“Retain Sartain.” You’ve seen the signs. What’s the story? Southampton Town Justice Karen Sartain was appointed to her position at the beginning of this year, and she is now asking ...

A mainstay of Long Island radio shows, WRIV 1390am’s Dawn Patrol interviewed Karen Sartain. Bruce Tria spoke with Karen about her 30-year record as an experience lawyer, her work as ...

I’d like to respond to some assertions Ed Surgan made [“Evolving And Changing,” Letters, 27east.com] in response to a letter I wrote. At the expense of a possible replay of ...

In his letter “Beyond Shameful” [Letters, October 8], Richard Matula declares that Joe Biden should publicly apologize for some of the things he said during his debate with Donald Trump ...

On March 7th, I was privileged to be the guest speaker at the JP Spata Southampton Town Democratic Club breakfast, to give a talk about my book, The Resistance and ...

This election was always going to be about COVID-19. We drift away from it when a news story breaks - when we mourn for RBG, when we are horrified watching ...

In spite of Donald Trump’s hospitalization for COVID-19, many of his supporters are still calling it all a hoax. Republican Senator Chuck Grassley, age 87, won’t seek a coronavirus test, ...

Last week’s blog post featured an interview with Robin Long, 1st vice chair of the Southampton Town Democratic Committee as well as vice chair of both the Suffolk County Democratic ...

Life feels particularly hard right now. The blows just keep coming. Every day another 1000 Americans die from COVID, the pandemic Trump has mismanaged and continues to call a hoax ...

THE LATEST SHINY OBJECT Sept. 20, 2020 – The Supreme Court is not a kitchen table issue.  The issues that count for most people, the kitchen table issues, are keeping ...

On Friday, I was ending what had been a pretty good week. Polls for the election were encouraging; Trump’s bogus law and order campaign was not gaining traction; I mailed ...

The good thing about reading Letters to the Editor from Ed Surgan is that I don’t have to watch Fox News to get a glimpse into right-wing thinking. Mr. Surgan ...

HOW I BECAME A DEMOCRAT Sept. 14, 2020 – Actually, I’ve always been a Democrat, but the title “Why I Am A Democrat” seemed somewhat tame, so I did a ...

I am reading Erik Larson’s book “The Splendid and the Vile.” It’s a great read about Winston Churchill and his defiance during The Blitz. Erik Larson is primarily a writer ...

LET’S SAY I’M A TRUMPER Sept. 12, 2020 -- Just for the fun of it, let’s say I’m a Trumper.  Here I am, seven weeks before the election, looking at ...

My first blog post about voter outreach this year was on mailing handwritten postcards to voters. This post is about the two other forms of voter outreach available to us ...

THREE BOOKS Sept. 10, 2020 — About a week ago, it was Michael Schmidt with ‘Donald Trump v. The United States’ and there were explosive revelations in there, enough that ...

LAW AND ORDER – AN OPPORTUNITY FOR DEMOCRATS Sep 9, 2020 - Law and order is a good thing.  It’s a big part of why we have a government.  The ...

If you are a little along in years, like me, you should know that Donald Trump is not your friend. This won’t take long. There are only two points, you ...

Please join me and vote for Karen Sartain for Southampton Town Justice. I know Karen from the Southampton Town Democratic Committee. She is a very smart and very capable legal ...

The Republican Party has evolved from alternative facts to alternative universe. At their convention, Trump is the COVID savior, the immigration advocate, the rescuer from the dastardly Obama economy and ...

Mitch McConnell and the Senate left town without considering the COVID-19 economic aid package the House sent them months ago. They have allowed the additional federal unemployment compensation to expire ...

On the show AMJOY on MSNBC this weekend, they did a story about how Russia uses our diversity to attack us on social media and that their platform of choice ...

Lee Zeldin is missing in action. Recently, I received a flashy flier from Lee Zeldin touting his accomplishments for the East End. Clearly, it is a piece intended to bolster ...

The U.S. government was the first to employ specialized academics as expert advisers to the president in various fields. Currently, we have Dr. Susan Rice, a Ph.D. from Oxford University, ...