Editorials
Editorial: Attacks on the free press must stop
Below is an editorial written by Judy Patrick, the New York Press Association’s vice president for editorial development.
We’ve been complacent.
We thought everybody knew how...
Regulate recreational pot
Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) has put New York on a path to become the 10th state in the United States to legalize the recreational...
Keeping print media alive
More than a week after the New York Daily News slashed half of its editorial staff, including writers and photographers, the news still stings.
Many...
Don’t forget efforts to shore up school security
It’s the end of July so it’s likely the minds of students, administrators and parents have drifted far away from the hallways of their...
Suffolk lawmakers need to get their priorities in order
Whew, that was close. We feared that a good ole game of Suffolk County partisan tug-of-war almost left us high and dry again.
Suffolk County...
Kennedy seat a chance for compromise
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia died Feb. 13, 2016. With the presidential election 269 days away, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) and his...
We need to keep 2018 graduates on LI
Hundreds of Long Island students have accepted their high school diplomas this week. We’ve sent them off into the world armed with the best...
Have morals, and get your facts straight
In light of current national events, a gnawing question surfaces — what happened to American values?
Even the staunchest defenders of President Donald Trump (R)...
Thoughts on the race for congress in NY-1
Last week we had the five Democrats vying for a spot on the ballot to represent New York’s 1st Congressional District against U.S. Rep....
We need action, not words
Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone (D) admitted in his 2018 State of the County address last week that our county, our home, remains a...
