Category: Opinion

Opinion

Climate Change is a FACT

By Tony Lewis
Reader Contributor

First of all, climate is ALWAYS changing. That is a FACT!

Let’s review a couple of things about climate. There are many variables to it, …

Tragedy of the common sense

By Tim Bearly
Reader Contributor

From a young age we are all inculcated with binary reasoning. An either-or form of logic which typically results in an excluded-middle (no in-between) paradigm, …

A hippie on the Long Island Railroad

By Tim Henney
Reader Contributor

The following is an unabridged journal of a conversation with my visiting kid brother, the late Christopher Clark Lewis, commuting on the Long Island Railroad

Letters

  • 72 Years of Love Dear Editor, What can I say about the fact that my parents have been together longer and happier than most of us get to live and love on our small planet. I say to myself “Boy I’m grateful—wow this is wonderful, I’m delighted and  blessed.” The fact that they have one ...
  • Imagine Having a Beer…. Dear Editor, Imagine having a beer over the weekend and losing your job.  Imagine taking your medicine to control your seizures, help you through your chemo treatments, treat your PTSD or to relieve your chronic pain and then being arrested, prosecuted and jailed for doing so.  These are very real consequences ...
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