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Rockwell showed us what we have to be thankful for

In this season of gratitude, it’s appropriate to recall the “four freedoms” — freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from fear and freedom from want — articulated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt . . . more

By A. Gail Prudenti | 11/22/23

Summer reading: To escape or go deep?

Of course, we must have a summer to take up the subject of summer reading. Which reminds me of a great book about Krakatoa . . . more

6/1/23

Feeling lost? Books are our GPS in the world.

Do you think we haven’t seen the likes of Marjorie Taylor Greene before? The story of shamelessly ambitious, undereducated bigots scrambling for traction in government is old. Read “All the King’s Men,” by Robert Penn Warren. more

3/23/23

Are we what we watch on TV? Say it ain’t so.

It’s easy to admit watching “The Roosevelts,” “Band of Brothers” or “The Dust Bowl,” all high-minded documentaries featured on PBS. It has felt so satisfying to drop into conversation . . . more

12/16/21

Is Trump the next Joe McCarthy?

In the mid-1950s, the U.S. was a nation terrorized not by extremist jihadists, but by the threat of nuclear annihilation. The Cold War . . . more

12/17/15

The U.S. Maritime Administration and Coast Guard held a public hearing about Port Ambrose, a proposed liquefied natural gas terminal in the Atlantic Ocean 18.5 miles southeast of Jones Beach, last Wednesday night in a ballroom at the Hilton New York JFK Airport in Jamaica, Queens. Port Ambrose opponents, who have assembled into a “No LNG Coalition,” conducted a press conference immediately before the hearing, drawing a few dozen people into a small hotel meeting room feet away from the ballroom.

Most at Port Ambrose hearing slam plan

One after another, for four hours, speakers at a hearing last Wednesday in Jamaica, Queens lined up to decry a proposal to build a liquefied natural gas terminal in the Atlantic Ocean 18.5 miles southeast of Jones Beach. more

By Brian Racow | 1/14/15

When horrible things happen

How do we make sense out of senseless brutality? How do we deal with those who embrace an ideology of destruction? How do we reckon with those who suckle their children on hatred? What do we say to ourselves, our kids, our loved ones when a horrible thing happens? more

By Linda Sapadin Ph.D. | 4/24/13

Make a spooky graveyard pie for your Halloween gathering.

Halloween thrills and chills at home and in the neighborhood

Gather up your little goblins, conjure up some creative costumes and prepare some scary, scrumptious sweets for a great ghostly gathering. Involve everyone in fun-to-make (and to eat) Halloween recipes that are more

Karen Bloom | 10/28/10

The Halloweening of American politics

Rage is all the rage this political season, but fear seems more apt — their rage, my fear. more

Randi Kreiss | 10/28/10

Once again, Stewart and Colbert get it right

Last week, Comedy Central newsman Jon Stewart announced a March to Restore Sanity, to be held in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, Oct. 30. And . . . he wasn’t kidding. more

Randi Kreiss | 9/24/10

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