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SUNY makes a move to oust NCC head
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America can afford higher taxes. The tariffs prove it.
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Yes, Americans are saving enough for retirement
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Prediction markets signal a flash point for the future
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This health care mandate is an affordability killer
Relying on a key rate gives a blank check to out-of-network specialists.
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For a middle class LI family, child care's such a struggle
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Here's why closed primaries must go
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Climate threat too often lost in the fog
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The costs and chaos of Trump's tariffs
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With AI, what's the use of a college education?
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Prediction markets signal a flash point for the future
The potential for corruption among government insiders is unusually plain here.
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Attacking Iran, while excusing Russia as it helps Iran
To put it bluntly: Russia is giving Iran information that may help kill Americans.
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Do you feel queasy about AI yet?
The technology races ahead and its influence grows, as leaders don't deal with it.
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Commentary
America can afford higher taxes. The tariffs prove it.
Tariffs are similar to a tax on businesses and consumers.
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Yes, Americans are saving enough for retirement
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To understand Iran, start its history in the right place
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ICE is wasting billions to literally warehouse people
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This health care mandate is an affordability killer
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Health care can't be the only job in town. But it is
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Trump's Iran war will compound his affordability woes
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Musings: Bridge ideas threaten Long Island identity
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Musings: Let's hear it for Long Island theater!
Musings: Groups save money on Broadway
Musings: Storm shows us immigrants' work
Do you feel queasy about AI yet?
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NY needs to pop the hood on car insurance rates
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Prediction markets shouldn't be so easy to play
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Americans' relationship with gas prices is complicated
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Trump should dispel his fog of war
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For a middle class LI family, child care's such a struggle
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Here's why closed primaries must go
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President's declaration of war, gas prices, fire hydrants
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Luck of the vote
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Claude AI helped bomb Iran. But how exactly?
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Is free trade worth the cost in lives lost?
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Climate threat too often lost in the fog
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Why do we tolerate lead in school drinking water?
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Supporting housing projects is crucial
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Messing with Texas maps faces the test
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East Hampton Dems in family feud
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The U.S. has enough missiles for this war but not the next one
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Iran war cartoons
The Iran war is dialing U.S. economic danger up to 11
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DHS funding, surgeon general nomination
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A complex, opaque IDA tale
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Readers react to U.S. attack on Iran
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Control-of-the-House suspense shifts from NYC to LI
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Washington can help families without spending more
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The U.S. has to reopen the Strait of Hormuz as soon as possible
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Musings: Where books still flirt with curious minds
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Musings: Try compassion when anger fails
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Musings: SAVE Act will kill turnouts
Iranian dissident rejoices at Khamenei's fall
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Killing an enemy leader often escalates conflict and chaos
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With Rabinowitz out at NUMC, who will be the new board chair?
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El Niño is returning with another stark warning
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Crunching the numbers on the affordability crisis
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Trump must explain U.S. objectives in Iran
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When a change in perspective does the trick
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Tariff mess Trump's to clean up
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A Supreme Court shield for Big Oil would come at your expense
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Casey Means lacks the right stuff to be America's top doctor
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The costs and chaos of Trump's tariffs
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Snowplowing issues ignite a storm
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Bridge hole exposes bigger problem
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4 years in, Ukraine has won by surviving
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See Matt Davies' latest cartoon
What adults get wrong about girls and autism
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