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Vol. 17, No. 63

June 30, 2022

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Protesting the High Court Local activists rally against recent SCOTUS decision — A8

The legacy of Thomas Jefferson Also: Primary election results, hospital security on Long Island & more

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Breaking down Tuesday’s primary election results

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BY RAYMOND JANIS EDITOR1@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) and U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY1) each won their party’s primary election on Tuesday, June 28, setting the stage for the gubernatorial election this November.

Hochul won her race handily, winning every county in the state. She became the first female candidate to win the Democratic nomination for governor.

“I stand on the shoulders of generations of women, generations of women who constantly had to bang up against that class ceiling,” the governor said. “To the women of New York, this one’s for you.”

Hochul bested New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams and Long Island native Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-NY3). Along with his unsuccessful bid for governor, Suozzi vacated his seat in Congress, triggering a primary election to fill that seat which will be held Aug. 23.

Suozzi was not the only Long Islander in the running for governor. On the Republican side, Lee Zeldin, of Shirley, beat out three other Republican candidates, including Andrew Giuliani, carrying 44% of the vote statewide with 76% reported.

In his victory speech, Zeldin said, “I commend all of the candidates in this primary for running a hard-fought race and look forward to working

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Voters will choose between Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) and U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY1) for governor in the November gubernatorial elections. Photos from candidates’ offices

together to fire Kathy Hochul and save our state.

This is a rescue mission to end the attacks on our safety, wallets, freedoms and kids’ education.

Losing is not an option.”

Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado (D) also won his race and will run alongside Hochul throughout this election cycle.

In the legislative race, two Republican candidates — Edward Flood and Thomas Wiermann — competed for their party’s nomination in the 4th Assembly District. Flood, a narrow winner unofficially by 2,491 votes to 2,375, will take on state Assemblyman Steve Englebright (D-Setauket) this November in the general election.

At the county level, Republican Vincent Puleo, town clerk of Smithtown, defeated incumbent Suffolk County Clerk Judith Pascale, who has served in that position since 2006. Puleo received 60% of votes in the primary election.

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Suffolk County hospitals add security measures amid increase in violence

BY DANIEL DUNAIEF DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM While looking after the physical and mental well-being of patients who come in for care, Suffolk County hospitals are also focused on protecting staff, patients and visitors from the kind of violence that has spread recently throughout the country.

Over the past six months, hospital security staff and administrators have added a host of procedures to enhance safety and are considering additional steps.

“New measures have been put in place to minimize risk and better secure our buildings from a variety of threats,” Frank Kirby, Catholic Health Service line manager, wrote in an email. Catholic Health includes St. Catherine of Siena in Smithtown and St. Charles in Port Jefferson, among others.

“All Catholic Health facilities have an ‘active shooter’ contingency policy, which includes training for our employees on what to do in such an event,” Kirby wrote.

Executives at several health care facilities shared specific measures they have put in place.

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The safe room

“Over the last six months or so, we have created something called the safe room,” said Dr. Michel Khlat, director at St. Catherine of Siena. Inside that room, hospital staff can hide and can find emergency items, like a door stop, medical supplies, gauze and first aid equipment.

St. Catherine recommends putting all the tables down in the safe room and hiding.

Khlat added that the hospital recommends that staff not open a door where another staff member knocks, in case a criminal is squatting nearby, waiting for access to the hospital.

Kirby added that Catholic Health facilities actively conducts drills across their hospitals, medical buildings and administrative offices to “sharpen our preparedness for any potential crisis that could impact safety and security.”

Catholic Health hospitals have onsite security guards and field supervisors who have prior military or law enforcement experience, Kirby added.

Northwell Health

As for Northwell Health, which includes Huntington Hospital, Scott Strauss, vice president of Corporate Security at Northwell, said the hospitals have an armed presence that includes many former and active law enforcement officers.

Strauss himself is a retired New York Police Department officer who, as a first responder on 9/11, rescued a Port Authority officer trapped by the fall of the World Trade Center.

Northwell is researching the possibility of installing a metal detection system.

Strauss suggested that the security

Stony Brook University Hospital is among local health care facilities that have added extra precautions to protect staff members, patients and visitors. Photo from Stony Brook Medicine

program could not be successful without the threatening online to share it with authorities, support of senior leadership. either at the hospitals or in the police force.

