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Smithtown supervisor looks back on working for previous presidents By Kevin Redding kevin@tbrnewspapers.com As soon as you set foot in the second-floor town hall office of Smithtown Supervisor Pat Vecchio (R), you’re absorbed by the New York City cop-turned-public servant’s accomplished and historic career, on full display in frames and cases around the room. “You’ve got to take a look at these walls,” the 86-year-old says proudly, from behind his wooden desk. Dozens of black-and-white photos of famous politicians, public figures and entertainers from the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s decorate the walls, all of which feature a younger yet instantly recognizable Vecchio, side-byside with everyone from astronaut John Glenn to Queen Sikrit of Thailand to Marlon Brando to Prince Charles to Sammy Davis Jr. The photo that stands above the others, favorite presidents — about 10 times. both in placement and impact, is the giant “Occasionally, he would go to a play one that hangs on the wall behind his desk, in Manhattan and so three or four Secret which shows then-Senator John F. KenneService men, myself and others would go dy (D) and Jackie Kennedy sitting on the with him to the play,” he said. “He would back of a convertible waving to a Manhatcome into the city, sometimes alone, and tan crowd while a 30-year-old Vecchio, his plane would land at Marine Air Termiserving in a special security squad that nal at LaGuardia and he would go directly protected visiting dignito the Carlisle Hotel.” taries, stands alongside ‘For a young guy from While Kennedy and the vehicle patrolling Vecchio never exchanged Brooklyn never having his surroundings. words, as the young New “That was October seen a president, no less York City cop took his job 1960, a week before he providing security very semeet a president, for him [Kennedy] was elected riously, he said he remempresident, in the lower to shake my hand was bers Kennedy well. end of Broadway,” Vec“I could describe him just ... awesome.’ chio recalled. as my mother once did: As a member of — pat vecchio He looked like a Ken doll, the Bureau of Special Barbie’s boyfriend,” he Services from 1959 to said with a laugh. “I always remember he 1966, the Smithtown supervisor said he had a golden tan, he was slim and tapered, was assigned to Kennedy on numerous and he would smile and give a nod to all occasions when he was senator, presidentaround him as he entered or left a room.” elect and president, as he visited New York Before Kennedy, Vecchio guarded Presioften. Overall, Vecchio said he guarded dent Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) in late Kennedy — whom he considers one of his 1959 and early 1960, to whom he was

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filtering system, a lighting system and water filtration system that were used as part of a hydroponic marijuana growing system. Portal, 45, was charged with four counts of third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, first-degree criminal possession of marijuana, two counts of criminal use of drug paraphernalia, three counts of third-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance and two counts of fifth-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance. Suffolk County Police Commissioner Tim Sini said the event was a great success. “This is a significant blow,” he said. “It doesn’t matter where you live, who you are, if you are dealing drugs in this county, the Suffolk County Police Department is coming for you.” Attorney information for Portal was not immediately available.

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North Shore residents divided on Presidents’ Day

Some protestors condemn Trump’s actions and rhetoric, others sing his praises By Kevin Redding kevin@tbrnewspapers.com North Shore residents on both sides of the political spectrum made their voices heard during a local iteration of the nationwide Not My Presidents’ Day protest Monday, Feb. 20. Those driving down Route 25A in East Setauket between 3 and 5 p.m. on Presidents’ Day found themselves caught in between the country’s most heated debate. On one side of the road, a large crowd of diverse protesters rallied against President Donald Trump (R) and his policies, holding up signs that read “Trump is toxic to humans” and “Not my President.” On the other side, a smaller but just as passionate group gathered to support the command-

