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…
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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…
Corporate reinvention is key in a post-pandemic world
By TERRY LYNAM // Finally, after more than 14 months of heartache, isolation and economic fallout from the worst pandemic in our lifetime, we’re returning – ever so slowly –…
Participation essential as East End faces unsure future
By KATE FULLAM // Morning traffic in front of my Hampton Bays home always signals late spring, as diesel engines, squeaking brakes and blaring car radios mingle with backyard birdsong….
Game on: From entrepreneur to Emmy to world’s best
By TOM MARINER // Those “closed captioning” sentences that scroll across your screen, and on screens around the world – they mostly come from a firm called EEG Enterprises, based…
In Chauvin verdict, another chance for the Rule of Law
By MICHAEL H. SAHN // A turning point, or a punctuation mark, in the long-running story of the Rule of Law? The Chauvin verdict is neither a beginning nor an…
Online ownership: It’s all fine, until the fine print
By DAVID A. CHAUVIN // For a brief moment in 2010, my wildest dreams came true: The Dallas Cowboys ceased to exist. At least, www.dallascowboys.com did. This unfortunately had nothing…
Big step, but no final fix, for criminal-justice balance
By JEFFREY REYNOLDS // Yet another shooting by police of an unarmed black man – 20 miles away from the Minnesota courthouse where fired cop Derek Chauvin is on trial…
Getting to the source, with health inequities laid bare
By TERRY LYNAM // The focus on systemic racism has never been more intense in the United States, with daily news coverage of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin’s murder…
It’s time for unity on a long-term East End food plan
By KATE FULLAM // Two years ago, the CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute engaged the East End Food Institute in a research project aimed at melding data, demographics and media coverage into a portrait…