Editorials

An idea making the rounds in Town Hall to change the way farmland construction projects are reviewed may have value, but a degree of caution is necessary.

Stephen Miller and others in the White House have cast their bet that stirring up race-based hatred among voters is the only hope if the extreme right is to maintain its grip on Washington.

We are warming to an increasing trend on the South Fork scene toward quieter and cozier gatherings and outings on New Year’s Day.

A brilliant gift for someone special: an affordable membership to one of our wonderful South Fork cultural institutions.

In a scathing denunciation of the Department of Homeland Security, a United States District court judge excoriated Immigration and Customs Enforcement for what he called the inhumane and unlawful treatment of people held at the Alfonse M. D’Amato United States Courthouse in Central Islip.

As the most powerful nation in the world teeters at the edge of a dictatorial cliff, historians can counter this distressingly familiar story.

The East Hampton Library is the pearl in our town’s cultural crown.

From the Jan. 6 insurrectionists to George Santos to Honduran ex-President Juan Orlando Hernandez, Donald Trump has made an art of opening the jailhouse doors.

Many New Yorkers’ health coverage is in real jeopardy.

It’s nice to be paying less at the pump, but, once again, South Forkers are feeling the gouge, and can expect to keep on paying more than $4 a gallon for regular.

Two recent events, both involving water, on nearly opposite ends of the South Fork provide a look into the future for our coastal communities, and it is not encouraging.

For millions of Americans — including many on the South Fork — the need for food benefits and pantries remains high.

This Thanksgiving, we’re thankful for the moms and pops who keep the lights on all winter. It’s a community service.

How dispiriting to hear our president implicitly condone Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s sanctioning of the 2018 murder and dismembering of Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi journalist who reported for The Washington Post.

Before the end of the year, Gov. Kathy Hochul will decide the fate of hundreds of thousands of horseshoe crabs.

A standing-room-only crowd gath­ered at Calvary Baptist Church Sunday for the pastoral installation of a new leader, the Rev. Trevon C. Fergerson.

In the spirit of The Old Farmer’s Almanac, here are a few winterizing suggestions of our own for the homeowners and homesteaders of Old Bonac.

The success of Netflix’s “A House of Dynamite,” about the 18 minutes preceding the destruction of Chicago in a nuclear attack, has renewed discussion about the profound danger of nuclear war.

Residents should pay attention to an ongoing discussion of millions in school district spending aimed at improving its buildings and sports facilities.

Perhaps the American public has had enough of extremism and grossness, callousness and vengeance.

Ongoing federal budget cuts for drug treatment undermine the White House’s public statements on tariffs supposedly related to fentanyl.

East Hampton voters have a choice between two very different candidates for town clerk.

Ballot proposals can be murky matters, with opaque language and obscure origins, and voters on the South Fork are faced with two puzzlers this election year. 

In the face of a student newspaper shutdown, a new group at Indiana University is stepping into the shoes of journalistic heroes like Ernie Pyle.

We need to consider the effect of one-party rule in Town Hall, but this may not be the year to make changes.

Now that the plan for a new senior citizens center in Amagansett is to be reassessed, greater community buy-in should be among the town’s key objectives, preferably involving some creativity.

The greatness and power of the United States in the postwar years was in large measure built on the scientific outpouring of ideas and inventions that flowed from America’s universities.

Freelance writers are turning in stories to weekly newspapers composed in the dulcet tones and smooth rhythms of ChatGPT-generated text. Here are some tips to detecting it.

Democrats have begun winning the messaging battle, shifting attention from military deployments intended to rile up protests in blue-state cities to highlight the White House’s made-up narrative that the country is going to hell.

The fast slide toward a post-constitutional dictatorship was on display Tuesday as the president and defense secretary addressed a perhaps unprecedented gathering of the nation’s top military leaders.