Keyword: Editorial
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Do people have the “right to be forgotten,” to wipe the memory of their existence from the “Internet of all things,” the great international data storehouse in this information age?
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4/6/17
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Many of the most vulnerable people in our society are cared for by some of the strongest. Looking out for a child or adult with developmental disabilities can be trying . . .
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3/30/17
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Elected leaders often look upon the Freedom of Information Act with barely disguised disapproval, and more often with outright disdain. Heck, the president who signed the act . . .
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3/23/17
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In 1917, the International Committee of the Red Cross received its first of three Nobel Peace Prizes for its life-saving work on the nightmarish battlefields of World War I. The Long Island chapter of the Red Cross was founded . . .
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3/16/17
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For 10 straight years, starting in 2007, New York state has reduced aid to libraries. Now Gov. Andrew Cuomo is proposing to cut another $4 million in library funding in the 2017-18 state budget, due April 1. That is unacceptable.
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3/16/17
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In late 1916, Brooklyn’s Inez Milholland Boissevain, a prominent New York attorney and suffragist, was traveling the country, demanding equal rights for women, including the right to vote. By the time she reached the West Coast . . .
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3/9/17
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Islanders fans at the Nassau Coliseum had the “old barn” rocking for what proved to be the final time on April 29, 2015, when the club beat the Washington Capitals . . .
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3/2/17
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New York’s voter turnout record is poor at best, abysmal at worst, even in a high-profile presidential election such as the national melee that we witnessed in November. A paltry 52 percent of New Yorkers . . .
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2/23/17
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Imagine an infant, a baby girl, who jolts with pain each time she coughs up mucus and blood as she battles bronchitis caused by secondhand cigarette smoke.
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2/16/17
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It has been nearly three years since the bright blue eyesores began appearing on highways statewide. That’s three years of complaints from local officials and residents . . .
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2/9/17
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