BILL'S COLUMN

Newsday link "I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice," President Abraham Lincoln wrote, and there’s been...

Newsday link In May 2016, I quit the Republican Party after 35 years when it became clear that Donald Trump had become its leader. My...

Newsday link There were two shows my brothers and sisters and I weren’t allowed to watch growing up. One was "M*A*S*H." The other was...

Newsday link Count on Russia — Vladimir Putin’s Russia. Just as we’re scratching one another's eyes out in the wake of the presidential...

Newsday link Within weeks of Germany declaring war on the United States, following Japan’s surprise attack on Pearl Harbor 79 years ago...

Newsday link A friend pulled into a gas station near his Peoria, Illinois, home a month before Election Day. At an adjoining pump sat a...

Newsday link It wasn’t a fluke — 2016, that is. That’s the lasting takeaway from this year’s presidential election, however it turns out....

Newsday link Philadelphia Eagles’ defensive tackle Malik Jackson did something in a recent game against the San Francisco 49ers that was...

Newsday link Boring sounds good right about now. Russia steppe in August boring. One thirsts dryness, if that’s at all possible....

Newsday link There’s an old gag about slips of the tongue. I’ll tell it from the female point of view for purposes of domestic...

Newsday link When President Donald Trump encouraged North Carolinians to vote twice recently — by absentee ballot and in person — a chill...

Newsday link There’s a very good cigar made by Rafael Nodal — the cigar maker not to be confused with Rafael Nadal the tennis sensation....

Newsday link It always sounds good — then reality pervades. We’ll get one giant tent, Gaddafi-style, and head out into the wild. But...

Newsday link I was planning on writing a column about the Democratic Party Convention. Nothing earth shattering — a shot at former...

Newsday link Former Vice President Joe Biden will choose a running mate in the next few days. His pick should reveal a great deal about...

Newsday link Someday, when this is all over — COVID-19, Trumpism, puritanical progressivism, civic rage, hyper-materialism — someone, a...

Newsday link In March and April, we saw the best of New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo. He was decisive when many leaders appeared unsteady....

Newsday link A space ship could land on the White House lawn or a war could break out with Suriname. But absent that, two compelling...

Newsday Link The U.S. Capitol might look very different seven months from now. If current polling holds, we’re probably looking at a...

Newsday link A statue of President George Washington is toppled in Oregon; an American flag is draped across him, burning. The crowd of...