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Twisting Justice

For some Americans, the word “weaponization” is all they will need to hear about a freshly minted subcommittee in the House of Representatives aimed at blocking prosecutions of former President Trump and his cabal of election-denial plotters.

Jan 12, 2023
Guestwords: Somebody Up There Likes Me

After a rollover, one man has his faith in his fellow citizens restored.

Jan 12, 2023
The Shipwreck Rose: Smash Up

Things keep breaking. In 2023, the infant year, I’ve accidentally dropped and smashed plenty.

Jan 12, 2023
Governor’s Warning

In her State of the State speech this week, Gov. Kathy Hochul outlined plans for creating more affordable housing. For downstate regions and Long Island, the proposals would have a goal of creating hundreds of thousands of new housing units.

Jan 12, 2023
Point of View: Violence Has Us in Its Grip

The potential for explosive, cathartic moments is what leads us to play sports and to watch them, and it seems that with a number of them the possibility of serious injury, or even death, is ever present.

Jan 12, 2023
The Mast-Head: Sly Solar Grin

Rooftop solar on the early-1960s house I live in provides me with a reason to gloat: electric bills that run a steady $14 a month.

Jan 12, 2023
Montauk Uprising

An uprising is growing over a plan to use 14 acres of county parkland in Hither Woods to build a sewage treatment plant in Montauk.

Jan 12, 2023
Gristmill: After Hopper

Adventures at the Whitney, on the High Line, and in a lost New York.

Jan 5, 2023
Long Island Is Republican Country

The message the Republican Party offers Long Island voters centers on a distrust of government, as well as the coded racism in its fixation on crime.

Jan 5, 2023
Guestwords: Gifts That Keep Giving

From our correspondent in Pennsylvania comes a tribute to an illustrator for 50 straight years of Christmas cards that are works or art.

Jan 5, 2023
The Mast-Head: Switching to Green

I am now on my second plug-in hybrid electric vehicle, at a combined gas and electric of 100 or more miles per gallon the way I drive it.

Jan 5, 2023
Point of View: Positive You’re Negative?

I had no Covid symptoms, but that apparently, according to what I read, wasn’t necessarily a cause for celebration.

Jan 5, 2023