Letters

Saying Goodbye

The Golden Pear Café in Bridgehampton will close its doors on Monday, October 27. After 30 years of faithful service, meaningful relationships and contributions to the heart of this community, we are forced to say goodbye. We have been disappointed...

What Can Be Better?

My name is Michael Hansen, I live in Wainscott, and I am running for East Hampton Town clerk. I have been endorsed by the East Hampton Democratic Party and the Working Families Party. My wife, Jess, is a field manager...

Something Crooked

There’s something crooked happening in the Southampton Town Council elections. In our polarized times, we’ve gotten used to the idea that there are candidates on the far left and the far right, usually represented in New York elections by the...

In This Together

I attended both “No Kings” rallies in June and again last Saturday. The spirit of both were identical: We are a community of Americans, coming together, expressing ourselves in the most American of ways — by demonstrating and marching. Both...

Slippery as an Eel

Reading a letter from Thomas Jones [“Clarity Needed,” Letters, October 16] always reminds me of a statement from the Ministry of Truth in Orwell’s “Nineteen Eighty-Four.” The narrative is always adjusted so that every action taken by the current administration...

Connective Threads

It was a stunningly beautiful day for our community to gather for the worldwide rally declaring “No Kings” in America. The sun reflected on my phone where my speech notes were housed, rendering my mapped-out speech a circuitous chopping block...

Saying Goodbye

The Golden Pear Café in Bridgehampton will close its doors on Monday, October 27. After 30 years of faithful service, meaningful relationships and contributions to the heart of this community, we are forced to say goodbye. We have been disappointed...

A Rare Commodity

I feel compelled to respond to a number of letters published last week by people spreading lies and propaganda. I’ll go through their claims one by one, because we need to investigate their cognitive dissonance. Let’s start with John Porta...

Letters Policy Notice

Get Facts Right

Reader Ed Surgan writes at length about President Donald Trump’s Justice Department’s case against James Comey, claiming that the former director of the FBI is guilty of treason [“Fomenting Anarchy,” Letters, October 16]. The fact is that the case against...