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Greg Blass When it comes to tick-borne illness, you must be your own advocate
Even today, some doctors know little about it, and have to be coaxed into testing for it.
Greg Blass Politics vs. policy in treating tick-borne illnesses: Which will prevail?
The influence of the health insurance lobby over public health policymakers results in a treatment protocol that puts profits over patients.
Suffolk Closeup: Coping with the thieves among us
When backyard varmints strip all the fruit from more than 40 trees, there's only one thing left to do.
Greg Blass: Suffolk politics, a powerful union and 84 dismissed police misconduct complaints
It is clear that the police commissioner, and not a front man, has a lot to explain.
Must STEM focus come at the expense of the humanities at Stony Brook?
A major university should offer a broad education. Learning in literature, theatre, cultural studies are important to a student’s education, and her or his understanding of the world.
Looking back on 50-plus years reporting the news in Suffolk County
In the rear-view mirror: Karl Grossman reflects on his decades of reporting on Suffolk County issues, government and politics.
Greg Blass: There is power in positivity
"The mind is its own place, and in itself, can make a heaven of hell, or a hell of heaven."
Denise Civiletti: Reflections on the 50th anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court decision on interracial marriage
Richard and Mildred Loving were convicted of felonies for violating Virginia's Racial Integrity Act. In 1967 the U.S. Supreme Court in a unanimous decision invalidated laws banning interracial marriage.
Greg Blass: Education should stoke, not stifle, free thought and free expression
Are our centers of learning molding future generations to push away those who have a different point of view, or philosophy, or belief system?
Suffolk Closeup: Keys to a successful congressional campaign according to this district’s longest-serving congressman
Otis Pike's campaigns were notoriously frugal, hard-hitting, intelligent and witty — like the congressman himself. He represented the NY-1 from 1961 to 1979.