er-in-chief, holding signs that read “Liberal Lunacy,” with an arrow pointed toward the group on the other side, and “Pres. Trump Will Make America Great Again.” Not My Presidents’ Day rallies took place across the country including New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Atlanta and Philadelphia, with thousands of Americans taking to the streets to denounce the president, just one month into his term. The main group involved in East Setauket’s rally was the Long Island Activists for Democracy, an offshoot of MoveOn.org, which, according to its website, is the largest independent, progressive, digitally connected organizing group in the United States. Activists for Democracy founder Ruth Ann Cohen, from Lake Grove, held a sign that asked “Why Is Not My President Adolf Trump in Love with Putin?” She said she started the meetup in an effort to “uphold democracy” and stand up to the president, Photos by Kevin Redding whom she called a traitor. Protestors hold signs during the rally in “He refuses to show his taxes, he’s been east Setauket Feb. 20 monetizing the presidency left and right, he’s denigrated our country, he’s a coward, that’s what’s brought all these people out,” and a misogynist,” Cohen said. Referring to those on the other side of the Stony Brook resident Craig Evinger said. Bill McNulty, a Setauket resident and road, she said, “Those people don’t believe Army veteran who served between 1957 in anything, their minds are full of hatred ... and 1964, said he’s been rallying on behalf build a wall? We’re for a free of anti-war and anti-violence shake for everybody. Everyone for decades but with “the comhere is the child or grandchild ‘I’ve never heard ing of Trump, it’s much more of a refugee and they want to Obama in eight than that now.” pull up the drawbridge and years get beat “We have to stand in opkeep everybody out.” position in every way, shape Those on the anti-Trump up like the press or form,” McNulty said. “With side voiced their concerns of my military background, if I several issues regarding the beats up Trump.’ were serving today, I would not 45th president, including his — howard ross obey this commander-in-chief. now overturned executive I would say ‘no.’” order to ban those from MusAcross the road, American flags waved lim-majority countries, controversial cabinet nominations and what some called “a rise of in the wind and patriotic songs played through a speaker, as members of the fascism in this country.” “I think there’s a general belief the man North Country Patriots — a military sup[Trump] is not competent to be president and port group formed after the Sept. 11 attacks that meets at the corner every weekend in support of soldiers young and old — stood their ground with signs that read “God Bless American Jobs” and “Trump: racy to not let the man perform his duties.” Build The Wall.” Jan Williams from Nesconset, wore a red The group’s founder, Howard Ross of East “Make America Great Again” hat and held up a Setauket, said he and the group “believe in sign that read “We Support The President, The our country, believe in serving our country Constitution, The Rule of Law.” and doing the right things for our country.” “We’re here because it’s Presidents’ Day Ross said those on the other side of the and the election’s over and this is not the way road remind him of the people who spit on to get anything done, to get the points across,” him when he returned Williams said. “You’ve got home from serving dur- ‘He refuses to show to support the president, ing the Vietnam War. the Constitution and rule his taxes, he’s been “I’m never giving my of law. We’re here to show corner up,” he said. “I monetizing the support, that’s all.” love to see that flag fly The anti-Trump side and those people don’t presidency left and right, chanted “this is what delike that. I’ve never heard he’s denigrated our mocracy looks like” and Obama in eight years get sang “This Land Is Your beat up like the press country, he’s a coward, Land,” while the Trump beats up Trump.” and a misogynist.’ side chanted “Build the A Tea Party member — ann cohen wall” and “God bless in the gathering, who America.” asked not to be named, Throughout the rally, said he was there to support the current drivers passing the groups honked their president, adding “the resistance to him is horns and hollered out their window to unprecedented everybody’s against him ... show support for one side or the other. this is an existential threat to our democ-

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Smithtown-raised skeleton racer has sights set on Winter Olympics By Daniel Dunaief This weekend, Smithtown-native John Daly’s comeback to the fast-paced world of skeleton takes an enormous step forward. He will compete against the best in the world as a member of Team USA in Koeningsee, Germany, at the World Championships. Daly decided near the beginning of the sliding season to attempt a comeback from a sport that had been a staple of his life from 2001 until 2014. Just to get back to this point, Daly had to earn enough points in the junior circuit to qualify. He set a goal of collecting medals and earning points. He scored three golds and a silver in North American Cup races and then topped that off with a gold and a silver in the Intercontinental Cup in Lake Placid. Mission accomplished, so far. If he wins a medal either in Germany or in another race the next week in South Korea, the site of the 2018 Winter Olympics, Daly will continue his ascent toward claiming a spot on his third Olympic team. Just six months ago, however, a return to a sport he left in disappointment after a difficult ending in 2014 in Sochi, Russia, wasn’t at the top of his mind. When he was going out on dates in Washington, D.C., where he got a job in medical sales for Smith & Nephew, he had a hard time answering questions about what he was passionate about outside of work. “Nothing got my gears going,” he recalled. “That was when I was like, ‘Maybe I do miss it.’” At first, Daly, who is now 31, dipped his toe in the water, driving up to his home track of Lake Placid and doing a few trial runs before other sliders raced. “I came back and I felt like I never left,” Daly said. When he asked himself what was holding him back, he didn’t have a good answer. Getting back into shape and training re-

