Opinion

One of the major thrusts in our founding documents, as I understand them, was to shield this democratic republic from autocracy.

Avoiding the leaf litter and damp grass where up to a thousand or more tick larvae lurk is the best strategy this time of the year.

When I navigated off the interstate, I knew exactly where the graveyard would be with Kerouac’s grave.

Bike lanes matter — a lot.

The D.H. comes to the National League, and no one misses the old ways.

I got to know Simon Perchik — prolific poet, friend, disputator, World War II vet — when he was barechested and in boxer shorts.

People who leave vehicles running when not necessary are creating real health and environmental dangers.

Where meanness, which surfaces every now and then, comes from I don’t know.

A much-needed new affordable housing venture in East Hampton should not go without comment.

A hearty “Well done!” is owed the many hands who made Friday’s opening of the revamped and superb Lars Simenson Skatepark in Montauk possible.

Step outside of the East Hampton Star building on Main Street on a summer day and there is a very high probability that a private jet will be overhead.

We’re going to get petty this week, reader. Let’s get trifling. Let’s talk about signage.

There is no end to the big ideas for high-profile locations.

There was no way we were going to let news of a giant metallic sculpture of a bull in Herrick Park go without comment.

Alaska's crabs have gone missing and climate change is the prime suspect.

Shades of Jimmy Carter, the part of my hair suddenly switched sides.

I've had some amusing experiences while passing stones. Have you?

I must say, in retrospect, that if the coronavirus were still raging, Authors Night would have been a good place to catch it.

As August rolls to a leisurely close, a minor mystery has returned to my neighborhood: the Cranberry Hole Road banana bandit is back after a long absence. 

And now for the budget portion of our Italian vacation.

Reports coming from the National Hurricane Center in Miami have been dull this season, but they will not remain so.

Officials are eager to fund massive sewage treatment projects for the commercial downtowns in Montauk and East Hampton, but they will open new development opportunities.

From streaming services to superheroes, it’s sensory overload.

It was the summer my family discovered “the Black Hamptons.”

Don’t look back, as Satchel Paige said, for something might be gaining on you.

A hero of roadside seed spreading.

My extremely rudimentary ideas of Rome previously came from the movies.

The undiscovered country of Riverhead dining.

A close-up look at Abraham Lincoln’s presidency offers possibilities for our own political polarization.

A coach’s argument that his prayers following high school football games were private and personal is hard to believe.