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Federal bribery case has unique Trump and LI angles
The Point is Newsday Opinion's daily newsletter inside the local, city and state political scenes.
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This demographic cliff is reshaping universities. Cities are next
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Social Security and Medicare's insolvency dates don't matter. Insolvency does
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Musings: The Declaration set a historic blueprint
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As America turns 250, see our many truths
There are reasons to celebrate, amid deep polarization, divisions and disappointment.
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Bipartisan housing bill stunt must end
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New York needs data center pause
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Keep politics out of town mailers
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Lawrence Aviation deal can still happen
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Beyond bans and screen skepticism
Decades of EdTech acceptance and progress are being challenged.
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The walls of silence around addiction are coming down
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Knicks parade dilemma offers lesson on success
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Clearing up misconceptions about charter schools
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Treat children's mental health now, upstream
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The Knicks showed us the good guys can still win
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The Point
Drones do not hasten the end of war
As human fighters become obsolete, how will that change calculations?
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Greenspan was on a pedestal, until the big crash
Late Fed chairman's legacy one of tremendous highs and lows.
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NY primaries set unique stage for November clashes
The Democratic contests were a whole different ballgame on LI than in the city.
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Cartoons
Commentary
This demographic cliff is reshaping universities. Cities are next
Most universities will end up competing harder for high-schoolers.
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Social Security and Medicare's insolvency dates don't matter. Insolvency does
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Public schools are failing to prepare for fewer kids
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Don't blame algae for the Reflecting Pool mess
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Democrats still need an immigration plan. This could help.
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More Opinion
Trump's economic pivot isn't coming. He's made that clear.
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Keep politics out of town mailers
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Beyond bans and screen skepticism
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Charter schools, failed school budgets, reflecting pool, more
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LI town proposes developers pay for schooling kids
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No-cost birth is a bipartisan idea. Is it a good one?
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Loan forgiveness made students worse off, then and now
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The walls of silence around addiction are coming down
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Lawrence Aviation deal can still happen
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Heuermann sentencing, Juneteenth in Nassau, bus camera tickets, Tooth Fairy
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Why isolationism is detrimental to America's Heartland
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Nassau's Pete King slams Trump amid primaries
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The e-scooter boom is putting kids at risk
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Musings: Thanks to a stranger
Musings: How Catholic parishes can show solidarity
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Musings: Left out of summer fun in Smithtown
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When fathers linger after they're gone
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Reexamine graduation standards
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Data centers are stewing in their own pollution
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Driverless trucks can save lives on America's roads
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GOP meddles in Dems' CD1 primary
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Iran ceasefire deal, benefits of solar energy
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Knicks bring us joy, communality
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Blakeman and Hochul joust on social media
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The fun is running out for Trump's presidency
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RFK wants you to eat real food. MAGA is making it more expensive
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Kratom ban, private nursery schools, environment, sunscreens
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Knicks parade dilemma offers lesson on success
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After Rex Heuermann, more questions
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Vance takes a break from Iran war to bomb Suozzi
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Don't rely on the bank of mom and dad
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Cholesterol guidelines get a welcome overhaul
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Clearing up misconceptions about charter schools
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Hempstead Town must address bus fine mess
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Social Security crisis, guilty plea in fatal crash, Knicks win
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Cairo blasts GOP committee folks over low energy, turnout in CD3
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Trump's Iran truce has the hallmarks of defeat
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Insurers endure self-harm to side with Big Oil
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Treat children's mental health now, upstream
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Juneteenth, Catholics helping migrants, Jor'Dynn Duncan
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Iran deal doesn't look like a winner
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Early read on early primary voting on Long Island
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Trump's war on science is being waged in the fine print
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Raise Social Security taxes — and cut benefits, too
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Musings: Grim memorials warn LI drivers
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Musings: Where did all the traffic laws go?
Musings: A simple hunt for pills leads to a major hassle
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Can Congress manage to fix Social Security?
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Invasive species require vigilance, funding
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The influencer economy has crossed the line
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