Greg Blass
Opinion column by Greg Blass, a retired public servant who served as Suffolk County social services commissioner, NYS family court judge and Suffolk County legislator.
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?
Greg Blass: The fix is in: Party bosses, not voters, decide who will be Suffolk County’s next district attorney and sheriff
Voters and elections are mere afterthoughts when the party bosses meet behind closed doors to pick candidates and cut cross-endorsement deals.
Greg Blass: Sleep is much more than ‘beauty rest’
We've become a sleep-deprived society, beginning with childhood. And it's wreaking havoc on our health.
Greg Blass on EPCAL: Tread carefully, Riverhead
There's more than meets the eye in this suspenseful mix of high-end finance, jet-set real estate investors, a huge, daunting land deal and local politics.
Greg Blass How will the SCCC fitness center fare?
The fitness center at Suffolk County Community College's eastern campus will have a lot of private sector competition on the East End. How will it measure up?
Greg Blass Why the disappearance of butterfly species should worry all of us
Variation is normal, but the numbers of Monarch butterflies have all but crashed. The Monarch's food and nesting source, the wildflower known as milkweed, has disappeared rapidly — 150 million acres of milkweed in the U.S. are gone.
Greg Blass As groundwater quality crisis worsens, it’s time to tap Pine Barrens water reserve
Ever since the undeveloped acres in the Pine Barrens started to be bought up with a specially dedicated, quarter-cent sales tax-funded bonding in 1987, the intention was as a future, rainy day kind of water resource. That rainy day is here — in spades.
Greg Blass The president versus the press: news conferences like we’ve never seen before
A self-confessed presidential news conference groupie, Greg Blass reflects on how point-counterpoint of the past has evolved into punch-counterpunch, with news conferences suited less for the East Room and more for Madison Square Garden.
Greg Blass This court can save your child’s life
The return of the Juvenile Drug Treatment Court in Suffolk County is good news for parents and families.
Greg Blass Ever-elusive, wisdom requires an open mind and plenty of self-doubt
"Fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts."
