Klurfeld is gone – but his local-news legacy lives on
By DAVID A. CHAUVIN // When James Klurfeld died last week at 81, Long Island lost a giant of local journalism. I didn’t know Jim personally and I never had…
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No. 1066: We spell it out for you with FM radio, the FMC awards, the original GOP, the first SATs and M.C. Escher
Getting there (is half the fun?): Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, as we hurdle the last hump of Spring 2026. Summer officially begins this weekend in our lovely Northern…
Unbalanced: With everything at stake, news media fail
By GREGORY ZELLER // It’s time for a reckoning among our national news media. I say this is a card-carrying member of that very same media machine, as the editorial…
With new committee and B2B support, LIA pushes east
By GREGORY ZELLER // A new Long Island Association networking initiative will focus on East End businesses. As part of its larger outreach to regional small businesses, the LIA has…
The slippery slope of child-abuse algorithms
By JEFFREY REYNOLDS // In a case that’s garnered national attention, ex-NYPD cop Michael Valva and his former fiancée, Angela Pollina, will face a judge and jury at the end…
In Rogan controversy, social media’s darker evolution
By DAVID A. CHAUVIN // On the surface, it’s easy to paint the latest controversy for Spotify flagship enterprise “The Joe Rogan Experience” with broad strokes: another example of COVID-19…
Gasp! Can the news media actually see the future?
By DAVID A. CHAUVIN // Well, it’s official: The Giants are rebuilding. It wasn’t too long ago that I was sipping a freshly brewed preseason cup of false hope, as…
No. 442: Snoopy and Gandhi in ‘The Twilight Zone’ – and puppy love at the SBDC
Fall for it: Don’t let the thermometer fool you – it’s actually autumn, dear readers, and we’ll be bundled up soon enough! Whatever the hell Mother Nature is smoking,…
No. 440: Belmont begins, clean energy cleans up and nostalgia goes POW, right in the kisser!
Warm greetings: You wouldn’t know it from the weather, but it’s the first Wednesday of autumn, dear readers, as we hustle over the hump of this latest busy workweek….
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…
No. 438: With stops in Cuba, Bulgaria and the Peconic Bay – plus, a V2G rollout
Well-balanced: A palindromic 9-1-8-1-9 to you, dear reader, as we welcome Wednesday and the midpoint of another busy workweek. Going for Yucs: It is indeed Sept. 18 out there,…
No. 436: On Patriots, procurements and busy college presidents (and aliens and cyborgs)
New day: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, and the midpoint of this late-summer week of socioeconomic innovation. New world: It’s Sept. 11 out there, a date that truly needs…
No. 434: Kodak clicks, ATMs arrive, Edison flips out – and surf’s up, dudes!
Welcome back: Summer is unofficially over, schools are open and there are only 118 days remaining in 2019, dear readers, as we get back to it on this Wednesday,…
No. 429: Classic cartoons, downtown dreams and the nitrogen nuisance – plus, it curves!
Middle ground: It’s Wednesday, dear readers, and you’re halfway through this latest summery week of socioeconomic innovation. Keep it up. Today is Aug. 14, and if you had the…
No. 427: Mean streets, herbal treats and fiscal feats – plus, supermarkets for robots
Warmest greetings: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, as we slog through a sticky summertime stretch of socioeconomic innovation. It’s Aug. 7 out there, and we’re at the steamy center…