Keyword: opinion
3422 results total, viewing 3231 - 3240
|
Who can forget Jackie Kennedy guiding us through the White House in a 1962 TV special? In an unlikely pussycat voice, she pointed out the historical paintings and antique furnishings at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
more
Randi Kreiss
|
8/5/10
|
|
In my mind, I pictured little boys scurrying through African jungles, chased by men with big guns. I saw the boys shot and killed, their blood running down the tall trees surrounding them. I saw them lying in oozing mud.
more
Scott Brinton
|
8/5/10
|
|
All we wanted to do was get away. We booked a quiet inn in Bar Harbor, Maine, and planned to take walks in Acadia National Park, eat lobster and take naps. We went alone; we wanted peace and quiet.
more
by Randi Kreiss
|
7/30/10
|
|
Within the next couple of weeks, New York’s Landmarks Preservation Commission will make one of its most politically sensitive decisions — whether a historic downtown building just two blocks from the World Trade Center site can be torn down to make room for a mosque and Islamic cultural center.
more
by Al D'Amato
|
7/30/10
|
|
Economists tell us that the Great Recession of recent years is over. The economy is growing again, albeit ever so slowly. Long Island’s jobless rate has dropped to below 7 percent. Housing prices in a number of area neighborhoods are starting — mind you, starting — to creep up. And we hear anecdotal evidence that people are beginning to spend again.
more
7/30/10
|
|
The passing of Yankee owner George Steinbrenner brought to mind two words: tough love. Steinbrenner succeeded in the world of sports because he wasn’t willing to follow the traditional ways of all the other team owners. He spent money, but he dished out lots of tough love to his managers, his players and his very limited partners.
more
Jerry Kremer
|
7/30/10
|
|
You know how people say, “Kids will be kids”? I’m here to say that kids won’t be kids, at least not like the kids we were and we knew growing up.
more
Randi Kreiss
|
7/22/10
|
|
July 15 was a big day for President Obama. Not only did BP miraculously cap the oil spill — albeit temporarily — but Goldman Sachs settled with the SEC and Congress approved all 2,300 pages of a historic financial overhaul bill.
more
by Al D'Amato
|
7/22/10
|
|
As a child growing up on Long Island in the 1970s and ’80s, I splashed in the surf on Fire Island and at Westhampton Beach. I tooled around the wetland canals surrounding Head of the Harbor in a rickety rowboat, catching crabs.
more
Scott Brinton
|
7/22/10
|
|
Last week, the Town of Hempstead unveiled its long-awaited plans for the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum property. While well intentioned, there is little chance that the town’s vision — or more accurately, lack of vision — will stir anyone’s imagination or solve any of the many problems facing Nassau County.
more
7/22/10
|
Currently viewing stories posted within the past year.
For all older stories, please use our advanced search.
For all older stories, please use our advanced search.