Op Eds

By Steve Levy The problem today when reading about the results of academic or scientific studies is that the data may be fudged to promote a political agenda. We saw that during the Covid era […]

By Long Island Life & Politics We acknowledge the earth is warming and efforts should be made to deal with it — primarily by promoting technological innovations and using cleaner natural gas as a transition […]

 Across the nation, we have witnessed school-targeted violence at a rate unlike any we have ever seen in this country. The grief and heartbreak families have been forced to endure as a result of these […]

This is the third time since our newspaper first published late last year where we have pleaded for authorities to fortify their schools with armed police. The tragic shooting of three nine-year-olds and three teachers […]

The good news is that up to 16 districts on Long Island are providing either property tax freezes or reductions. (Newsday, LI SCHOOL TAXES TO RISE AN AVERAGE OF 2.2%, March 21. 2023) https://paper.newsday.com/html5/reader/production/default.aspx?edid=13200a10-d460-40b2- 8481-8b58b3a26db1&pnum=2 […]

A single federal jurist, Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, is presently deliberating upon a lawsuit in Texas that could invalidate the use of the abortion pill, mifepristone, nationwide. https://www.npr.org/2023/03/15/1163670457/abortion-pill-kacsmaryk-mifepristone-texas Whether you agree or disagree with the eventual […]

There are a large number of truly horrible things lumped into President Biden‘s 2023-24 budget, including at least eight tax increases. https://www.cato.org/blog/8-biggest-tax-increases-bidens-budget#:~:text=The%20budget%20proposes%20a%20new,%24100%20million%20in%20total%20wealth But the one that is most odious and un-American is the proposal to […]

Newsday is finally giving credence to the likelihood that the Covid pandemic emanated from a lab leak. (Newsday, “Stop games on COVID origins,” March 21, 2023 https://lilifepolitics.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Newsday_StopGamesOnCOVIDOrigins_032123.pdf)  After years of remaining silent as those preaching […]

A New York State Teachers’ Retirement System (NYSTRS) flier notes that, over the past 30 years, investment income has made up 85% of NYSTRS funding, while 15% comes from employer and member contributions.  This is […]