07.03.2023 Around the Island Gimme Shelter: An American quiz Tomorrow, Tuesday, July 4, Americans celebrate themselves on the anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Right? Wrong. Most signers put their “John Hancocks” on the document...
12.10.2022 Columns Tangling with Robert Moses With Robert Moses having gotten me fired from my first job as a journalist after I wrote about a fierce assault on civil rights protesters by his security force...
10.18.2022 Columns Suffolk Closeup: Catastrophic storms? It can happen here “Ian shows the risks and costs of living on barrier islands,” was the headline of an Associated Press story this month in the wake of Hurricane Ian. The article...
07.11.2020 Columns Suffolk Closeup: Why is Long Island honoring a racist? There’s been an effort to have a statue of Robert Moses removed from the front of Babylon Village Hall. Nearly 100 protesters calling for that action marched down Babylon’s...
12.15.2019 Columns Suffolk Closeup: Show Robert Moses the door A bill to change the name of Robert Moses State Park because of the racism of Mr. Moses was introduced last week by State Assemblyman Daniel O’Donnell (D-NYC). An...