quired extensive driving, as Daly regularly made a nine-hour trek from Washington up to Lake Placid, home of the 1980 Miracle on Ice U.S. Men’s Hockey Team. He was grateful to his family for supporting him and to his bosses at Smith & Nephew. During those long drives in the car, he listened to music, made phone calls with his Bluetooth and tried to stretch out. Coming back, he knew the level of effort he needed to achieve to be successful. “No matter what, every week, I had to be faster and stronger,” he told himself. “You have to know the other guys are doing it.” While he’s found his groove, the return

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Clockwise from top left, John Daly gives a thumbs up in his skeleton racing gear; Daly, center, smiles on the medal podium; Daly’s father, James Daly, awards his son with a medal. to the sport hasn’t been a picnic. “Age has kicked in,” he laughed. He takes ice baths to ease the body aches. Those, he said, can be miserable, particularly on his ankles and toes. Daly’s parents, James and Bennarda, are happy to see their son return to the sport on his terms. In 2014, Daly was in contention for a medal at the Olympics in Sochi. At the start of his final heat, his sled popped out of the ice grooves, robbing him of precious time he couldn’t possibly make up, turning the final run into one of the most emotionally draining trips of his life. After the Olympics, he retired, leaving the international sports stage. “His world came crashing down,” Jesse Lichtenberg, Daly’s agent at BDA Sports Management said. Lichtenberg said Daly packed everything up in Lake Placid, put it in a box and threw it in the trunk of his car. However, Lichtenberg and Daly’s family suspected this wasn’t the last chapter in Daly’s sliding career. Indeed, Daly’s father, who is a retired EMS worker for the New York City Fire Department, continued to be a racing official for USA Bobsled and Skeleton Federation. He thought, “Let me wait a couple of years, in case John has second thoughts,” the elder Daly said. “I’m glad I did. It’s so great to officiate a match that my son is in.” Indeed, when Daly recently won a gold medal, his father got to put the award around his son’s neck.

His father believes Daly benefited from his time away from the sport, especially because it gave him some balance in his life. “He needed to know he could go out and make a living after skeleton,” he said. Now that his son is back on the track, he watches and he said his “heart starts to beat faster” as his son waits for a green light that signals the beginning of a race in which he runs for about five seconds before diving, headfirst, onto a sled he steers at over 80 miles an hour around curved, icy tracks. Bennarda Daly, meanwhile, said she’s “excited and a little anxious” at the same time. “When he returned from Russia, he was different,” she said. “It wasn’t because he didn’t win.” Popping out of the groove kept him from “getting closure.” Daly’s mom said she noticed that he hadn’t talked about sliding for the last few years, which she said was “odd” for him. “It was like it never happened. He had to close that off.” Bennarda Daly, who is a nurse, said she doesn’t need her son to win a medal at the World Championships or at the Olympics. “If he comes out happy and feels like it went well, I’ll be ecstatic,” she said. As for Daly, he knows, even if he makes the Olympics next year, that he wants to walk away on his own terms. “The last time you compete in the Olympics should be your best part of the Games,” he said. “No matter what, if you win, lose or draw, you want to take in that last run. This is it, this is forever.”

‘The last time you compete in the Olympics should be your best part of the Games,” he said. “No matter what, if you win, lose or draw, you want to take in that last run. This is it, this is forever.’ — john daly

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Clockwise from left, Chris Crespo moves the ball along the sideline around a Deer Park opponent; gerg giordano muscles his way to the rim; Kyle Laguardia leaps to the rim; and Michael gannon prepares to pass.

Bulls’ big fourth quarter propels team to semis By Desirée Keegan desiree@tbrewspapers.com Yes, you can call it a comeback. Everything the Smithtown West boys’ basketball team had worked for led to this moment. The Bulls were faced with adversity for what seemed to be the first time all season, but they wanted to be one of just two teams to make it back to the Final 4 for a second consecutive year. Up against another league leader Feb. 21, head coach Mike Agostino said he might not have had the right game plan.