He suggested that staff and visitors can “You can’t take a chance and let that go,” he said. play a part in keeping everyone safe by At this point, Northwell hasn’t noticed an remaining vigilant, as anyone in a hospital increase in threats or possible security concerns. could serve as the eyes and Northwell has, ears of a security force. however, seen an increase The security staff has in aggressive behavior relied on their 15 to 35 years at practices and in of experience to deescalate the hospitals. any potentially violent In those situations, the situations, Strauss said. security team investigates.

Northwell hospitals They offer to get help, also offer guidance while making it clear to staff for personal that “threatening in any relationships that might way, shape or form is be dangerous. not tolerated,” Strauss “People don’t realize said. “There could be they’re in a poor relationship, consequences” which they might think it’s normal,” could include being —Frank Kirby dismissed from the Strauss said.

Across social media practice and filing police and the Internet, the reports, Strauss said. communications team at Anecdotally, Strauss Northwell monitors online chatter to search believes Northwell has seen an increase in for anything that might be threatening. police reports.

“We evaluate it and notify the police as When the draft of the Supreme Court’s needed,” said Strauss. decision that will likely overturn Roe vs.

Wade, the landmark 1973 case that made Aggressive behavior Strauss urged people who see something it unconstitutional for states to restrict

‘New measures have been put in place to minimize risk and better secure our buildings from a variety of threats.’

abortions, became public, Strauss was concerned about the potential backlash for health care providers.

So far, Strauss said gratefully, Northwell hasn’t seen any violence or threats related to the pending decision.

Stony Brook

Stony Brook University Hospital has an accredited and armed law enforcement agency on campus, in addition to a team of trained public safety personnel within the hospital, explained Lawrence Zacarese, vice president for Enterprise Risk Management and chief security officer at Stony Brook University.

Zacarese indicated that university officers are extensively trained in active shooter response protocols and are prepared to handle other emergency situations.

He added that the staff looks for ways to enhance security.

“Our training and security activities are continuous, and we are committed to exploring additional opportunities to maintain a safe and secure environment,” he explained in an email.

Kirby of Catholic Health Security suggested that hospitals do “more than provide care for surgical and medical inpatients. They also need to guarantee safety for all who enter our grounds.”

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It’s such a wonderful day,

The following incidents have been reported by Suffolk County Police: Centereach Wanted for questioning ■ A resident on Buick Drive in Centereach

at our shops in Stony Brook Village and SoHo, New York City.

reported that two unknown men broke the rear car window of his vehicle on June 22 and removed two iPhones valued at $800 and cash.

■ A resident on Anne Drive in Centereach

reported a petit larceny on June 22. Three men were observed entered her unlocked vehicle in the driveway and removing cash from a wallet. That same day, a car window on Corvette Road in Centereach was broken and a wallet was stolen.

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■ A car was reported stolen from the driveway of a resident on Maple Avenue in Port Jefferson Station on June 22. The vehicle, a 2016 Lincoln MKZ, was valued at $18,000.

■ Speedway on Route 112 in Port Jefferson Station reported a burglary on June 20. A man allegedly broke the front glass door of the store overnight and stole numerous Newport cigarettes valued at $1100.

■ Uncle Giuseppe’s Marketplace on Route 112 in Port Jefferson Station reported a shoplifter on June 19. A man allegedly concealed food items including crab cakes, octopus salad, shrimp and steak in his jacket, went to the self-checkout, paid for several items but not what was in his jacket before fleeing. The items were valued at approximately $100.

Do you recognize this woman? Photo from SCPD

Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Suffolk County Police Sixth Precinct Crime Section officers are seeking the public’s help to identify and locate the woman responsible for allegedly stealing from a South Setauket store this month.

A woman entered Stop & Shop, located at 260 Pond Path, and allegedly stole miscellaneous items on May 28 at approximately 4:55 p.m.

■ Home Depot on Middle Country Road in Selden called the police on June 20 to report a shoplifter. A man allegedly stole copper wire valued at $160.

South Setauket ■ A resident on Champlain Street in Port ■ Stop & Shop on Pond Path in South Jefferson Station reported that someone entered their unlocked vehicle parked in the street on June 18 and stole a wallet containing cash and credit cards. A second resident on the same street reported the same crime on June 19.

