Op Eds

Since the November election, we have seen countless articles from Newsday suggesting potential illegality regarding the votes cast on the Working Families Party (WFP) in the town of Huntington. It appears that Republican loyalists fielded […]

By Steve Levy We’ve been big critics of Governor Kathy Hochul’s leadership, but we believe her suggested reforms to the “aid in dying bill” on her desk make sense.  We’ve been supportive of this legislation […]

By Steve Levy The U.S. Supreme Court just upheld the redrawn Congressional district map approved by the Texas legislature that will certainly help Republicans. The decision was sound from a legal perspective, but underscores how […]

By Will Barclay New York’s economic climate is toxic, and any talk about exacerbating our existing tax burden must be met with fervent skepticism. Since New York City elected socialist Zohran Mamdani to be mayor, […]

By Aaron E. Glatt, MD I became a physician to save lives, not aid in their death. The physician/patient relationship is built on trust. That’s why it’s deeply troubling that the legalization of assisted suicide […]

Previously Published in The Messenger Another election cycle has come and gone. The Thursday before the election, we published an editorial that recommended the voter embrace this year as the last odd-year election for local […]

By Steve Levy You’ll be seeing this column referencing the great, late Charles Krauthammer, quite a number of times in the future One of his most notable lines was that the decline of a vibrant […]

Lately, little attention has been focused on the issue of student loan forgiveness, which was so prominent in the Biden administration. Then-President Joe Biden desperately attempted to cater to his college-educated constituency by seeking to […]

President Donald Trump’s posture in the Ukrainian conflict has been a never-ending seesaw of proposals. At first, we were dismayed that it seemed the president was somewhat indifferent to Russian President Vladimir Putin‘s aggression. He […]

Good news for those who were dismayed that some Suffolk County officials employed questionable tactics in seeking approval for a countywide referendum that extended their terms from two to four years: The chairman of the […]