08.03.2023 Columns Shelter Island Reporter Column: The bully Bullies have been around since Goliath taunted David — and probably before then. When I was growing up in the 1960’s, some kids got picked on. There were the...
07.09.2023 Around the Island Shelter Island Reporter Column: Psychotherapy 101 The chances are pretty good that you or someone you know has felt the need for counseling sometime in these past few years. Since the pandemic, therapists report they...
05.18.2023 Columns Column: Public Libraries — A Precious Asset If you thought that the internet has made libraries obsolete, you’d be wrong. In fact, libraries now provide more community and individual services than ever before. And where else...
05.06.2023 Columns Shelter Island Reporter column: Gun violence and our children Some of us are old enough to remember hiding under our desks in preparation for a nuclear war. Even as a first grader, I thought it was ridiculous. And...
02.26.2023 Around the Island Column: Community grief If you have been reading this newspaper recently, you may have noticed how frequent the obituaries have become. I’m not talking only about the recent deaths of well-known and...