Opinion

An eventful final meet of the season at Sunken Meadow State Park sends four Whalers to the state cross-country championships.

What’s different now is what happened to photovoltaics — the steady decline in the price of panels.

Eelgrass has disappeared and warmer water has brought a certain parasite, but there is some hope.

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.

Sometimes I have these memory visions in which I recapture for a moment very clearly the feeling of stability and permanence of American life in the late 20th century.

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.

Adventures in stinking up the place.

It can happen here: Increasing concern over the growing suppression of Georgia’s independent media.

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.

My gut tells me that storms are coming from unfamiliar directions.

Autumn is the most magnificent time for upward-gazing.

From one Greene to another: Keep up the good fight.

A leading feminist artist transitions beyond shame to helping others with their own.

During George W. Bush’s second term, a sculptor friend made a model of the White House from driftwood, with one purpose in mind.

October and November are pleasant months if you, like me, enjoy the preparation for a social event as much as, or more than, the event itself.

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.

Catching up with the Berwinds and their summer retreats, Newport to Bridgehampton.

An unexpected hiccup in getting a pampered nine-pound terrier from L.A. to the East End of Long Island.

Taking Cerberus out alone for one last, leisurely sail before dry dock.

With parenthood, I have become pro cozy.

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 charming, devastating accuracy of the Peacock comedy “The Paper.”

An artist on her working-class upbringing in Minnesota, the Beatles, and a life through the prism of magical realism.

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.

Sora 2 is a so-called artificial intelligence that can make lifelike videos with a few brief instructions, and it is ominous indeed.