders have long had a love-hate relationship with the Long Island Rail Road. On one hand, they love the service, which, on good days, speeds them into New York City . . .
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5/4/17
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