Risking life, and a clean record, for a better detector
By TOM MARINER // As I stepped from the airplane directly onto the runway, I remember thinking that the door sill was eight feet higher when I boarded. A silver-suited…
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Risk, opportunity in COVID/climate change combo
By MICHAEL H. SAHN // The climate-change crisis is accelerating. COVID is surging, particularly the Delta variant. Both present immediate challenges – and, quite interestingly, recent research shows there are…
Balancing act: Post-COVID businesses better mix it up
By DAVID A. CHAUVIN // On the afternoon of March 12, 2020, ZE Creative Communications sent everyone in our Great Neck office home early. I haven’t seen many of my…
Plot twist: ‘Choker’ Biles becomes mental-health hero
By TERRY LYNAM // When U.S. gymnast Simone Biles announced that she was withdrawing from the team finals and individual all-around competition at the Tokyo Olympics because she had to…
Community wins as Suffolk doubles down on Double Up
By KATE FULLAM // As the poundage of produce arriving in our East End Food Institute kitchen swings from hundreds to thousands of pounds per week, I’m encouraged to see…
Despite innovations, LI wasn’t always a biotech hotbed
By TOM MARINER // Long Island is recognized as a burgeoning biotech corridor now, though its past biotech efforts “flied under the radar” – despite the region giving birth to…
As COVID lingers, LI housing market rides the rapids
By MICHAEL H. SAHN // The metropolitan New York housing market has dramatically shifted since the onset of the COVID pandemic – and the rapid changes will continue, especially with…
Pros (and cons) rise as NCAA athletes win NIL rights
By DAVID A. CHAUVIN // While working remotely, the thing I miss most from the office is our spirited discussions – favorite movies, celebrity gossip and, of course, the hilariously…
Under-the-gun legislators lock-and-load silver bullet
By JEFFREY REYNOLDS // At least 233 people were killed, and another 618 injured, by gun violence in more than 500 nationwide shootings, all while we celebrated America’s independence during…
Innovation starts at the top – but it doesn’t end there
BY TERRY LYNAM // All organizations rely on their leaders for ideas that will set them apart from their competitors. But true innovators can be found at all levels of…
Not-so-secret sauce: Long Island’s peak tomato season
By KATE FULLAM // Approaching the holiday weekend, my editor subtly suggested a light topic for my next Voices column, and I’m grateful. Lately, my days – and some nights…
When videogame history called, Player One was ready
By TOM MARINER // Videogame sales are a $179 billion industry these days, more revenue than the global movie ($100 billion) and North American sports ($75 billion) industries combined. Names…
So much to gain, everything to lose in offshore wind
By MICHAEL H. SAHN // There’s big news off Long Island’s shorelines, where the development of offshore–wind power will lead the Island to the front of the line in achieving…
Fine line between gimmick and gold in vax incentives
By DAVID A. CHAUVIN // One of my favorite commercials of all time comes from the 1990s “Got Milk?” series. In it, a young historian in a museum dedicated to…
Innovation required as fatal overdoses spike again
By JEFFREY REYNOLDS // Everyone knows the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. That’s why, as we address a…