Selden

■ Walgreens on Middle Country Road in Selden reported a petit larceny on June 22. A man and a woman allegedly stole 6 12-packs of Corona beer. The items were valued at approximately $100.

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Setauket reported a shoplifter on June 18.

A man allegedly put $1750 worth of allergy and pain medications in a shopping cart and walked out without paying for the items.

Stony Brook ■ Country House Restaurant on North

Country Road in Stony Brook reported a burglary on June 25. Someone broke a window to gain entry but fled when the alarm went off.

— COMPILED BY HEIDI SUTTON

Suffolk County Crime Stoppers offers a cash reward for information that leads to an arrest.

Anyone with information about these incidents can contact Suffolk County Crime Stoppers to submit an anonymous tip by calling 1-800-220-TIPS.

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Rewarding excellence

(Left to right): Joseph DiDonato, Councilwoman Jane Bonner (R-Rocky Point) and Meghan Connolly.

Photo courtesy Bonner’s office

Councilwoman Bonner honors Mount Sinai-Miller Place Chamber Alliance Annual Scholarship award recipients Councilwoman Jane Bonner (R-Rocky Point) attended the Mount Sinai-Miller Place Chamber Alliance Annual Scholarship Award Presentation on June 22 at The Hamlet at Willow Creek in Mount Sinai.

During the event, Councilwoman Bonner honored award recipients Joseph DiDonato, a Mount Sinai High School graduate and Meghan Connolly a Miller Place High School graduate.

Starting this fall, DiDonato will attend Quinnipiac University and Connolly will attend the Fashion Institute of Technology.

The annual Mount Sinai-Miller Place Chamber Alliance awards are presented to two high school seniors who submit an essay about why they deserve the scholarship, and how they will use it to for higher education or a business venture. In addition, they must highlight their work as volunteers in the community.

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LI activists rally to protest Dobbs decision

BY DANIEL PALUMBO DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM The Suffolk Progressives political organization hosted a rally for reproductive rights at Resistance Corner in Port Jefferson Station June 25.

Over one hundred attendees made their voices heard regarding the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 24 decision Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which

overturned the 1973 landmark decision Roe. v. Wade and the 1992 decision Planned Parenthood v. Casey.

Among the attendees were Skyler Johnson (D), who is running for New York State Senate District 1, and Suffolk Progressives activist Shoshana Hershkowitz, both of whom shared their passionate thoughts about this monumental reversal.

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Thomas Jefferson The paradoxical Founding Father who left an imprint on Long Island

BY RICH ACRITELLI DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Independence Day is upon us.

As we prepare for Fourth of July festivities, it is important that we keep in mind what this day celebrates: The signing of the Declaration of Independence, primarily authored by Thomas Jefferson, whose legacy continually evolves.

Jefferson was born April 13, 1743, in Shadwell in the Colony of Virginia into a privileged family supported by the labor of slaves.

His father was a planter and a surveyor.

Jefferson later inherited his father’s land and slaves and began a lifelong project to construct his well-known estate, Monticello.

But Jefferson was destined for a higher calling and was thrust into public life, where he would shape the course of American history.

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The American revolutionary penman

Jefferson was a tall young man, but also awkward and reserved. He demonstrated, however, an early penchant for writing, a skill that served him well as he climbed the ranks of the Virginia House of Burgesses and later the Continental Congress.

Colonial leaders quickly grasped Jefferson’s compositional brilliance, but also observed he said very little. John Adams, who had worked closely with Jefferson in the Continental Congress, once said, “During the whole time I sat with him in Congress, I never heard him utter three sentences together.”

Jefferson was a man of the written — not spoken — word.

While serving in Congress in 1776, Jefferson captured the spirit of his era and produced the Declaration of Independence, a radical pronouncement of America’s uniqueness from the rest of the world, justifying why it was necessary for the 13 American colonies to break off from Great Britain.

Jefferson wrote, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”

Millennia of human conflict and conquest had emphasized man’s separateness in the eyes of his fellow man. America is the only society in history predicated on the notion of human equality, the only place on Earth that had the audacity to proclaim that humans can harmoniously coexist regardless of their religion or race or ethnic background or any other criterion.

