Joe Scotchie
Joe Scotchie is the editor of both The Roslyn News and New Hyde Park Illustrated News. In 2009, he won a New York State Press Association award for a sports feature. Joseph Scotchie’s past publications include biographies of Thomas Wolfe and Richard Weaver and a comprehensive history of the city of Asheville, North Carolina.
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A Prophetic Voice: Buchanan Lays Down His Pen
There are plenty of mossbacks out there who miss the age of print. Who can forget The New York Daily News of the 1970s or The New York Post of the 1980s and ‘90s? For The...
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The Gold Coast: Its Life In The American Imagination
No one knows when the moniker “Gold Coast” came into being. If the 1920s represented the first decade of the modern era, then you say can it was also the decade when Long Island’s North...
People & Places
Redemption Road: The Jim Brown Story
In some respects, Jim seems to be a rebel without a cause, an angry young man unclear about what angers him, He is an extremely complex person. — Harvey Russell, vice president of Pepsi-Cola, in 1956 In...
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Witness To A Century: The Averell Harriman Story
Being governor of New York is one of the most high-profile positions in American politics. There was a time when holding that job made one an instant potential candidate for president. Longtime Port Washington resident Averell...
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That Seventies Novel
Review of: Crossroads by Jonathan Franzen The novelist Jonathan Franzen is a bird watcher, so much so that he published a book on his passion, The End of the End of The Earth. While celebrating bird...
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Kerouac At 100: The Road Goes On…And On
It’s 2022 and “the twos” have it. First, the centennial of Ulysses, then The Wasteland and now that of Jack Kerouac (1922-1969), the famed novelist of On The Road, a prolific author who briefly called...
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The Death Of The Death?
When Patrick J. Buchanan ran a poor fourth in the 2000 presidential election, his career seemed over. Critics forgot that Buchanan could also turn to his syndicated column, The McLaughlin Group—and his manuscripts. Already the...
People & Places
Lincoln At Cooper Union: The Road To The White House
If George Washington took advantage of his time on the New York stage, the same is true of Abraham Lincoln. It’s hard to imagine, but Lincoln going into the cataclysmic 1860 election was not a...
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New York Presidents: The Famous and The Forgotten, Part I
In the nation’s early years, Virginia was the nation’s most populous state. Presidents came from Old Dominion: Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, John Tyler and Zachary Taylor. With its busy port a destination for the world’s...
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Condolences to Family of Tom DiNapoli
The Nassau County Democratic Committee sends it's condolences to NYS Comptroller Tom DiNapoli and his family on the passing of his father Nicholas "Nick"...
Manganos Found Guilty On Federal Charges
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This time, there was no mistrial. A federal jury convicted Ed and Linda Mangano of bribery and other federal charges on March 8. No sentencing date...
Vocalosity To Perform At Tilles Center January 20
Vocalosity – The Aca-Perfect Concert Experience will be appearing at Tilles Center for the Performing Arts at LIU Post on Friday, Jan. 20, at 8...
Grab A Slice With A Slice Of Brooklyn Bus Tours
Many Long Islanders are descendants of Brooklynites. Growing up, I heard stories from my grandpa who grew up in Brooklyn, met my grandma in...
David Crosby: Deja Vu All Over Again
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Well into his sixth decade as a recording and touring artist, David Crosby shows no signs of flagging; to the contrary, he has never...
