Columnists
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Asking the Clergy: Ramadan in a time of global crisis
This week's commenters discuss how COVID-19 has changed and deepened the meaning of such obligations as prayer and fasting.
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Janison: Biden's Afghanistan timing gets mixed reactions
Biden's promise of an U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan by Sept. 11 works politically, and symbolically, for the moment.
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Janison: Biden's position on China alters Trump's
Biden cites the rivalry with Beijing's government while urging massive U.S. taxpayer investment in newly defined infrastructure.
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Janison: Biden's early expectation management
Still early in his term, Biden's public statements reveal an effort to manage expectations from the public and from within his party.
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Janison: Ruling the GOP from Mar-a-Lago faces tests
Trump and his acolytes face new tests of how much longer the defeated president can play boss of his own brand of the Grand Old Party.
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Brown: One toke over the (town) line
Long Island officials already are dealing with issues including how to determine when drivers are impaired by marijuana.
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Asking the Clergy: Honoring those lost in the past year
This week's clergy discuss how their congregations are honoring those affected by COVID-19 with prayer, religious rituals and good works.
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God Squad: Ramadan comes during spring this year
The floating nature of the holiday gives rise to the wonderful Muslim greeting, "May you celebrate Ramadan in every season of the year."
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Janison: Meet the new nexus of politics and business
Corporations' role in public affairs has become a salient topic in national politics, largely shaped by the change in White House administrations.
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Janison: Biden faces Putin's Ukraine hostility
As Russia escalates hostile actions in Ukraine, a key question arises over whether Putin is "testing" the Biden administration.
