Long Island Opinion & Commentary
Nassau County and Suffolk County editorials, columns, guest essays, cartoons, letters and more.

Battery storage feeds into affordability
It gives ratepayers a more efficient grid, and lets union families remain where they are.
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Can we recreate the spirit of 9/12?
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Painful anti-Muslim rhetoric continues apace
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25 years since 9/11, what have we learned?
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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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The Point

My fig tree came back, like we all can
We resigned ourselves to its demise, and all seemed lost.
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Fear, reaction lasted through that surreal season
It was a time full of public traumas too secondary to make the main news cycle.
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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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Cartoons
Commentary

Healthcare costs have small businesses in an impossible bind
For companies under pressure, surging costs could obliterate razor-thin margins.
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Battery storage feeds into affordability
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Anthropic's AI apocalypse warning is much too weak
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Can we recreate the spirit of 9/12?
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AI is killing the app economy and building its successor
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More Opinion
Suffolk needs all kinds of housing
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Social media rules, AI for kids, clean water, FEMA, Canada tariffs
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Countdown to Suffolk Dems' leadership clash
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What we learned about AI last week should terrify all of us
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With Trump, the trivial things do matter
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Donald Trump cartoons

Cartoons of the week

Stu Rabinowitz has a surprising new gig
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Send in your questions for candidates ahead of midterms

Green energy is taking over red Texas' power grid
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Painful anti-Muslim rhetoric continues apace
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The Fed's credibility depends on resisting politics, not playing it
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Long Islanders remember September 11
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Readers' reflections on September 11
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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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Remembering 9/11 without being consumed
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25 years since 9/11, what have we learned?
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Don't let Washington confuse you about vaccines
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Ospreys and bunker, campaign politics, tax breaks for builders
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'Local Cops,' broad political battlefield
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The long tail of Sept. 11 illness
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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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Lives remade, and pride, for a 9/11 family
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Pentagon in crisis needs Congress now
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Dems' gripe about Trump's LI visit, Nassau's $10M murder case settlement
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The Grand Canyon floods point to our bigger water crisis
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The U.S. national debt has reached $40 trillion. Should you care?
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Securing North Fork's water future
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Housing should reflect '26 realities, Parton's legacy, more
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Facing social media's harms
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The politicians who can fix America's polarization problem will win
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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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