Columnists
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Janison: Hack-attack alert measure looks possible
There's bipartisan push for federal legislation to require private companies to notify the government of breaches to their cybersystems.
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Brown: Jumping the shark on Nassau reassessments
Who ruined the Nassau County assessment system? It's a debate that apparently will never die.
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Janison: Empty GOP Russia denials aren't going away
Some Republicans on the national stage aren't ready to give up spurious assertions amid new federal reports on Russian interference in U.S. elections.
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Janison: Branding Biden radical is for GOP die-hards
McConnell's attempt to label Biden comes as the Senate GOP leader seeks to unite his party against the specter of a threat.
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Asking the Clergy: Ramadan in a time of global crisis
This week's commenters discuss how COVID-19 has changed and deepened the meaning of such obligations as prayer and fasting.
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Janison: Biden's Afghanistan timing gets mixed reactions
Biden's promise of an U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan by Sept. 11 works politically, and symbolically, for the moment.
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Janison: Biden's position on China alters Trump's
Biden cites the rivalry with Beijing's government while urging massive U.S. taxpayer investment in newly defined infrastructure.
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Janison: Biden's early expectation management
Still early in his term, Biden's public statements reveal an effort to manage expectations from the public and from within his party.
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Janison: Ruling the GOP from Mar-a-Lago faces tests
Trump and his acolytes face new tests of how much longer the defeated president can play boss of his own brand of the Grand Old Party.
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Brown: One toke over the (town) line
Long Island officials already are dealing with issues including how to determine when drivers are impaired by marijuana.
