To the editor: I’d like to start today with a little simple math. If you had the enviable task of spending a billion dollars over the course of 30 years. With no earned interest or investment income during that period (which is very unlikely) you would have to spend a little more than ...
To the editor: Are we trying to eat the entire elephant in one bite? After years of not listening to our fire department, we now need a firehouse. Great, let’s take that bite. If we had listened to the firemen, it wouldn’t be an emergency right now. We would have planned for it ...
I feel sorry for those who don’t enjoy reading, for they’re missing out on humanity’s greatest invention ... the book. The joy of reading is something my mother instilled in me at an early age. I remember going to the Locust Valley Public Library before I could read. My mother would ...
As 2025 comes to a close, I think about all the New Year’s resolutions that I will make and break in record time. For me, there are better ways to try to enact change. One practice, in business or at home, I can make happen is having a closing reflection. In work sessions, having participants ...
In July 2025, this weekly traffic safety column alerted readers to an increasing safety problem caused by forward blind zones. An update from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) provides additional information on this subject, more specifically about the increased danger to ...
I’m glad the days are slowly getting longer and brighter. The busyness of shopping, decorating, cooking is over. The week between Christmas and New Year is a time of rest, reflection and change. A time to reset, look in the mirror, plan for the future. These are dark days. Goodness and ...