Long Island Opinion & Commentary
Nassau County and Suffolk County editorials, columns, guest essays, cartoons, letters and more.
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The ADA's promise must include choice
Our team walks alongside the people we support every day. Progress looks different for each person.
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A triumphal arch is the wrong symbol for America
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What if rate freezes were just the start?
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Debate data centers on facts, not moratoriums
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Make New York's roads safer for all
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Propel NY's profits are private, its risks public
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The Point
Smoky haze is gone — until next time
Collective amnesia won't solve this problem. We need to connect dots begging to be linked.
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'Odyssey' provokes outrage from 'woke right'
Attacks generally target two things that used to be the core of conservatism.
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Aiding Trump's party while in government posts
The administration has stepped up its shady use of appointees for partisan purposes.
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Cartoons
Commentary
Censoring is out. Bullying is in
The gravest threats to expression today take the form of punishment.
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The ADA's promise must include choice
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The world's dumbest tariff just got a lot dumber
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Why the U.S. should consider making voting compulsory
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A triumphal arch is the wrong symbol for America
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More Opinion
Reducing Mangano's term won't hurt the public
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This museum shouldn't be controversial
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Portesy won't go sleazy in Suffolk clerk race
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A $5 trillion idea to save energy is hiding in plain sight
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America is at war. Pete Hegseth is focused on beards and hormones
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What if rate freezes were just the start?
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Keep the LIRR changes rolling
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Politics shouldn't steer road safety, withholding aid, daylight saving time
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Spinning around: Bikes and the governor's race
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Houses are no longer the best place for your money
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Musings: Truancy needs no fancy name
Musings: Roll up your sleeves to save lives this summer
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Musings: AI threatens old job paths
'No Time' like youth: Reliving the soundtrack of nostalgia
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Time for Trump to 'stop the steal'
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Democratic left's rise not irreversible
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Honor Flight 800 victims with truth
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Islanders jerseys, clean energy, Native voices, ICE shootings, more
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GOP and Conservatives wooing Jewish Dems
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Dragging the Constitution into every political fight will kill it
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Why do we need explosive diarrhea to remind us public health matters?
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Rebuilding dams, tax cuts, inflation
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Reverse NY's FEMA aid denial
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Will Republicans ever make inroads in NYC?
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Debate data centers on facts, not moratoriums
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Well-known LI developer could return
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Trump Accounts are here. Now families need more than a deposit slip.
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Extreme heat is a fact of summer. Its health harms don't have to be.
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Strengthen NUMC foundation's future
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Kids on cannabis, arts, ballot petitions, more
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Make New York's roads safer for all
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'Love Island' jab in Hempstead Town race
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Facts don't win elections. Stories do.
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When health care becomes a choice, something is broken
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Propel NY's profits are private, its risks public
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Here's why Long Island needs Propel NY, ASAP
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Suffolk DSS needs thoughtful change
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Scooter age claim, Jones Beach adventure park
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Hochul, hoping to have coattails on LI, has opened 14 field offices
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The global reading crisis that started with smartphones
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The crucial medical question that AI can't ever answer
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Musings: Final day at 'Big A' gets an 'F'
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Musings: Deer are pests, not Disney stars
Musings: Honor McDonald, not 'Blood Alley'
Sports hopelessly muddled with politics
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Trump's crypto grift spins into its own industry
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The All-Star Game's origin story
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NYC should come clean about 9/11 toxicity
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More than sharks, water's the danger
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NY power grid project, saving woodlands
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