As climates change, a strong case for new land laws
By MICHAEL H. SAHN // We need a new, long-range vision for land-use regulation. The land we are regulating is changing rapidly, and this presents challenges and consequences we are…
Opinion
Coronavirus and you: How to survive the bugocalypse
By ANTHONY SANTELLA // The deadly coronavirus that originated 7,500 miles away in China may have found its way to Long Island, where health officials announced last week that a…
Sound investments, on an Island filled with Wonder
By TOM MARINER // A “blast from the past” from your most recent newsletter: A few years after Ray Kurzweil introduced the first Reading Machine, he cranked out his first…
A simple code for collegians: programming for all
By MATTHEW WRIGHT // Has higher education gone soft on coding? Isolated in our computer science departments, it’s not reaching the wider student audience I believe it should. At Adelphi…
With red flags, Green Light Law not as easy as 1, 2, 3
By MARGARET GRAY and OLIVIA HEFFERNAN // Do you know about the Green Light Law? If you drive anywhere in New York, you probably should. As of Dec. 16, New…
Focusing on people power, in a cyberworld gone bad
By ANGELA COLON-MAHONEY // The most important firewall a corporation can put up to protect its network starts with an employees’ job interview, and is measured by levels of employee…
Hard hats and soft spots: Remembering Ken Morrelly
By RAY DONNELLY // Ten years ago Oct. 1, the region lost a strong, powerful voice in economic development, when C. Kenneth Morrelly passed away suddenly. He died on the…
A regular riot: Recalling RALPH, from LI to the moon
By PETER CRESCENTI // A recent Innovate LI newsletter headline – “Chefs of the future” – caught my attention: It had to be a reference to “The Honeymooners,” the classic…
Oklahoma opioid ruling offers hope to front-lines LI
By KEVIN DAHILL // The $572 million that an Oklahoma judge ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay to the State of Oklahoma for the company’s role in the opioid crisis…
The economic case for the ‘wretched refuse’
By ERNIE FAZIO // “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to…
Region unites against LI’s nitrogen nightmare
By JOHN CAMERON JR. // Each summer, annual reminders of our region’s water-quality crisis – including fish kills, toxic algal blooms and others – reappear. While there are a number…
For freedom, justice and innovation, united we stand
By ERNIE FAZIO // We are about to celebrate the founding of this country, a good time to think about what we elected to call ourselves. The United States. Really? Are…
‘Ignored’ nonprofits rich with internship opportunities
By BERNADINE WALLER and THOMAS WARD JR. // A fine arts major creates a wall-sized mural for a seriously ill child through nonprofit organization Splashes of Hope. A political science…
To spark innovation, the master becomes the servant
By MITCH MAIMAN // “Servant management” leadership techniques are not new. This leadership concept, founded in 1970 by Robert Greenleaf, is broadly based on a philosophy that says the manager’s…
High school grads: What can you do for your planet?
By ERIC GERNATH // As high school graduates embrace their first summer without the prospect of a September homeroom, now would be a good time to ask: Who believes so…