ORGANIC: HEALTH FOOD …OR TRENDY RIP-OFF

Is Organic Any Healthier?” Ellis Henican Sunday Column, Newsday, August 2, 2009
Are shoppers demanding refunds at the greenmarket?
Not yet. But wait.
Over the past 15 years, the organic grocery business has gone from quirky outlier to “Do you love your family or not?” Across the country and around the world, millions pay extra at the checkout [...]

CARLESS IN THE ‘BURBS

“Who Wants to Drive Everywhere?” Ellis Henican Sunday Column, Newsday, 5-31-09
Is it still the suburbs if you don’t need a car?
That epistemological question lies at the very core of the debate over Long Island’s two most fascinating development proposals - the Lighthouse project around Nassau Coliseum and western Suffolk’s Heartland Town Square.
What stirs such passion [...]