Conservative SCOTUS’s next target: Affirmative Action
By MICHAEL H. SAHN // Based on lengthy oral arguments in two recent high-profile cases, the U.S. Supreme Court appears ready to overturn decades-old precedents on Affirmative Action at public…
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No. 736: On immigrants, solar energy supplies and other American strengths – with lots of candy to share
Boo: Don’t be scared, dear readers – it’s Friday, and you’ve escaped the twisted mind-prison of another terrifying workweek. The weekend is here – the weekend before Halloween, of…
No. 729: Honoring teachers, spying ‘Dr. No,’ Zucking it up in a crisis – and saluting a true Long Island influencer
Slam it home: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, and not just any Wednesday but BrandSlam Eve – the day before our first-ever audience-interactive “marketing improv” event for small businesses…
With LI likely next, migrant mess faces legal scrutiny
By MICHAEL H. SAHN // Setting aside questions of public policy and politics, the recent actions of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis raise serious legal questions…
No. 720: A pre-Labor Day celebration, featuring Teddy Roosevelt, Mike Richter and zombies (with coconuts)
Final thoughts: You made it, intrepid innovator! Not just the end of another busy workweek but the Friday before Labor Day weekend – truly, the official unofficial end of…
No. 717: Knives in, guns out and peach pie for everyone, with water everywhere (and plenty of drops to drink)
Dramatic paws: Welcome back to our pet project, dear readers, as we collar creativity, let invention off the leash and bark up innovation’s tree, once again. Yes, we’re wagging…
Long Island’s strong case for parking-mandate reform
By MICHAEL H. SAHN // It’s time to take back Long Island’s “seas of asphalt.” New planning and zoning concepts and laws that revise and significantly reduce minimum off-street parking…
No. 713: On Stratocasters, kinda fishy mobile apps and Duran Duran – and don’t be so lazy, pass the s’mores!
Welcome back, welcome back, welcome back: Who’d have thought they’d lead us right back here where you need us? Come on, dear readers – you never doubted it for…
No. 709: It’s a heatwave, complete with fiery politics, hot dogs and an absolutely sizzling Carlos Santana
Wave as you go by: Welcome to Wednesday, red-hots, as we sweat out the summer’s first big-time heatwave – but proceed, undaunted, on our super-cool mission of inventive socioeconomic…
No. 707: On Hollywoodland, Sinatra and historic cubes, with a mighty blow struck against sinister sepsis
Full steam: Welcome to another warm Wednesday in our lovely Northern Hemisphere, dear readers, as summer temperatures soar and socioeconomic progress sizzles. It’s July 13 out there, and your…
After a SCOTUS term like no other, what comes next?
By MICHAEL H. SAHN // As expected, the United States Supreme Court’s momentous term rocked the nation and even shook the world. When the first African American woman to become…
No. 700: Magnificent 700 – a milestone for us, with same-day delivery (and delicious root beer) for you
Numbers game: Welcome, friends, to the 700 Club – not Pat Robertson’s circa-1966 Christian newsmagazine (still kicking), but the landmark 700th edition of the Innovate Long Island newsletter. Of…
No. 695: Go ahead and read about light laws, incubators and webslingers – we double-dog dare you!
Silver linings: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, and to June, and to the start of the 2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season, forecast by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to…
Now hear this: In zoning, public participation is busted
By MICHAEL H. SAHN // The public-hearing process in zoning and other land-use decisions is broken and needs to be fixed. From many important perspectives, these hearings have become significant…
No. 683: Enjoying ‘Macbeth,’ a classic ‘Trek’ cameo and smoother roads – and, for 4/20, some fine edibles
Speed racers: Welcome, intrepid innovators, to the back turn of this latest busy workweek. It’s April 20 out there, and we’re downshifting just long enough for a Wednesday innovation…