Betting Long on the Island
In a world of shrinking newsrooms, Long Island has so far managed to remain a haven for journalism and educated opinion spanning a breadth of perspective.
SO FAR LEFT, WE ARE RIGHT
Piling On: LI Compost and the DEC
There’s already a permanent structure that surrounds all the organic material handled at Great Gardens. It’s called the atmosphere.
The Untold Story Behind the Coliseum Referendum
News12 and Newsday play critical, daily roles in our community… but never has this responsibility been so visibly abrogated since these organizations merged, than during the Coliseum Referendum campaign.
Our Addicted Island Hits Rock Bottom
The seeds of addiction have been sewn into the Long Island community and its roots have firmly taken hold. At a time when Long Island as a whole could use an intervention, funding for critical programs is being cut. LICADD Director Jeffrey Reynolds examines needed policy changes to put our Island on the road to recovery.
The Anatomy of Power
The Power List isn’t a popularity contest or an opportunity to place famous faces on the cover of the newspaper. It’s a critical analysis of the inner-workings of arguably one of the strangest, most fascinating places on the planet; a family album of sorts that is interesting only to family members.
Not So Fast, 2012
While the national debate rages on through 2012 here at home there are local issues playing out that will have a significant impact on shaping Long Island. Including the lighthouse project, an island based casino, legacy village in Yaphank and Wolkoff’s mini-city in Brentwood to name a few.
Coliseum Casino: Let It Ride
It amuses me to no end that we can build a refuse-burning facility with a Garden City address down the road, but a casino with a hotel, sports arena and convention center threaded by a coordinated transit hub that connects local retail and commerce is a non-starter.
Royal Flush
I understand that plenty of Americans love pageantry and fashion shows – how else do you explain all those banal awards shows? But this notion of royalty makes me want to retch. As my father used to say, “a person can be rich and famous, or have a million degrees framed on the walls of his office, but that doesn’t make him any more special or different.”
Bumping Off Barbie
Dorian Dale’s accidental discovery of another Long Island beach body (a blonde doll disturbingly bound in electric tape) sparks troubling conversations about the “throwaway” girls who lost their way before losing their lives and how they don’t live up to our Barbie doll fantasy of what women should be.
Where Have You Gone, Robert Moses?
Having a building or park named in one’s honor is nice, but it is still not as cool as a statue. Let’s face it: A statue requires true greatness that stands the test of time – not just the ability to squeeze some money out of a budget in Albany.
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