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Rolling the dice on casino plans
It's time for the Shinnecock Indian Nation to make its best case for a license.
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See Matt Davies' latest cartoon
Matt Davies is Newsday Opinion's cartoonist.
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The Point: Spending right and left
It's not unusual for the PBA to support Democrats and Republicans
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The Point: In the news
Friday's news quiz.
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The Point: A sound of choppy waters in LI's CD3
The specifics of Rep. Sean Maloney's plan to redraw CD3 have become a bit of a conversation piece.
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Postelection donations, crossing the Sound and Friday's quiz
The Point is Newsday Opinion's daily newsletter inside the local, city and state political scenes.
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Just Sayin': Ambulette drivers, disabled cops, COVID tests and masks
Reader letters to Newsday.
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Ukraine is a test for Biden's foreign policy doctrine
The administration is focused on diplomacy and deterrence.
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Presidents have long wanted a diverse Supreme Court
Reagan fulfilled his own vow to appoint the first female justice when he nominated Sandra Day O'Connor.
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Teaching race, COVID shots, school photos and organ donations
Reader letters to Newsday.
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Rolling the dice on casino plans
It's time for the Shinnecock Indian Nation to make its best case for a license.
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More than a game-show win
Amy Schneider, who ended her 40-game run as "Jeopardy!" champion, broke many barriers.
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Mora's gift is a model for all
Every major religion in the United States supports organ donation.
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Reduce noise on mask mess
A legal challenge to the governor's attempt to mandate masks in schools caused a few chaotic days.
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Ground shifts on NYC crime
City and state elected officials are right to call for a new strategy to stem the long plague of illegal guns.
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Give campaign finance a shot
Kevin McCaffrey, the new presiding officer, has signaled that this innovative initiative could be on the chopping block for financial and philosophical reasons.
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Answers to Friday's news quiz
Here are the answers to Friday’s news quiz, which asked you to identify the name of the Long Island activist ...
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Ukraine is a test for Biden's foreign policy doctrine
The administration is focused on diplomacy and deterrence.
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Presidents have long wanted a diverse Supreme Court
Reagan fulfilled his own vow to appoint the first female justice when he nominated Sandra Day O'Connor.
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Time to pass the Medical Aid in Dying Act
For many, knowing that you do not have to suffer provides great comfort.
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Joe Manchin might be principled. Or he might scorn his own constituents.
Manchin's claims echo the ideas of one of the strongest critics of direct democracy in U.S. history.
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Banning affirmative action would continue the legacy of racial bias
Eliminating race as a factor in admissions will significantly reduce minority college admissions.
Cartoon Galleries
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Podcast: Life Under Coronavirus
Listen to upbeat stories about how Long Islanders are getting by — and helping each other — during the coronavirus pandemic.
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65+ but no vaccine in sight
Many of you have shared complaints and frustration about trying to schedule vaccine appointments. Our Opinion team heard from more than 500 eligible older Long Islanders and used your voices for an episode of our Life Under Coronavirus podcast.
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Episode 38: Hear from LI's first COVID-19 vaccinated nurse
Sandra Lindsay, director of nursing for critical care at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, received the shot heard around the world in December. The Port Washington nurse spoke to Newsday Opinion for Episode 38 of "Life Under Coronavirus" about her newfound celebrity, her expectations for the second shot, and the challenges ahead while the world gets vaccinated.
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Episode 37: In Long Island's COVID-19 ICUs
Long Island COVID-19 ICUs were sites of suffering patients and hard-at-work doctors and nurses this autumn, as hospitals in the region prepared for the coming surge. That included new treatments and methods like proning, turning sedated patients on their stomachs to help them breathe.
Essays
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A magic carpet ride on the Great South Bay
We baymen are becoming an extinct breed... it doesn't pay enough anymore.
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Years later, I still feel his impact
My boss was literally larger than life - Buddy Ackerman, a former basketball star at the Brooklyn campus of Long Island University in the early 1950s who also played for the Knicks.
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You can't water down these memories
I was lucky to live on Long Island my entire life
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More than two stories to this Elmont house
Memories of a patch of heaven in Nassau County.
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Here's the delicious scoop on summer jobs
At the end of each shift, exhausted, I'd bike home smelling of perspiration and roast beef.
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After fire, all that's left are fond memories
I grew up there.
More Opinion
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Janison: Residency rules hit home in odd ways
New mayor's push for NYC cops is not likely to happen anytime soon.
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The Point: NY and LI redistricting enter the U.S. spotlight
The Democratic plan could slash the number of "safe" Republican seats statewide to only three from a current eight.
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The Point: Long Island's pot opt-outs
A new list of filings shows a high rate of opt-out from marijuana sales in Nassau and Suffolk counties.
- Just Sayin': Ambulette drivers, disabled cops, COVID tests and masks
- Teaching race, COVID shots, school photos and organ donations
- Drinks at movies and LI's whiz kids
- Gun control laws, senior scams, marijuana
- Voting rights and sewers
- Court ruling on vaccine mandate, Texas synagogue attack and Jan. 6