Editorials
Editorial: Remembering Vets Each and Every Day
Veterans Day events across Long Island have inspired children to sing, bands to play, politicians to speak and servicemen to march in parades.
Many Long...
Editorial: What endorsements mean
As election season draws to a close, finally, we are among the many breathing a sigh of relief.
We heard that a few people were...
Perspective: Caring for America’s Heroes
By Thomas Cassidy
New York State government should not cut funding for America’s heroes residing at the Long Island State Veterans Home at Stony Brook...
Editorial: Tale of two methods
It may be difficult sometimes for news consumers to decipher between a news article written by a journalist and a press release composed by...
Editorial: Businesses Should Look to End Discrimination
If you ignore prejudice, you invite prejudice.
Stony Brook University officials recently hosted a forum in Port Jefferson to highlight how, despite efforts to stamp...
Editorial: Opioids and crime
The opioid epidemic is so expansive that it seems impossible that one individual can end the overdoses and deaths and the related crimes. But...
Editorial: Slight against science
When the National Institutes of Health funds scientific research, the government is investing in hope. The people with the purse strings believe the scientists...
Editorial: How libraries survive
Believe it or not, people still read books.
Despite the doom and gloom and often-reiterated refrain that young people today are illiterate, the world and...
Editorial: End red-light camera ticket program
In 2010, Suffolk County hired a contractor to install cameras at certain dangerous, traffic-light intersections with the expressed purpose of improving public safety, since...
Editorial: Let teenagers sleep
Parents across the North Shore are hoping their teenagers will soon get to sleep in — even during the school year.
Many studies now point...
