Watchdog

I don't know exactly how the advertising on this blog works, but I do know I do not benefit in any direct way financially based on such ads or on page views or on anything here, really.

I'm actually a newspaper columnist in real life!

Regardless, if you enjoy reading the blog it wouldn't hurt to check out the ads and occasionally click on them to prove to advertisers that paying for Newsday.com exposure is as valuable as the print edition.

That way you can continue to enjoy reading Newsday for decades to come and I can afford to send my kids to college to keep my days free for blogging.

Thanks.