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Guestwords: A Call for Muscle

What should Jews do about the rise in antisemitism? Here are a few modest proposals.

Nov 30, 2023
The Shipwreck Rose: Late December, 1934

Read on for the variety of evening amusements that kept East Hampton entertained the week of Dec. 20, 1934, at the height of the Great Depression.

Nov 30, 2023
Thank the L.V.I.S. Watchdog

The brawl over the black paint job at Rowdy Hall reminded us this week how aesthetic taste isn't just totally subjective, but shifts with the passing of years.

Nov 30, 2023
Point of View: Shoring Up Democracy

In praise of sortition.

Nov 30, 2023
The Mast-Head: A New Tick in Town

The Asian longhorned tick, which apparently arrived in the United States by hitching a ride on a New Zealand sheep in 2017, has been found on Long Island. 

Nov 30, 2023
Point of View: Thanksgiving at the Ocean

The classics teacher in “The Holdovers” says it was always thus, that it was no different in ancient times, that there’s always been the horrific and the sublime. Yet thinking about how to get beyond it seems to be the only thing that keeps us sane.

Nov 22, 2023
The Mast-Head: The Other Santos Mystery

The prevailing narrative on Representative George Santos’s rise and imminent fall has bothered me from the start.

Nov 22, 2023
We’re Buying It

The mission of any chamber of commerce is to promote and strengthen local business, but how can the chamber here do that at a time when locally owned businesses are fewer and farther between?

Nov 22, 2023
Gristmill: The Return of the ’Stache

A quite noticeable fashion statement at Saturday’s N.C.A.A. Division III national cross-country championships was worn on the face. The mustache is back.

Nov 22, 2023
Not Going Anywhere

Gov. Kathy Hochul’s veto of a bill that would have jump-started an overdue effort to right a wrong done to the Montaukett people was disappointing and part of a long string of similar rejections coming from successive New York governors.

Nov 22, 2023
Guestwords: Wanted: One Car Czar

The South Fork traffic mess is worse than ever, and it’s driving everyone nuts. 

Nov 22, 2023
The Shipwreck Rose: Band of Brothers

I’ve stood on a ladder pointing a hose through the window of a house ablaze in the boondocks of Nova Scotia, and you can’t take that away from me.

Nov 22, 2023