Opinion

In 2017, the Republican Congress capped the State and Local Tax (SALT) deduction. Then-President Trump eagerly signed it. This cap has severely hit Suffolk residents’ net income and the region’s economy.   

The phrase “fifth column” came into common use during the Spanish Civil War.

From the moment we heard about an East Hampton Village government dream of owning some or all of the Main Street inns we were wary, which might be an understatement.

That’s funny, he doesn’t seem like a Nobel winner. (A trip to John Steinbeck’s water-encircled Sag Harbor compound.)

Only 19 days remain until the presidential election on Nov. 5. If you haven’t registered to vote, we urge you to do it now. 

Is the vocabulary of the average American contracting?

There was something especially heartening about the universal awe and enthusiasm that greeted last Thursday’s rare northern lights display here. 

Adventures in scrap metal.

Get out your garlands: The East Hampton Star Holiday Spirit decorating contest debuts in November.

I’ve never owned a car I truly loved.

It’s heartening to see the revival of Bonac football, a tradition that dates back to 1923, and at Herrick Park, no less.

The Hampton Jitney’s video of tips and rules sends a regular rider over the edge.

Thoughts on the popularity of e-bikes.

Lying in politics is not confined to a single political party, nor is it new, but this does not mean that the very real dangers it can lead to can be ignored.

Emails from colleges drift in and pile up in my daughter’s email inbox — and my own email inbox — like the falling leaves of the sugar maple and the red oak.

Hurricane Helene’s path from the Gulf of Mexico to Appalachia is a stunning reminder of how little separates much of the United States from massive weather disasters.

The Patchogue-Medford High School class of 1962 gathers, and a novelist gets to thinking.

Thousands, if not tens of thousands, of what looked like little tropical fish-tank fish were swimming near the surface.

Judging by the relative calm on Main Street at midweek since Labor Day, East Hampton’s population has returned to the seasonal, weekend-versus-midweek, boom-and-bust pattern of pre-Covid-19 days.

A straight father of three sings the praises of Judy Garland.

We salute the people who make the elections run so well in difficult times.

My mother, Helen Selden Rattray, has the longevity genes of the Greenland shark. She will be turning 90 years old on Sunday.

In honor of the official start of autumn on Sunday, we have a few specific suggestions for making the most of every moment of your favorite month.

It can happen here: Applying a professor’s Tourism Area Life Cycle metric is revealing, bordering on bracing.

An office goldfish heads to the great fish pond in the sky.

Feeding the beast: On the 800-pound gorilla that is the National Football League.

The East Hampton Town Board is talking about zoning tweaks that had been proposed in response to a more all-encompassing call for greater building restraints. Just as it had discussed back in May.

It’s been a long, long time since we actually were amped about a candidate for political office, but we are very much amped for John Avlon as a stellar candidate here in the First Congressional District.

Rediscovering the pleasures of AM radio.

The clock is ticking down to Election Day, Nov. 5. Are you ready? Today is a good day to make extra sure there’s no snafu.