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Read the latest columns about national politics, culture and Long Island written by Newsday's nationally syndicated columnists.

Thousands of youngsters march during a climate change

Filler: Climate change? Yes. Me change? No.

When it comes to the threat of global climate change, there are only two valid responses.

Cathy Young Young: Green New Deal won't solve anything
The poorly considered legislation doesn't even include concrete ways to pay for the effort.
2/12/19
Michael Dobie Dobie: Glacial melt bodes human upheaval
The Ganges, the sacred river of Hinduism, flows nearly 1,600 miles through fertile and densely ...
2/10/19
Cathy Young Young: A new round in the abortion wars
In his State of the Union address on Tuesday, President Donald Trump saved some of ...
2/7/19
Opinion Opinion: See Matt Davies' latest cartoon
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2/12/19
Columnists Filler: More than just a bump in the road
When the Town of North Hempstead finished repaving and repainting Locust Lane in September, resident ...
2/6/19
Lane Filler Filler: SOTU Trump vs. Everyday Trump
If the guy who showed up on our TV screens playing the leader of the ...
2/5/19
Lane Filler Filler: The State of the Union is ...
Just past the halfway point of his term Tuesday night, President Donald Trump addressed a ...
2/5/19
Opinion Matt Bodkin's Long Island cartoons
Traffic, politics, education, sports and more through the imagination of Long Island cartoonist Matt Bodkin, as seen on Saturdays in Newsday.
2/15/19
Randi F. Marshall Marshall: Poll shows Queens residents want Amazon
80 percent of Queens registered voters, and 77 percent of those living in the 12th State Senate District approve of Amazon's plans to establish its second headquarters in Long Island City.
2/5/19
William F. B. O'Reilly O'Reilly: Unplugged: I finally cut the cord
I've never been a Facebook hater. Or a Mark Zuckerberg basher, though I did watch the documentary claiming he stole his product idea from Harvard University classmates.
2/3/19
Michael Dobie Dobie: 2020 train is just getting underway
Now it’s getting crowded. And the Dems aren’t close to done. The field for the ...
2/3/19
Lane Filler Filler: Backward logic of anti-tax cap forces
When the New York State United Teachers union works to abolish the state’s property tax ...
1/30/19