Opinion

I do hate birthdays on the one hand: Who wants to be another year closer to death? But on the other hand, I love ’em.

How dispiriting to hear our president implicitly condone Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s sanctioning of the 2018 murder and dismembering of Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi journalist who reported for The Washington Post.

The Buffalo Bills: a fan’s notes.

Hiking the Paumanok Path is a wonderful experience, as you set foot in places you never would have gone otherwise.

Before the end of the year, Gov. Kathy Hochul will decide the fate of hundreds of thousands of horseshoe crabs.

A standing-room-only crowd gath­ered at Calvary Baptist Church Sunday for the pastoral installation of a new leader, the Rev. Trevon C. Fergerson.

The key to picking cranberries is to think about other things, let the mind drift, and let the hands do the work.

An eventful final meet of the season at Sunken Meadow State Park sends four Whalers to the state cross-country championships.

What’s different now is what happened to photovoltaics — the steady decline in the price of panels.

Eelgrass has disappeared and warmer water has brought a certain parasite, but there is some hope.

In the spirit of The Old Farmer’s Almanac, here are a few winterizing suggestions of our own for the homeowners and homesteaders of Old Bonac.

Sometimes I have these memory visions in which I recapture for a moment very clearly the feeling of stability and permanence of American life in the late 20th century.

The success of Netflix’s “A House of Dynamite,” about the 18 minutes preceding the destruction of Chicago in a nuclear attack, has renewed discussion about the profound danger of nuclear war.

Residents should pay attention to an ongoing discussion of millions in school district spending aimed at improving its buildings and sports facilities.

Adventures in stinking up the place.

It can happen here: Increasing concern over the growing suppression of Georgia’s independent media.

Perhaps the American public has had enough of extremism and grossness, callousness and vengeance.

Ongoing federal budget cuts for drug treatment undermine the White House’s public statements on tariffs supposedly related to fentanyl.

My gut tells me that storms are coming from unfamiliar directions.

Autumn is the most magnificent time for upward-gazing.

From one Greene to another: Keep up the good fight.

A leading feminist artist transitions beyond shame to helping others with their own.

During George W. Bush’s second term, a sculptor friend made a model of the White House from driftwood, with one purpose in mind.

October and November are pleasant months if you, like me, enjoy the preparation for a social event as much as, or more than, the event itself.

East Hampton voters have a choice between two very different candidates for town clerk.

Ballot proposals can be murky matters, with opaque language and obscure origins, and voters on the South Fork are faced with two puzzlers this election year. 

In the face of a student newspaper shutdown, a new group at Indiana University is stepping into the shoes of journalistic heroes like Ernie Pyle.

We need to consider the effect of one-party rule in Town Hall, but this may not be the year to make changes.

Catching up with the Berwinds and their summer retreats, Newport to Bridgehampton.

An unexpected hiccup in getting a pampered nine-pound terrier from L.A. to the East End of Long Island.