Opinion

The obvious enthusiasm of some American police officers for violence amid peaceful protests may be among the most indelible images to come out of the nationwide demonstrations that have followed the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

A report by Facebook from the George Floyd war zone.

The members of our Sag Harbor Women’s Golf League were happy to be out playing again but at the same time aware that unseen microbes could be emanating from flagpoles, cups, balls, and other people.

All about us there’s suffering, and yet this neighborhood in which we live in Springs is beautiful, in full bloom and serene. It doesn’t get any better than this — here, that is.

Though delayed and being conducted by absentee ballot, school board elections have arrived at last. The ballots are due back in district offices by 5 p.m. on Tuesday, so the time is now to mark them and get them in the mail.

Who would have thought when a pandemic hit the United States that instead of stocking up on guns, Americans went grocery shopping?

Amid generally good compliance with the New York State Pause order, the Memorial Day holiday excesses were at a minimum.

George W. Bush and Barack Obama both made use of a White House office to prepare for public health disasters. But when the Covid-19 pandemic hit, the office was no longer functional, and valuable time was unnecessarily lost.

Only in government would it make sense to take a working public service and place it completely on hold while developing a new one.

Before the coronavirus became a round-the-clock night­mare, mine were confined to night­time.

One remarkable success story in our response to the pandemic has been how swiftly and effectively eastern Long Island medical systems scaled up to meet the challenge.

Learn something new. Of all the thoughts I have heard or read on enduring the pandemic lockdown, this has been the best advice.