While Jefferson presented Americans this challenge, it is worth noting that he did not embody the ideals of the Declaration in his own life. Jefferson was a slaveholder, his place in society secured by the labor of slaves.

As we reflect upon the Declaration, it is questionable whether its author even believed in its principles. Despite the conflict between his head and his heart, Jefferson’s words impact us to this day.

Inspiring generations on Long Island

Jefferson’s patriotic fervor was felt undoubtedly here on Long Island. Most notably, the great Long Island patriot William Floyd had joined the revolutionary cause, becoming the only Suffolk County resident to sign the Declaration of Independence.

Floyd served in the Suffolk County Militia and was a representative to the Continental Congress. He risked his life and property to resist British authority.

Setauket native Maj. Benjamin Tallmadge is another local hero of the American Revolution. Tallmadge is best known for his reconnaissance efforts, collecting information from the Setauket Culper Spy Ring.

During a daring raid in 1780, Tallmadge landed near Cedar Beach in Mount Sinai with a contingent of American soldiers.

Undetected, they marched to Smith’s Point, attacked, and took this British supply base at Carmans River and the Great South Bay. Under orders from Gen. George Washington, Tallmadge destroyed large quantities of hay that was stored in Coram.

Floyd and Tallmadge are just two of the many local examples of service and sacrifice that occurred on Long Island during the revolutionary period. These figures fought to form a new nation, a nation that was first articulated by Jefferson.

Tour of Long Island

The first administration of the United States was headquartered in New York City, not far from Long Island. For this reason Jefferson, Washington and James Madison all visited the local area, a place that had sacrificed much and contributed greatly to the independence movement.

Jefferson and Madison traveled extensively throughout New York state and New England, eager to meet their new countrymen. Both leaders stayed in Center Moriches, where they met with Floyd near his estate. All his life, Jefferson had an unquenchable thirst for knowledge. Intrigued by the various Native American dialects and cultures, he met with several tribes in eastern Long Island.

Jefferson notably encountered the

This Fourth of July, Long Islanders continue to grapple with the legacy of Thomas Jefferson, the author of the Declaration of Independence. Pixabay photo

Unkechaug [Patchogue] Indian Nation.

Because most of this tribe spoke English, Jefferson successfully transcribed many parts of their language. His research has helped keep alive cultural studies into one of the two remaining Native American groups here on Long Island today.

From Drowned Meadow to Port Jefferson

Jefferson’s influence can also be felt through the history of Port Jefferson, formerly known as Drowned Meadow. This nowbustling village was first settled in 1682, located within the heart of Suffolk County and the Town of Brookhaven. In 1836, the people of Drowned Meadow renamed their community in Jefferson’s honor.

During his address to Congress in 1806, Jefferson highlighted the importance of connecting the United States through infrastructure programs. He said that “new channels of communication will be opened between the States; the lines of separation will disappear, their interests will be identified, and their union cemented by new

and indissoluble ties.”

Port Jefferson has always been known for the industriousness of its people, as a productive and forward-looking community.

Look no further than its shipbuilding history or The Bridgeport & Port Jefferson Ferry to see how infrastructure investments from the past keep us connected to this day.

Port Jefferson is one of 30 towns and counties across the United States that have been named in Jefferson’s honor. Jefferson surely appreciated Long Island — its natural beauty, its indigenous cultures and the local patriots who provided necessary intelligence to gain tactical advantages over the British forces.

This Fourth of July, as residents and visitors enjoy fireworks shooting above Port Jefferson Harbor, they should remember their own place in history and the figure in history whose name their community bears today.

Rich Acritelli is a history teacher at Rocky Point High School and adjunct professor at Suffolk County Community College.

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A giant step backward for womankind

People often wish they could turn back time. The U.S. Supreme Court did just that on Friday, June 24.

America has been cast back to the mid-20th century as states can now make it illegal for women to get abortions. The justices overturned Roe v. Wade, the 1973 landmark decision that granted a pregnant woman federal license to have an abortion and struck down federal and state laws that forbade the medical procedure. The recent Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision also overturned Planned Parenthood v. Casey, the 1992 decision that affirmed Roe’s central holding and cemented abortion access as judicial precedent.