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“They were really well-coached, well-prepared,” he said of No. 5-seeded and League IV leader Deer Park. “We might not have had it right, but we found a way to survive.” No. 4 Smithtown West fell behind, and fast, losing the lead at the two-minute mark of the first quarter, and didn’t’ regain it until the fourth. In the end, junior Chris Crespo’s eight fourth-quarter points, junior Michael Gannon’s six and senior Greg Giordano’s five gave the Bulls its 50-47 comefrom-behind win. “Inside their heart and what they’re made of, it’s bigger than coaching,” Agostino said. “These kids have character, and they’re not afraid of the big moment. They’re going to go out and challenge anyone and every time they play it’s a full effort.” On paper, it may look like Smithtown West had an easy road, going undefeated in League III and coming into the Class AA quarterfinals with a 20-1 record. Giordano and senior Nick Ferolito gave the team a 4-0 lead after both teams went scoreless for most of the first three minutes. At the six-minute mark, a Deer Park field goal and 3-pointer put the team out front 9-5. By halftime, the Bulls’ four-point deficit grew to six, 23-17, but the team was in as deep as an eight-point hole when a technical following a field goal gave Deer Park three more chances to grab points. The team hit two of three free throws for a 15-7 advantage with 7:20 left in the second. “We were down the whole game, we were fighting back the whole time, but we all had each other’s backs,” said Giordano, who scored a game-high 22 points. “Coach kept telling us to stick to our game plan, eventually our shots were going to fall, and they did. We played good defense and that kept us in the game.”

Smithtown West chipped away at the lead with four different players lighting up the scoreboard, but Deer Park continued to have an answer. With 1:39 left in the third, another 3-pointer put Deer Park ahead 3023, but a Giordano 3-pointer, Kyle LaGuardia layup and a floater by Giordano closed the gap, 32-30, at the end of the eight minutes. Crespo opened the fourth quarter with a game-tying bucket, and the crowd erupted. “It feels great not just for the team, but the community, too,” he said. “A lot of them are backing us here.” The game would then be decided largely at the free-throw line. Gannon made two at the 5:56 mark to give his team its first lead since the game’s opening minutes. Deer Park quickly tied the game, but Crespo came through again. He scored eight of his 11 points in the final stanza and also finished with seven assists. “It was a hard-fought battle,” Crespo said. “Despite being down we always feel confident. We don’t feel rushed. We’re not frustrated or out of our element. We know that if we play within ourselves we know we’ll get good results.” Giordano added two free throws for a four-point lead with 35.9 seconds, 46-42, and Deer Park called timeout after timeout to try to find plays to score. All the team could muster was one free throw, and the Bulls were back to the line to add to its lead. Again, Gannon sank both of his opportunities with 12.5 seconds left in regulation to give the Bulls more breathing room. “I’ve taken 1,000 free throws in my life, so hitting a few, I felt confident about knocking them down,” he said. He scored all six of his points in the third quarter, all from the charity stripe. He closed out the game making two more with 4.8 seconds on the clock.

“When you sit down in the beginning of the season, you know Stony Brook is at the end of a long road,” Agostino said. “Now, to finally get there, it’s really exciting.” The Bulls will take on the No. 1 seed in the semifinals for the second straight year. They’ll face Bay Shore at Stony Brook University Feb. 25 at 2:30 p.m. Giordano said for now he’s soaking in the moment. He said the team is excited to get back to where they lost last year. “It was surreal — this is the last game on my Smithtown West home court and it was amazing to see all the guys come together and be able to make some big plays at the end to come out with the win,” he said. “It shows with the group of guys we have — we’re all so tight, so close, we all work in practice each day — how much we can pick each other up in times like these.”

