Opinion

Unique and independent views on the latest local, national and international issues written and selected by the Newsday Editorial Board.

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Editorial: Lessons and loss in Sri Lanka

The Easter bombings raise difficult questions about technology's role in inflaming tensions.

• Editorial Editorial: Vet-to-vet counseling can save lives

  The Dwyer program is a way to get veterans the care they need and were promised.

  6:32 PM
• Opinion The Point: Anti-vaxxers taking a stand

  The Point is Newsday's daily opinion newsletter.

  4:24 PM
• Commentary Commentary: Gleeful Democrats pulled off the perfect tax scam

  In the end, the Democrats' disinformation campaign worked.

  4:00 PM
• Opinion Opinion: See Matt Davies' latest cartoon

  See Matt Davies' latest Newsday cartoon by clicking above.

  4/15/19
• Commentary Opinion: Congress will pick up where Mueller left off

  The conclusion of the inquiry leaves a series of difficult choices for both House Democrats and Senate Republicans, including whether to impeach and remove the president.

  3:44 PM
• Commentary Opinion: Saving journalism's soul in the Age of Trump

  The reality is that the Trump era is the most perilous time to be a journalist in my lifetime and probably in American history.

  1:24 PM
• Letters Letter: Single-payer system would be better

  Reader letters to Newsday for Monday, April 22, 2019.

  9:00 AM
• Editorial Editorial: Crack down on MTA contractors

  Make Siemens pay for shoddy work.

  6:00 AM
• Commentary Opinion: Helping to save the Great South Bay

  The opening of the inlet at Gilgo Beach would improve water quality in the bay.

  6:00 AM
• Commentary Opinion: Who saved Notre Dame? Its builders.

  What our forebears built together -- stone upon stone laid by many hands over centuries -- may just outlast us mortals still.

  4/21/19
• Michael Dobie Dobie: A blurry question: When does life end?

  The temporary revival of pig brains in a lab creates scientific and ethical issues.

  4/21/19