Opinion

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Tell us how you feel about the Mueller report

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• Editorial Editorial: Mueller makes his case

  His voluminous report reveals President Trump's disturbing efforts to derail the probe, and it compels congressional scrutiny and legal reform.

  4/18/19
• Commentary Opinion: The politics of the Mueller report

  The upshot: Republicans and Democrats stand to lose with voters.

  4/18/19
• Commentary Opinion: Trump's tax returns must have embarrassing info

  Trump shatters norms and degrades his office with such regularity that even those who are horrified by his frightening unconventional presidency are numb to it.

  4/18/19
• Opinion Opinion: See Matt Davies' latest cartoon

  See Matt Davies' latest Newsday cartoon by clicking above.

  4/15/19
• Opinion The Point: The Mueller effect

  The Point is Newsday's daily opinion newsletter

  4/18/19
• Commentary Tell us how you feel about the Mueller report

  Do the findings in the Robert Mueller report change your opinion about whether President Donald

  4/18/19
• Commentary Opinion: Buttigieg campaign lacks stance on major issues

  There's only one element missing from Buttigieg's potentially meteoric campaign: positions on major issues.

  4/18/19
• Commentary Opinion: Will Sanders finally realize capitalism works?

  Is it possible a richer Sanders may finally get it that capitalism is a great thing, that inequality is not what makes or keeps people poor and that free trade has improved health and longevity worldwide?

  4/18/19
• Letters Letter: Opioid tax hurts those in chronic pain

  Reader letters to Newsday for Thursday, April 18, 2019.

  4/18/19
• Commentary Opinion: 'Thoroughly Modern Millie' not modern enough

  The musical loses its subtle meaning in Levittown.

  4/18/19
• Editorial Editorial: Tuition help caught up in politics

  The tabling of a GOP bill by Democrats, who said it was outside of the budget and didn’t contain data on how much it would cost, was technically correct but politically foolish.

  4/17/19