Long Island Opinion & Commentary
Nassau County and Suffolk County editorials, columns, guest essays, cartoons, letters and more.
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25 years since 9/11, what have we learned?
Do first responders' protocols, equipment and training meet needs and threats today?
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Securing North Fork's water future
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The diagnosis came before the doctor called
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Kyra's Law will help protect children
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If Philadelphia founded America, LI helped build it
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Opening the doors of justice to students
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The Point
Remembering 9/11 without being consumed
Our memories of that day are usually tucked away. But examining them is important work.
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'Local Cops,' broad political battlefield
Blakeman backed down on 287(g), while forging ahead with campaign drama.
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Lives remade, and pride, for a 9/11 family
Marion Otten's husband was killed in the attacks. Now her boys are "dads in the way Michael was a dad."
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Cartoons
Commentary
25 years since 9/11, what have we learned?
Do first responders' protocols, equipment and training meet needs and threats today?
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Don't let Washington confuse you about vaccines
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The White House can't hype away healthcare sticker shock
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Bigger isn't always better when it comes to airport security
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The U.S. national debt has reached $40 trillion. Should you care?
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More Opinion
Playing football is a choice. (Well, sort of)
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Goodbye Piccolo, where my family served happiness
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Waiting for 'Tumbleweed Tuesday'
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See Matt Davies' latest cartoon
Forget about COVID-19's origins
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What 'affordability' really means to working-class voters
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Musings: One weekend trip became decades
Musings: Trading Long Island rush for a slower pace
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Trump, Congress are dozing on debt
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Let doctors explain your medical scans
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New Canada tariff circus roils NY midterms
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Approve East End worker housing plan
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Gender politics obscure tragedy in Clancy trial
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent desperately needs a reset
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Suffolk Dem cross-endorsements, Peninsula library turmoil
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Cut red tape to reach goal on septic tanks
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The diagnosis came before the doctor called
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Extreme heat is making it harder for kids to learn
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AI is making human connection more valuable than ever
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Septic systems, $40T national debt, police at polling booths
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Celebrate cancer vaccine win
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Islanders' lighthouse jersey ironic
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For Dolly Parton, being real was more than '9 to 5'
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There's only one way to make AI safe for kids
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The 'war on fraud' is targeting the wrong crimes
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Kyra's Law will help protect children
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LI grads tell the real success story
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Slashing data, and knowledge
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Millions using unapproved peptides as FDA debates regulation
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Can Democrats make enough voters care about Trump's grift?
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Musings: Turning gratitude into action, lesson by lesson
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Musings: LIRR derails a refund for me
Musings: Where are the kids of summer?
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If Philadelphia founded America, LI helped build it
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To make LI safe from ticks, cull more deer
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Political interference threatens drug safety standards
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Housing authority's waitlist is unacceptable
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Change is happening in Hicksville
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Debating Propel Energy's power path
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Blakeman's Brady Bunch blitz
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Democrats' greatest divide isn't race or money
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FDA turmoil: Political interference threatens drug safety standards
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Opening the doors of justice to students
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Credit on crime is in the eye of the voter
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Ticks, unchecked AI
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No voters should be intimidated
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Suffolk Dem progressives on the prowl
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The $19 trillion bond question confronting central banks
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New kindergarten vaccine data has RFK Jr.'s stamp all over it
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LI schools: Ahead of a very mediocre pack
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Schools must grade caring just like they do academics
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Splashing through so many years of backyard joy
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Ospreys and bunker, campaign politics, tax breaks for builders
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Dems' gripe about Trump's LI visit, Nassau's $10M murder case settlement
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Housing should reflect '26 realities, Parton's legacy, more
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