Long Island Opinion & Commentary
Nassau County and Suffolk County editorials, columns, guest essays, cartoons, letters and more.

An easy state fix on home medical equipment
I know what happens in the towns I've served when a supplier closes its doors.
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Hungry on Long Island need all of us
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What a new scholarship tax credit could mean for LI families
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What Suffolk Democrats revealed Tuesday night
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Hugely successful ESA needs protection
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Getting men to get the help they need
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The Point

A library must open the doors to all
In Lawrence, a story of dysfunctional governance, power struggles and disregard for state rules.
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This place pulls and pushes like the tide
From natural splendor to dangerous drivers to lifelong bonds to all the taxes, life here is one giant balancing act.
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State GOP stung by Trump-Mamdani timing
The national Republican boss undermined he who wants to be the state's Republican boss.
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Cartoons
Commentary

Independent voters deserve more
We do get to send a message.
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Universal public health insurance is the answer
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An easy state fix on home medical equipment
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The politicians who can fix America's polarization problem will win
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The workplace war over iced coffee reveals a bigger issue
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More Opinion

Will Blakeman's home turf break as intended?
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We need to spend more on education
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The AI folks don't seem to understand intelligence
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Businesses that abuse migrants, Pete Alonso
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NY's measles cases a concern
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What a new scholarship tax credit could mean for LI families
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Can Suffolk Dems mend fences for November gains?
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The 'super' El Niño is here. Trump chose to be unprepared
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What Suffolk Democrats revealed Tuesday night
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1 cable, crippling airport chaos
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State GOP stung by Trump-Mamdani timing
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NYS teachers union, SNAP and homelessness, Greenway, AI controls
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Private jets have a free-rider problem
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GOP benefits from dropout in Hempstead supe race
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The Democratic Socialists aren't communists
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Crypto can't go mainstream without clarity
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Hugely successful ESA needs protection
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Get your shots, despite troubling silence
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Graduation standards, New York State economy, Penn Station problems
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Getting men to get the help they need
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The real test of the 2026 midterms comes after the vote
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Trump's push to cut federal jobs lacks a goal and a vision
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Musings: Here's a store that made ordinary days special
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Musings: This Catholic school empowered its girls
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What if winning the AI race means game over?
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Make sweeping change at NUMC
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Cartoons about artificial intelligence
Is the Iran war turning young voters away from Republicans ahead of the midterms?
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Why Trump's renaming fixation is frightening
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The AI threat, plan to limit voting, Dylan Skolnick ouster, Navy hero Doris Miller
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Flock delay allows for new regulations
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Giving in to NY teachers unions — at a high cost
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Write-in candidates struggle for relevance
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The Supreme Court's conservatives have a clear logic on voting
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AI is already damaging human life. We gave it a head start
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Congress must meet this Sept. 11 obligation
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Suffolk $2.1M settlement, mail ballots, EPA rollbacks, financial literacy
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What AI algorithms can't do for you
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Suffolk BOE re-upped ahead of big Dem vote
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The U.S.-Canada rupture is a lesson in declining leadership
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AI may reverse political polarization. Don't get excited yet
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Lyme disease, hiking guides, women's success, NUMC, more
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Take effective action on massage parlors
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A Navy hero may be marginalized again
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The Blakeman factor in NY House races
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Healthcare costs have small businesses in an impossible bind
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Vance's childcare plan pits parents against each other
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Housing in Suffolk, smell of marijuana, cutting school district costs
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An LIRR to Jersey and back again?
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Battery storage feeds into affordability
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Teacher retirement, Regents change, war, Cinema Arts Centre
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Energy's real cost goes beyond bills, flight safety, end-of-life care, Trump's Arch
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Musings: My green car turned out to be a joyride
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Musings: It's time we all pick up more than our own trash
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Put NUMC ahead of partisan politics, Kennedy Center, Team USA women's basketball
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