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: LI school spending defies the cap

2% limit on tax hikes has helped, but budget growth still outpaces inflation

• Commentary Opinion: Look at parole for older inmates

  A reform in state law would affect 785 Long Islanders who are age 50 and above

  5/19/19
• Michael Dobie Dobie: Keep our promise to the tempest-tost

  America always has welcomed both skilled migrants and those willing to learn

  5/19/19
• Opinion Essay: The cruel irony of the anti-vax crusade

  When I was about 12 years old, I was going through a photograph album with my mother. Hidden behind another ...

  5/19/19
• Opinion Opinion: See Matt Davies' latest cartoon

  See Matt Davies' latest Newsday cartoon by clicking above.

  4/30/19
• Commentary Opinion: Our deficit deserves bipartisan attention

  During the past two years, our Congress and president ran up a massive bill, adding $2.4 trillion of new debt over the next decade.

  5/18/19
• Commentary Opinion: Our country is not all filled up

  This is balderdash, in large part because we have a labor shortage -- and not just in high-skilled jobs.

  5/18/19
• Commentary Opinion: Dems are thinking about electability all wrong

  Democrats have been arguing for 30 years about whether centrists or liberals are more electable. What's interesting, though, is that the answer may actually have changed during that time.

  5/18/19
• Commentary Opinion: The day the Fourth became a dud

  Fireworks on the National Mall in Washington have been a highlight of America's annual celebration.

  5/18/19
• Editorial Editorial: End the LIRR gravy train

  Exorbitant overtime earnings call for serious scrutiny by state and federal prosecutors.

  5/18/19
• Letters Letter: Feeling nostalgic for racing's heyday on LI

  Reader letters to Newsday for Sunday, May 19, 2019.

  5/17/19
• Letters Letter: High costs puts burden on home sellers, too

  Reader letters to Newsday for Sunday, May 19, 2019.

  5/17/19