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Dec 16, 2024 | 
politicsny.com | Tom Ferraro
Mark Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthCare, was killed on the streets of Manhattan last week, but strangely enough for many, his murder was not met with outrage but rather with cheers in some quarters. The internet was filled with emojis of laughter and glee rather then tears. And what made this incident even more unusual was that the accused killer was Luigi Mangione, an Ivy League educated valedictorian.
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
longislandpress.com | Tom Ferraro |Steve Blank
It was Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, 2024, and Ebenezer Scrooge was unusually grumpy at this time of year. He had a deep resentment and loneliness inside of himself. Other families gathered on Christmas morning to share presents and joy, but poor Ebenezer was all alone with nothing but his money. He lived by himself in his little house on Concord Street in Williston Park and so for him Christmas was the worst time of year.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
longislandpress.com | Tom Ferraro
America’s next tipping point is coming soon The term “tipping point,”popularized by Malcolm Gladwell refers to the point at which a series of small changes or incidents become significant enough to cause a larger, more important change. Close Never miss a storyWe deliver the latest top local stories to your inbox.
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
longislandpress.com | Tom Ferraro
The story of the Cipriani family begins in earnest in Venice back in 1931. Giuseppe Cipriani was a bartender who was working in a little hole in the wall, out of the way bar on a dead end street in Venice. But Giuseppe Cipriani had bigger plans. His philosophy was to establish a place where the customer never feels oppressed by décor, treats customers as guests, be humble, kind, and unpretentious. Before long his little bar/restaurant was attracting glitterati from around the world.
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Oct 14, 2024 | 
theisland360.com | Tom Ferraro
Al Pacino has been in the news lately, with television appearances and a cover story in the New York Times Sunday Magazine as he promotes his new book “Sonny Boy.” We who work or live in Williston Park were lucky enough to see him in the flesh as he arrived for the shooting of Martin Scorsese’ “The Irishman.”I had a chance to talk to him and he had the persona of a scared bird with very alert hyper vigilant eyes. Like a squirrel was about the bounce on him.
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Sep 9, 2024 | 
theisland360.com | Tom Ferraro
Last week during my stay at the Gideon Putnam Hotel in Saratoga, my early morning ritual was to saunter down to the lobby at about 7:30 a.m., go over to the coffee stand, pour myself some hot coffee and go out to the porch. There I would sit in a rocking chair and look out onto the gardens. All peaceful and lovely, but I noticed one thing which disturbed my quietude.
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Sep 9, 2024 | 
marylandmatters.org | Tom Ferraro
by Tom Ferraro, Maryland Matters September 9, 2024 Two brothers with big dreams were among the more than 15,500 children identified as homeless in Maryland’s public schools last school year, 1.7% of the student body. Together with their parents, they lived in Anne Arundel County, one of the state’s wealthiest jurisdictions, showing homelessness can happen anywhere. “I never imagined in a million years that we would be homeless,” their mother told me. “Life suddenly changed for all of us.
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Aug 27, 2024 | 
news-journal.com | Tom Ferraro
WILLISTON PARK, N.Y. , /PRNewswire/ -- Renowned sport psychologist, Dr. Tom Ferraro, is thrilled to announce the release of his latest book, "The Athlete and Their Mechanisms of Defense: A Psychoanalytic Approach to Sport Psychology," available for purchase on August 1. With over 25 years of experience in the field, Dr. Ferraro brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to the table as he offers a unique and insightful perspective on the mental aspects of athletic performance.
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Aug 26, 2024 | 
theisland360.com | Tom Ferraro
A soul is a thing’s quintessence, its center, its heart. Quintessence is the most perfect example of an object or thing. It is sometimes referred to as its fifth element. Jerry Seinfeld says things like the Swiss Army Knife, a Patagonia back pack and Bic pens are examples of things which possess quintessence, ultimate quality or perfection. And who could argue with a guy who made $1 billion just by making people laugh.
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Aug 18, 2024 | 
theisland360.com | Tom Ferraro
The Olympics has come and gone and that’s a sad thing. It’s sad for us, but it’s also sad for the Olympians, who realize their glory days are over and now must get a regular 9-5 job. But most of these athletes are not too interested in the 9-5 life. I know because I work with some of them. They have given blood, sweat and tears for one brief moment in time and then what?
