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The MAGA coalition is dead. Before progressives celebrate, they should recognize that some of its worst elements have found common ground with them, and helped build the coalition that returned Democrats to power in Congress.
Vice President J.D. Vance made that convergence clear in his Nov. 4 post-election assessment.
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BY BRETT FREEMAN
Publisher | 11/13/26 |
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This election season, I want to endorse some ideas about governing and the qualities we should demand from the people we elect. Readers can decide which candidates meet those standards.
Start at the town board level. I want someone who will read...
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BY BRETT FREEMAN
Publisher | 10/30/26 |
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Three children and a teacher went to an elementary school in Oregon on Oct. 15 and never came home.
According to authorities, a 16-year-old gunman shot his way through locked doors at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend. Another child and...
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BY BRETT FREEMAN
Publisher | 10/26/26 |
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Four years ago, I asked then-Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney a question about inflation during a video interview.
I had no idea that his answer would become the most widely seen moment in Halston Media history.
Maloney recalled that when money...
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BY BRETT FREEMAN
Publisher | 10/2/26 |
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I was surprised by how emotional I became on the 25th anniversary of 9/11.
Like so many Americans, I have my own memories of that day. Thankfully, I did not lose someone close to me. I cannot pretend that my experience compares with what so many...
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BY BRETT FREEMAN
Publisher | 9/18/26 |
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After years of technological advancement, I am prepared to declare that humanity’s greatest invention is not the printing press, the automobile or the internet.
It is the swim-up bar.
We stayed for six nights at the Hilton Cancún Mar Caribe, an...
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BY BRETT FREEMAN
Publisher | 9/18/26 |
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The hardest part of our trip was leaving America.
Before reaching Cancún, we survived expired passports, federal bureaucracy, a wrong-way driver and JFK.
There is nothing like planning a relaxing...
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BY BRETT FREEMAN
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9/4/26
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This week, Dr. Anthony Fauci returned to the center of the national debate when he appeared before a Senate committee and invoked his Fifth Amendment rights rather than answer questions about COVID’s origins, gain-of-function research and the...
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BY BRETT FREEMAN
Publisher | 8/8/26 |
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A few weeks ago, I wrote about America’s 250th birthday with gratitude.
I meant every word of it.
This country is not perfect. No country is. But the American story remains one of the most remarkable...
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BY BRETT FREEMAN
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7/31/26
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There are moments when a newspaper should do more than report what is happening in a community. It should also create space for that community to pause, reflect and recognize something larger than the news of the week.
America’s 250th anniversary...
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BRETT FREEMAN
Publisher | 7/2/26 |
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First, congratulations to the Class of 2026.
This is your moment, and it should be celebrated. You have earned the caps, the gowns, the speeches, the family photos, the parties and the chance to hear adults offer advice that you may or may not...
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BRETT FREEMAN
Publisher | 6/29/26 |
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First, congratulations to the New York Knicks.
I realize this may not sound especially impressive coming from someone whose most recent vivid NBA playoff memory is the night NBC interrupted the Knicks-Rockets Finals to show a white Ford Bronco...
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BRETT FREEMAN
Publisher | 6/17/26 |
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Earlier this month, I published a “Brett & the Bot” political cartoon suggesting that President Donald Trump’s endorsement of Congressman Mike Lawler might be the political kiss of death in New York’s 17th Congressional District.
The central...
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BRETT FREEMAN
Publisher | 6/8/26 |
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Over the past few weeks — and especially over the past few days — I’ve found myself feeling overwhelmed in a way that’s difficult to fully describe.
Maybe “malaise” is the word. Maybe exhaustion. Maybe anger.
Probably all three.
I went for a...
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BRETT FREEMAN
Publisher | 5/23/26 |
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I recently came across an idea that stuck with me.
Those who work in hospitals and hospice settings sometimes say they can sense when the end is near. In a person’s final hours, it’s not uncommon for them to call out for their mother.
Whether or...
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BRETT FREEMAN
Publisher | 5/7/26 |
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On June 4, each of our publications will include a special pullout: Celebrating America, marking the 250th anniversary of our nation’s founding.
I’ll admit something candidly. We didn’t arrive at this idea without hesitation.
In a moment when...
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BY BRETT FREEMAN
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4/21/26
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The murder of Sheridan Gorman — a Yorktown High School graduate killed in Chicago — isn’t a distant headline for our readers. It’s a name they recognize, a family they know, a grief that needs no explanation.
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I have enormous respect for the generations that came before me in the workforce.
Boomers built many of the companies and institutions that still define our economy, and Gen X—my generation, though I’m among the youngest of it—came of age during...
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BRETT FREEMAN
Publisher | 3/27/26 |
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On Feb. 21, I was driving eastbound on Route 84 with my wife, our son, our daughter and one of her friends. We were headed to the movies — Riverview Cinemas in Southbury, Conn.
I almost hesitate to share this hidden gem with our thousands of...
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Publisher | 2/27/26 |
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I recently returned from a trip to Disney World with my 12-year-old son.
Before anyone asks: yes, I had to refinance my home.
Before I get into my review, let me explain why we were there in the first place. Jared is in sixth grade at an online...
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BY BRETT FREEMAN
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2/20/26
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