Around two dozen states are now poised to criminalize abortion, a collective slap in the face to all women from the court’s conservative majority. Women of childbearing age will now have fewer options than their mothers or grandmothers. The reversal can lead to dangerous abortions, especially when one has limited access to health care.

The U.S. already has the highest maternal mortality rates among developed nations, according to the Commonwealth Fund. The actual number is bound to climb as women’s reproductive health is no longer federally protected.

How will these states deal with the repercussions? How will they pay for children whose parents can’t afford to raise them or for the therapy some women will need after delivering a child conceived during rape? Who will adopt or foster the children who are given up, because a mother knows she can’t take care of her child.

Yes, there are more ways to try to prevent unwanted pregnancies.

However, birth control is not 100%, and in the case of rape, sometimes by someone who is known, people are not always given a choice regarding having sex.

What’s equally disturbing is that Justice Clarence Thomas wrote that other landmark decisions such as those regarding contraception, sodomy laws and same-sex marriage should be reconsidered.

Are the Supreme Court justices allowing religion to motivate them when making these decisions or suggesting reviews of other laws? There have been debates over when life begins, because we live in a melting pot where people come from various religious backgrounds and some don’t identify with any one religion. In the U.S., we have varying opinions on numerous subjects. There is a need to make a decision considering those varying opinions.

Most of all, women deserve body autonomy. Lawmakers can’t make Americans donate organs after death, so how can they tell women that no matter what their circumstances, one option is not available to them.

The reversal of Roe v. Wade sets a dangerous precedent.

Allowing states to set their own laws regarding major issues can lead to chaos.

U.S. citizens don’t have to sit on the sidelines. Every election is a chance to voice our opinions. During the midterm elections, vote for the candidates who will protect and fight for our rights to make our own personal choices.

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Municipalities should implement a parking fee holiday for workers

states to outlaw or severely restrict

abortions, affecting tens of millions It’s notable in the aftermath of of people around the country who the recent SCOTUS decision that To help give Americans a little overturned Roe v. Wade that people “breathing room” in the face of will have to cross state lines to seek have the feeling of having won or skyrocketing energy prices and reproductive health care. For those lost — like a Super Bowl game that runaway inflation, President [Joe] who cannot afford to travel to safe happens every 50 years.

Biden [D] has called for a federal gas What happened to fairness and tax holiday that will save the average havens, we can expect a return to back sportsmanship? What I see from alley “procedures” and unsafe attempts Republicans is boastful gloating, consumer 18 cents per gallon of gas through the end of September.

Though by women to relieve themselves of a from Democrats fear and panic. Add anger on the Democrat side which I it only amounts to a 3.5% savings, as situation they are neither ready for nor can understand since polls indicate the adage goes, “Every little bit helps.”

But I’m asking myself what could capable of supporting. There will be two-thirds of Americans favor legal municipalities do on a local level to more deaths, more danger and certainly abortion, just not the Supreme Court.

But on closer consideration of the match this gas tax holiday?

Currently, there’s a wildly more children born into circumstances issue, the obvious occurred to me: It takes two people to make a fetus popular idea circulating around Port including poverty, homelessness, drug — male and female. Historically Jefferson Harbor to give employees of and alcohol abuse, child abuse, lack of the burden has fallen on females for businesses a parking fee holiday. The health care, etc. obvious reasons; they carry the fetus idea consists of employees displaying And those who applaud this decision and give birth. But is there a way to a recent pay stub on their dashboards that would give them an exemption hold the father accountable? should be ashamed of themselves for Pro-life advocates have talked about from “feeding the meter,” which recreating the conditions that we as a supporting babies after they are born. would not only save up to $12 per day But they are falling short now. It’s in parking costs, but also relieve the country were able to overcome more unrealistic to think they’re going to stress of having to keep one eye on than 49 years ago. Are the right-wing change now that they have “won.” In the clock while one is working so they extremists, who are so very concerned the name of fairness, the “entity” that don’t have to run out in what could be should support the mother and the child inclement weather to avoid getting a about the “sanctity of life,” going to is not society, but rather the father. Is disheartening ticket that could ravage care for the babies that result from their pay for the day. there a way to identify this person.

