BILL'S COLUMN

Newsday Link The day after the South surrendered, President Abraham Lincoln asked that “Dixie” be played at the White House. It’s...

Newsday link Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar was the near-perfect pick to be former Vice President Joe Biden’s running mate. Not any more....

Newsday Link A heartening story out of Ireland. Perhaps you’ve seen it. History-minded Irishmen learned of the tragedy unfolding within...

Newsday link My brother, Gerry, and I were fishing off a small country bridge in northwest Connecticut circa 1969. He was around 8; I was...

Newsday link A fantastical rumor broke out within hours of the World Trade Center towers falling that many New Yorkers will recall. A man...

Newsday link Each day brings new and terrifying speculation. It’s as if we want to frighten ourselves with the unknown and carve “2020”...

Newsday link Richard Brodsky could recite Shakespeare on demand. He could do the same with Irish verse. But it was his jokes I’ll most...

Newsday link “There is something in humility which strangely exalts the heart.” — Saint Augustine Humility is the word that keeps coming...

Newsday link So you’re working from home? Been there. Done that. Still doing it. It’s been eight years and counting since I traded in my...

Newsday link Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren has said she’s staying in the Democratic presidential primary all the way to the July 13...

Newsday link Abraham Lincoln was the only American president to have filed an application with the U.S. Patent Office. His inflatable air...

Newsday link I was wrong about Mitt Romney. I always thought he was wishy-washy. Turns out, he’s anything but. The Utah Republican...

Newsday Link A week ago, if you squinted your eyes and tilted your head just so, there was a clear path to the Democratic presidential...

OPINION COLUMNISTS WILLIAM F. B. O'REILLY📷By William F. B. O'Reilly @wfbor Will Democrats ever understand capitalism? Newsday link If...

Newsday Link OPINION COLUMNISTS WILLIAM F. B. O'REILLY📷By William F. B. O'Reilly @wfbor This scrappy old sailor hits 100 📷 John...

Newsday link here. Mike Bloomberg is a good man. You see it in his philanthropy. You see it in how he’s lived his life. But politics is...

“Consistency, madam, is the first of Christian duties.” — English novelist and poet Charlotte Bronte The National Organization for Women...

The British Foreign Office debated a fantastical idea in the 1980s to address two historic challenges at once. Hong Kong would revert...

A simple, unsolicited solution for reducing big money in New York political campaigns: make donors give to a race rather than a...

Democrats in Congress don’t seem to realize that the impeachment hearings are already over. The sides have been divvied up, the votes...