Articles Tagged ‘Suffolk’
Shut Up And Vote
My family moved to the United States from Canada when I was 4 years old. Growing up, I can vividly recall a small plaque with the Pledge of Allegiance on the wall of my father’s office. Every day for months before my 10th birthday, I read it aloud and tried to memorize it. Finally the day came when I would speak these words aloud to someone other than my parents.
2009 Election Directory
This year’s local elections hold perhaps more importance for Long Islanders than ever before. The world is a very different place than it was last time our local politicians shined their shoes and went door-to-door handing out campaign literature and making new promises. The implosion of the U.S. housing market and the global economic crisis that continues to ripple through our economy in its wake have drastically changed the fiscal outlook for everyone, from international conglomerates to mom-and-pop shops to already cash-strapped households.
March of Dropping Dimes
Kids are often punished for texting in school, but Suffolk police are now asking them to make an exception when it comes to anonymously reporting crimes committed by classmates in what is shaping up to be another tool to fight the “stop snitching” sentiment on the streets.
The Best of LI 2009
It has been noted by both sociologists and laypeople alike that humankind’s great affection for sports goes beyond the remarkable spectacle and spirituality of athletic events—the superhuman feats, the visual poetry, the impossible unpredictability. No, while those things fill column inches and highlights reels, what it is we truly love about sports is that they offer us a clear and reliable understanding of rank—their superlatives are not subjective.
