Editorial: Fighting Truth Decay
Can we learn to be honest with one another this year? This is a question we’ve been asking of each
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Opinion
Living History: A Young Woman Responds to the Inauguration
At the Lincoln Memorial in June of 2020, on the day National Guard troops stood down and the city reclaimed
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Did You Raid Your Go Bag Last Year?
So what else does Mother Nature have to throw at us after last year? Are you out of ideas? We
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Editorial: 2021 Is Going to Be So Great
It’s 2021! Finally! A blank slate on which to write our dreams for the year ahead. Remember the flash of
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Editorial: Compassion is Beautiful
We were taking a tea break one recent November afternoon at Beacon headquarters when one of us took a look
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Viewpoint: How to Keep Our Schools Open
Pictured Above: Aquebogue Elementary School has been hosting monthly “hybrid” assemblies to recognize students’ accomplishments. | Riverhead Central School District
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The Bright Light of the Future
The November issue of the East End Beacon is always a quandary for us. Because we are a monthly publication,
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Field Notes: Everybody’s Got an Opinion
Our country has been under the sway of the cult of the majority since its founding. The omnipotence of majority
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Editorial: Caregiving is an Equal Rights Endeavor
We live in a world that gives good lip service to the equality of the sexes, but if you scratch
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Letter: “Back the Blue” Means Something Quite Different to Black Americans
Long before the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police and before the media regularly reported them, killings of black
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Citizen Science: How You Can Help Our Local Ospreys
By Aaron Virgin, Vice President, Group for the East End While our towns and cities were locked down and our
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