If municipalities such as Port these pregnancies once they are out of There is … DNA analysis. I would Jefferson were to follow Biden’s the womb? Does the will of the people, like to propose that all males — maybe all people — of reproductive age be lead with this prescribed “parking which shows that a strong majority of required to provide DNA samples to fee holiday” through late September, officials. This way it would determine it could provide real savings to the citizens support the 1973 Roe v. Wade who the father is. Then this person working men and women of Long decision, truly matter? And what’s could rightfully be held responsible Island who are struggling to survive next? Gay marriage, no doubt. Or will and be required to support the mother in the face of this current economic and the child. In the name of fairness, storm. And if the federal government it be access to birth control in order if society can negate a woman’s right is willing to bite the bullet on revenue to avoid these unwanted pregnancies? to have an abortion, then it ought to provide some “breathing room,” I am disgusted by the path this to be able to hold the father equally why can’t municipalities follow suit?

Again, like the adage states, “Every country is headed down, with stops responsible for the child it helped produce. I say this as a fairness issue, little bit helps.” on Sexism Street, Low-Income Lane Eugene R. Dunn not pro-life/pro-choice. and Disproportionate Drive. The Medford It’s notable that the gender that fact that three justices, appointed by does not have to carry the fetus and Disgusted by the country’s give birth is also the gender more current path the least qualified “president” in our On Jan. 22, 1973, the Supreme likely to be pro-life — to tell a woman nation’s history, helped to eliminate that she cannot have an abortion. I Court of the United States ruled that think maintaining a DNA registry women had the constitutional right a fundamental right for women to would equal the playing field. I to safe and legal abortions in all 50 control their own bodies is a slap might add it would also facilitate law states. This landmark, bipartisan in the face. Midterm elections and enforcement in finding criminals. Just decision was the final steppingstone imagine how things would change if in the journey to protect a woman’s gubernatorial races have never been men were held equally responsible right to autonomy over her own so important. And women will rule the for their contribution to an unwanted body. On June 24, 2022, the court’s conservative majority, including three electorate. pregnancy.

Stefanie Werner Having said this, I want to remind Trump appointees, overturned this all people: The best way to protest is ruling, upending a woman’s liberty to East Setauket choose to abort a pregnancy. not to complain — vote!

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Opinion What if climate change deniers are wrong?

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e don’t usually go to bed thinking, “what if I’m wrong?” We don’t get up asking ourselves the same question.

We develop our beliefs, stick with them and, as time goes on, we defend them or push for change based on something we think, or are fairly certain, we know.

But it’s worth considering the possibility that we might be wrong, particularly in connection with something as important as the only habitable D. None planet we know.

If you don’t believe of the above climate change is a

BY DANIEL DUNAIEF threat and you think rules restricting environmental pollution are unnecessary and a federal government overreach, have you considered the consequences of being wrong?

I won’t trot out all the climate science experts who have what they consider incontrovertible proof that the climate is warming based on years of data.

You’d probably come back with the argument that the data can be interpreted in other ways or that science itself rarely has complete certainty.

You might even suggest that a warmer climate would mean we wouldn’t need to use as much heat during the winter months and that some crops might grow better during a longer, hotter growing season.

While I don’t ascribe to those thoughts — which a headline grabbing Republican recently espoused — because of the danger to so many staple crops from a warmer season that could include droughts and storms that cripple cities and destroy crops, I want those who don’t believe climate change is real to consider what might happen if they are wrong.

At the time of this writing, the Supreme Court hadn’t ruled on West Virginia vs.

Environmental Protection Agency. If the conservative majority, who have been

reshaping the political and legal landscape at a rapid pace, rules as expected, the EPA will have less authority to regulate power plant pollution.

That would mean power plants won’t have to comply with federal rules that limit the gases they emit into the environment and the pollutants they send into the air.

These companies may be able to make more money by continuing to operate as they had in the past. Yay for them? Right? Well, not so fast.

What’s the risk if they are wrong? We all make decisions when weighing risks, whether it’s the types of stocks we invest in, the places we go that might be dangerous at night, or the undercooked foods we eat.

So, if they’re wrong, the world continues to heat up, storms such as hurricanes move more slowly, dumping more rain on any one area, crops get destroyed, glaciers continue to melt causing sea levels to rise, and biodiversity declines, wiping out species that might have otherwise led to cures for disease or provide future food sources.

