Opinion

OPINION It probably feels like the 2020 elections have been going on for years, and in a sense they have. Ever since Donald Trump won the presidency in 2016, the political world has been girding for this moment.   But more Americans than you might expect have only just begun paying attention now that we’re in the […]

New York families recently received some long-awaited good news with the announcement that restrictive nursing-home visitation policies were finally being adjusted. Nursing-home visits had been banned since March because of the pandemic. Since then, some residents’ friends and loved ones were unable to visit because of strict visitation rules that went into effect over the summer.

I was talking to a friend not long ago who was pretty down on politics in all its forms. “I actually find real enjoyment in politics,” I told him. He asked if I was nuts.   No, I said, there’s a lot of pleasure — even joy — to be found in participating. Case in point:

OPINION Seventy-five years ago, the United States dropped atomic bombs on iroshima and Nagasaki in Japan, bringing an end to World War II and sounding a warning about the devastating power of nuclear weapons. Remarkably, we have managed to avoid using these weapons in warfare again. But nuclear arms still present an existential threat, and it

OPINION We are a nation adrift. Even before the pandemic and George Floyd’s death, the U.S. was piling on problems with little sense that we had either the leadership or the political will to address them. The coronavirus and Black Lives Matter protests have amplified those challenges, throwing older ones into stark relief and adding new

OPINION The COVID-19 pandemic brought unparalleled challenges and wreaked havoc on nearly every industry.  Thousands of residents in assisted-living communities [across the state] experienced a sudden separation from their friends and families, while staff and management of these facilities struggled to keep up with demand for personal protective equipment (PPE) as they implemented rigid, enhanced

I have lost track of the times over the years I have heard a politician say, “This is the most important election of my lifetime.” In fact, I have said it myself. And I’m sure we all believed it at the time. But in my case, at least, I know I was wrong in the past.

President Donald Trump continues to lead a dramatic rebound in the jobs economy as America added 1.46 million new private-sector positions in July. The retail, hospitality, and health-care sectors led the way.   In other great news, 1.4 million fewer Americans were unemployed in the month than in June.  The impact of the economic shutdown