Long Island Opinion & Commentary
Nassau County and Suffolk County editorials, columns, guest essays, cartoons, letters and more.
The Latest
This pothole season, let's talk prevention
Potholes are not the problem — they are the symptom.
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The price we pay for synagogue safety
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Opening Day shows why we gather
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Reform SEQRA, and build housing with urgency
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For real AI literacy, you need judgment
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'COVID generation' students need more support
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The Point
He got involved, and it made a big difference
Dick Amper's death is a reminder that the work done by advocates is essential.
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Empty assurances echo from 2020
Now, the United States is in another spreading crisis with deadly consequences.
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Dreaming of new housing in LI's heartland
It won't be easy, but the Brentwood effort is more doable than Sunnyside Yards.
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Cartoons
Commentary
The ecoterrorism is coming from inside the White House
Ironically, Trump's war has revealed how unaffordable fossil fuels can get.
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This pothole season, let's talk prevention
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$100,000 in Social Security benefits is too much
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Health care costs are forcing terrible trade-offs
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High taxes drive away residents. Just ask New York
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More Opinion
Social media platforms aren't the new cigarettes. They're worse
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Opening Day shows why we gather
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E-bikes keep LI moving but need oversight
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Voting helps bring universal freedom
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Empty assurances echo from 2020
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Power struggle in volunteer firefighter ranks
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The theater of the absurd in Trump's trade fight
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Being insured in America is not the same as having access to care
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Why the great unraveling will be so hard to stop
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Dreaming of new housing in LI's heartland
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A trip down the 'Russiagate' memory lane
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Attacks on Jews, deer woes, East End
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Attack on vaccines endangers us all
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Shake-up brewing at Suffolk IDA?
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Hitting Iran's power plants would invite reckless escalation
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Reform SEQRA, and build housing with urgency
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Voter IDs, ICE raids, Trump on Robert Mueller's death
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LGA crash exposes systemic problems
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Zapped by GOP, Curtis Sliwa 'glazes' Gen Zers
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Health care jobs surge mask a productivity crisis — and rising costs
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Why are young people taking so many unwise financial risks?
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Musings: AI progress fuels fears with job paths unclear
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Musings: Roads less paved make rough rides
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Musings: Scroll a bit less, work a bit more
We're not so divided on actual issues
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LI needs a real solution for the Brookhaven landfill
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Gen Xers are kings of an uncertain job market
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What are we fighting for?
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Trump's 'SAVE Me' act rivets Senate
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Health care costs, FEMA grants, CIPC site housing
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Zeldin gets a buddy from LI to help him at the EPA
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Flying is abysmal and it's only getting worse
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Florida's red wall on immigration is starting to crack
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For real AI literacy, you need judgment
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Gathering together as Jews is becoming harder
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NYS auto insurance, riding e-bikes
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NY can't spend its way out of D.C. trouble
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EV demand surges as war drives up oil prices
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Why Donald Trump's war could play into China's hands
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'COVID generation' students need more support
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Energy future weighed by costs
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TSA needs funding now, Congress
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Blakeman's fundraising 'stand-up' on YouTube
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The trillion dollar Iran war
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Can democracy survive when Americans see each other as 'bad people'?
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Far too few people use Free File
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Nassau County militia, Trump's oil quagmire
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PLAs only benefit the unions calling for them
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Project labor agreements protect workers, taxpayers
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LIA asks 'What's New in Washington'
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