Some areas also become uninhabitable.

Our children, grandchildren and future

generations can’t come back to tell us who was right. What we do or don’t do, however, will undoubtedly affect them.

Using the same logic climate change deniers use to suggest that nothing is certain, it seems critical to hedge their bets, protecting us from a future they believe is possible but unlikely.

Even if the Supreme Court acts (or acted, depending on the timing) as expected, we don’t have to be fatalistic or cynical about the next steps in the battle against our own gaseous waste.

Utilities and other companies that produce these gases have to take responsibility for their actions, regardless of what the Supreme Court says or does. Even reluctant legislators have to consider what might happen if they are wrong. Yes, leaders have numerous other problems.

We can’t ignore the Earth. If some people consider the consequences of freeing up companies to send carbon dioxide into the only air we have, they might be making a one-way mistake. They must consider what will happen if they are wrong.

Optimism and joy make for long lives

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omen need some good news right about now, after the Roe decision, and here it is: Women are more likely to live past 90. But there is a caveat. We have to be optimistic. Now, don’t poo poo this statement.

It comes from a large study by researchers at Harvard University and was published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.

Entitled, “Optimism, Lifestyle and Longevity in a Racially Diverse Cohort of Women,” the study deals with 26 years of data from almost Between 160,000 women between the ages of 50 and 79. you and me All the participants

BY LEAH S. DUNAIEF were selected for their optimism with quantitative measures of testing.

Researchers found that the top quarter of the women in the study with the most positive outlook would probably live 5.4% longer than the least

optimistic 25% of participants. Further, the more optimistic women were 10% more likely to live past the age of 90 than the least optimistic cohort.

The link between optimism and longer lifespan could be seen across racial and ethnic groups.

“Optimism may be an important asset to consider for promoting health and longevity in diverse populations,” states the article. Non-Hispanic White, Black, Hispanic/Latina and Asian, American Indian and Alaskan native women were in the group.

“A high proportion (53%) of the women [in the optimism group] achieved exceptional longevity,” according to the study. “Higher optimism was associated with longer lifespan and a greater likelihood of achieving exceptional longevity overall and across racial and ethnic groups. The contribution of lifestyle to these associations was modest. Optimism may promote health and longevity in diverse ethnic and racial groups. Future research should investigate these associations in less long-lived populations,” concludes the Journal. Francine Grodstein, ScD and Laura D. Kubzansky, PhD, were the principal researchers of the study.

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Interestingly, of those tested, women with higher optimism levels were more frequently nonHispanic White with higher education levels.

This study also suggests that optimism is “just as important as exercise when it comes to longevity.” The researchers found this to be true even when other factors like depression, chronic health conditions and racial, social and economic background were taken into account. So a positive outlook on life may be just as important as fitness—or so lazy optimists would like to believe, and based on this large study, they may be right.

Stress, on the other hand, can take a toll on mental and physical health. According to an article in this past Tuesday’s New York Times, “certain types of stress can even age your immune system.”

In a study involving 5700 adults aged 50 and over, stresses like job strain, stressful life events, every day or lifetime discrimination (including sexism or ageism) and traumatic life events were cross referenced with immune cell counts from participants’ blood. Simple aging is also a stress on the immune system.

One way to prevent or minimize immune cell aging may be to minimize or do away with

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unhealthy habits like smoking and drinking. But all kinds of stress, we intuitively know, can effect physical health.

How do we help ourselves further reduce stress?

Taking stock of our emotions is a good place to start. Knowing and acting on what brings us joy and where we can find social support can help.

“That may mean pursuing hobbies, spending time with loved ones, or unplugging from work or social media when you can,” suggests Hannah Seo, writing for the NYT. “Mindfulness practices, exercise and healthy eating habits can also help you feel good physically, which in turn can make you feel good mentally,” according to Renee Eddy, a New York City psychotherapist, quoted in the NYT. My best defense against stress is having social support from family and friends. My son, daughter-in-law and grandson recently visited for four days, and just interacting with them was a joy.

My friends call and just chatting leaves me feeling happy, not to mention more informed.

Stresses can negatively affect longevity. Joy and optimism, we are told by current research, can increase lifespan.

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