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Point of View: Humble Pie Day

Today is Pi Day, reminding me that I know nothing of mathematics.

Mar 14, 2024
The Mast-Head: Old Buildings

The Star building, completed around 1901, is a relative toddler among others on East Hampton’s Main Street.

Mar 14, 2024
Gristmill: Hard Up Down South

Keeping up with the chickens on the Delmarva Peninsula.

Mar 14, 2024
The Shipwreck Rose: Jungle Red

Two hours at Dress Gala in Commack.

Mar 14, 2024
Point of View: We’ll Always Have the Super 8

“We deserve the second-best and the second-best is now!”

Mar 7, 2024
Gristmill: Run, John, Run

In praise of John Avlon’s bid for Congress.

Mar 7, 2024
The Mast-Head: A Little Morning Smoke

What happens when a furnace goes blooey.

Mar 7, 2024
Gristmill: Capote, We Hardly Knew Ye

In last week’s episode of “Capote vs. the Swans,” our man in letters clawed back some dignity. And a fan ponders the arc of his career.

Feb 29, 2024
The Shipwreck Rose: Blue Moonlight

Parenthood is a pendulum. Whatever direction our parents swung in the habits and policies of our own raising, we swing that pendulum far back over to the other side.

Feb 29, 2024
Point of View: Who Was That Sobersides?

Leafing through some of The Star’s bound volumes, I was chagrined to find my early-1970s columns were unvaryingly issue-oriented.

Feb 29, 2024
The Mast-Head: While the Getting’s Good

The South Fork has more trails than you could shake a stick at, and now is the time to go.

Feb 29, 2024
The Shipwreck Rose: There and Back

This is the first time I’ve been alone in this house for more than 24 hours, ever. I wander the rooms and check my pockets.

Feb 22, 2024