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OpiniOn Editorial

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Letters to the editor

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Black history deserves more than lip service It’s time we pay more attention to African-American history. Carter G. Woodson, Ph.D., a son of former slaves born in 1875 near New Canton, Virginia, is referred to as the father of Black History Month. Although he got a late educational start, beginning high school in his late teens, he proved an excellent student and completed high school in less than two years. He earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Chicago and, in 1912, was the second African-American to be awarded a doctorate by Harvard University. In 1926 Woodson led an effort to establish an annual observance of Negro History Week. He chose to anchor the weeklong celebration in the second week of February in honor of the birthdays of President Abraham Lincoln (Feb. 12) and abolitionist Frederick Douglass (Feb. 14.) Since the accomplishments of African-Americans were largely absent from recorded history in the United States, Woodson dedicated his career to black history and worked to ensure it was taught in schools and studied by scholars. Woodson died in 1950, 26 years before President Gerald Ford officially recognized Black History Month in 1976. Americans of all shades now know the names of the iconic figures: Douglass and Nat Turner, Booker T. Washington, Harriet Tubman, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rosa Parks. But of course, there are so many more. African-American history is filled with the stories of “regular people engaged in positive activities,” wrote Setauket resident Geral Lee in a “Your Turn” on Black History Month that appeared in The Village Times Herald Feb. 16. African-Americans have served this country heroically in battles on U.S. soil and abroad, oftentimes defending people who would not accept them as equals. They have advanced science and transportation, as evidenced recently in Margot Lee Shetterly’s book “Hidden Figures”, about the formerly unheralded mathematicians behind the scenes at NASA. Rocky Point High School social studies teacher Rich Acritelli wrote a story this week about the Tuskegee Airmen, a division of the U.S. Army created for African-Americans who wanted to fight for a country where they weren’t afforded basic human rights. Isn’t it time, after more than 40 years of Black History Month observances, for all Americans to take notice of the remarkable achievements of the countless regular folk engaged in positive pursuits who populate African-American history? In the words of Lee, “If [Black History Month] can fill in the gaps, identify injustice, encourage positive dialogue and provide a platform for people to work toward understanding one another, it is a valuable ongoing process.”

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Rep. Zeldin: Please meet with your constituents As a constituent of Lee Zeldin’s in the first congressional district, I am dismayed that our congressman has refused to hold a town hall meeting to answer his constituents’ concerns regarding his recent votes to repeal the Affordable Care Act, his vote to roll back existing environmental and gun safety regulations, as well as his vote against women’s health care access. These votes are of concern to many Long Islanders, and we have a right to ask our elected offi-

cial why he is not representing the diverse views of the first congressional district. I had the opportunity to meet with Congressman Zeldin and his district director last week. While our differences in philosophy were readily apparent, we had a good conversation. I encouraged the congressman to allow all of his constituents the same access that I was given, and hold a public forum where an exchange of concerns and ideas could happen. I think

it is crucial that those of us who disagree with the congressman should not be dismissed as the “radical and fringe left,” as many elected officials on the right have taken to calling us. We deserve to have our concerns addressed, and it is our elected leaders’ obligation to serve all of their constituents. I hope that Congressman Zeldin will live up to the legitimate expectations of those whom he represents.

Shoshanna Hershkowitz South Setauket

Buoyed by Albany Planned Parenthood event On Monday, Jan. 30, I was part of Planned Parenthood’s Day of Action in Albany in support of the work Planned Parenthood does for women’s health care. Because we were the largest group ever, we met in the large convention room of the Capitol. There were

meetings with 28 New York elected officials. In a stirring speech by Governor Cuomo, which brought us to our feet, he promised to do everything he could to keep the doors of Planned Parenthood open. Other speeches including Cecile Richards, the head of

Planned Parenthood, were also inspiring. Although it was a long day, we were buoyed up by the enthusiasm for Planned Parenthood, now in its hundredth year.

Betsy Palmedo Saint James

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OpiniOn A case for knowledge instead of fear

hen we were young, we used to think he was hiding under our beds, in our closets or around the corner. Thoughts of this terrifying person kept us up at night, prevented us from closing our eyes and made us insist that our parents search every corner of our room, investigate each sound around us and make sure we were safe. Before I was born, the boogie man was the Soviet Union, spying on us from overhead in a satellite launched in October 1957. He was watching us from above, By Daniel Dunaief monitoring our trips to the supermarket, listening to our conversations with our neighbors about the Brooklyn Dodgers’ move to Los

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Angeles or studying our driving routes to work. Today, of course, we have plenty of reasons to fear. Terrorists have made death and destruction their business. They appear bent on the idea that killing us somehow helps them. It’s horrifying and we need to protect ourselves. The manner in which we do that is up for debate, particularly as President Trump and his staff make a point of reminding us of all the events around the world that we should fear. We need a strong response, a readiness to act and a careful screening process, keeping out the undesirable elements. President Obama seemed intent on protecting the populace, albeit without the same level of directed rhetoric and without policies of exclusion. No president wants to be in the White House as the griever-inchief when he knows he could act through policies he has the power to write. But is there a way to look into

