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. 1092: On the Mahatma, automotive appellations, legal tech and sweet music (on the big screen)
Sports model: Welcome to Friday, dear readers, and not just any Friday but the kickoff of a golden quartet for sports fans – a rare and wonderful weekend when…
No. 1084: On superfluous popsicles, Chinese retailers and pierced lobes, with a major soccer score for LI
School’s open! (See you next week): Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, and not just any Wednesday but the first Wednesday of September – and the first day of the…
No. 1079: On big elephants, little innovators and a real momentum builder, with fond milkman memories
Hot stuff: Over the hump we go, intrepid innovators – a heated hump, if you will, as we reach the muggy midpoint of another warm workweek. This has certainly…
Think you’re clever, don’tcha? (Well, you better be)
By DAVID A. CHAUVIN // Every few weeks, I’m reminded that I’m not nearly as clever as I’d like. It usually happens at a red light. I’ll glance over at…
No. 1078: In which ‘Macbeth’ begins, lighthouses shine and lung cancer loses, with beers icing in the cooler
Finishing in the middle: Welcome to Friday, intrepid innovators, as we wrap up another busy workweek and, officially, the first half of Summer 2026. Yes, it’s Aug. 7 out…
No. 1063: In which we stuff shrimp, open law schools, ban data centers – and then do it all again
Keeps on giving: Welcome to Wednesday, intrepid innovators, as we hurtle into the month of dads and grads – and hurdle the hump of another busy workweek. Before we…
Modern cheat codes have a problem: Everyone’s doing it
By DAVID. A. CHAUVIN // Social media, artificial intelligence and Google Maps have killed the modern cheat code. For many Gen X kids, cheat codes were once sacred knowledge. You…
No. 1052: Just add muons, clean water, two extremely different Vladimirs and a big, ripe Onion
Earth to everyone … come in, everyone: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, and not just any Wednesday but Wednesday, April 22 – a date baked into the story of…
In Hofstra’s PRSSA, a map for future LI communicators
By DAVID A. CHAUVIN // Next month, Hofstra University’s Public Relations Student Society of America chapter will host a regional conference organized largely by the students themselves. They’re lining up…
No. 1032: On groundhogs, frigid stretches and hot soup – and the lab where everybody knows your name
Ground level: Up and over, dear readers, as we hurdle another hibernal hump and race into the second half of another wintry workweek (and the second half of Winter…
No. 1023: In which years end, eyeballs mend and a healthy holiday rest is just what the doctor ordered
Identify for retina scan: Yeah, never gonna look at Captain Kirk’s retina scan the same way again. Not sure how they deal with detached retinas in the 23rd Century,…
How AI can humanize communications, and why it must
By DAVID A. CHAUVIN // Two thousand twenty-five was the year the communications industry stopped pretending everything was fine. Behind the polished campaigns, conference panels and artificial-intelligence demos, something far…
No. 1,018: On classic lit, ace Pasternack partnerships and adorable teddy bears – and wow, this guac is spicy!
End note: Welcome to Friday, intrepid innovators, and the exciting conclusion of both a chilly Long Island workweek and the longest federal-government shutdown in American history. Your well-earned weekend…
No. 1009: Curds, shrooms, entrepreneurial Edison and a hall of an invention honor for the Feinstein Institutes
Rain, rain gone away: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, as sunshine returns to Long Island and we hurdle the hump of another busy Autumnal workweek. It certainly has been…