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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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.

• 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
• Commentary Opinion: We shouldn't celebrate falling birth rates

  Whatever problems we face in the future, it is human ingenuity that will need to rise to the occasion.

  4/20/19
• Commentary Opinion: What does the U.S. owe for its gains from slavery?

  In activist circles, in publications like The Atlantic, in the halls of both academe and Congress, the topic is as perennial as daffodils and cherry blossoms.

  4/20/19
• Opinion Opinion: See Matt Davies' latest cartoon

  See Matt Davies' latest Newsday cartoon by clicking above.

  4/15/19
• Commentary Opinion: Sanders needs Fox News to court Trump voters

  The biggest challenge for Sanders in winning back Trump-Sanders voters is that Trump is delivering for these forgotten Americans.

  4/20/19
• Editorial Editorial: Earth Day 50 — the new challenge

  In the early days of 1969, a massive oil spill from a drilling rig off ...

  4/20/19
• Letters Letters: Readers react to the Mueller report

  Reader letters to Newsday for Sunday, April 21, 2019.

  4/19/19
• Opinion Essay: Grateful for the return of the eagle

  On a fishing trip off Eaton’s Neck perhaps 10 years ago, I steered my 20-foot ...

  4/19/19
• Letters Just sayin': Honor for officers who died post-9/11

  Newsday readers sound off on local issues.

  4/19/19
• Commentary Opinion: Mueller report is a blueprint for Congress

  Mueller has produced a road map for new congressional investigations.

  4/19/19
• Commentary Opinion: China can make a difference in Venezuela

  Our goal is for Venezuela to be a stable nation once again, a source of prosperity that ensures security to investors and that fulfills its commitments.

  4/19/19