Fake news and readership clues

ake news is in the spotlight. Websites, blogs and social media are populated with it and even print can be. The goal of its perpetrators is to misinform and to destroy readers’ trust in what they read. This calls into question the real work of traditional journalists doing their jobs. Disinformation campaigns make all news suspect: What’s real and what’s fake? How can a free press properly be the watchdog of the people, the fourth estate of our democracy, if readers can’t believe what By Leah S. Dunaief they read? In an effort to sort out the real from the fake, especially in advance of key European elections in Germany, Holland and France, the European Union had created an 10-member team called East StratCom. These overworked diplomats, journalists and

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bureaucrats pore through hundreds of stories a day on Facebook and Twitter, according to The New York Times, attempting to sort out truth from fiction. Of course, they are only partially successful. The load is overwhelming. But perhaps they do serve to make readers pause for a moment to consider and check if they read something surprising. The subject of fake news is deeply concerning to those of us in the news business. Please be assured, as I have noted in this column before, that our papers have no fake news. Mistakes? Of course. Corrections as soon as we know? You bet. We at Times Beacon Record News Media have no hidden agenda and no dark side. Our only mission is to communicate with you the unbiased news in our communities. Because a little humor leavens the task, I am including some sly old saws culled from the internet and sent me by a friend. I hope they give you a chuckle amid the serious business of reporting the news. You Are What You Read (or, perhaps, it should be We Read What We Are).

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the human soul beyond religious stereotypes and beyond geographic boundaries to know what someone may intend to do? Is this boogie man exclusively one religion? Surely, there are plenty of people who grew up in different countries and follow other religions who commit horrible acts. Do we understand our enemy or do we just want to push those people, whoever they are — perhaps away? It’s never been clear to me how we can protect ourselves completely from any motivated aggressor, short of living in a concrete bunker deep in the ground, with admission limited to those with a thorough psychological and DNA profile. We don’t understand many of the mass murderers in our country. We interview their neighbors, family members and classmates after they’ve committed horrible acts. No one could possibly foresee that this unstable person was capable of these atrocities. And, if their associates could have seen it coming, they are

almost admitting culpability. If they say, “Of course, I wrote in my diary two months ago that he might be a killer,” they may feel that they share some responsibility for not preventing these acts. We need to understand each other and the way the human mind strays off track into a realm of darkness where relief and success are measured in bullets and body counts. We need to know our enemy. I don’t believe we can truly see our enemy in the color of their skin or their passport. Our mental health system will likely receive fewer dollars in the months and years ahead, so we can focus on building walls and keeping people out. Perhaps a better investment would be to understand the people we fear. Yes, we need to defend ourselves, but we can also build a mental health system that encourages people to find ways to heal instead of hurt. Who knows? Helping the boogie man could turn him into an ally instead of a sworn enemy.

1. The Wall Street Journal is read by the people who run the country.

ning the country as long as they do something really scandalous, preferably while intoxicated and in the wrong bedroom.

2. The Washington Post is read by people who think they run the country.

9. The Miami Herald is read by people who used to run another country and need the U.S. baseball scores.

3. The New York Times is read by people who think they should run the country, and who are very good at crossword puzzles. 4. USA Today is read by people who think they ought to run the country but don’t really understand The New York Times. They do, however, like their statistics shown in pie charts. 5. The Los Angeles Times is read by people who wouldn’t mind running the country, if they could find the time — and if they didn’t have to leave Southern California to do it. 6. The Boston Globe is read by people whose parents and grandparents used to run the country. 7. The New York Daily News is read by people who aren’t too sure who’s running the country and don’t really care as long as they can get a seat on the train. 8. The New York Post is read by people who don’t care who is run-

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10. The San Francisco Chronicle is read by people who aren’t sure if there is a country or that anyone is running it; but if so, they oppose all that they stand for. There are occasional exceptions if the leaders are handicapped, minority, feminist or atheist dwarfs who have a sexual identity problem and perhaps also happen to be illegal aliens from any other country or galaxy, provided, of course, that they are not Republicans. 11. The National Enquirer is read by people trapped in line at Walmart and who think that envelopes are for sending voice mail. 12. The Key West Citizen is read by people who have recently caught a fish and need something to wrap it in. 13. The Appalachia Chronicle is read by people who later on make it a standard feature in their bathrooms.

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