Columnists
Read the latest columns about national politics, culture and Long Island written by Newsday's nationally syndicated columnists.
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Opinion
Filler: Song’s swirling debate misses the point
According to his daughter’s account, Frank Loesser wrote “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” in 1944 to
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Cathy Young
Young: Anti-Semitism from two directions
Anti-Semitism has been on America’s radar a lot lately — particularly since the horrifying attack
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Michael Dobie
Dobie: Welcome to fantasyland
On climate change, our leader lives in an upside-down fantasyland, enabled by Cabinet Tweedledums and
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Opinion
Davies' latest cartoon
See Matt Davies' latest Newsday cartoon by clicking above.
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Opinion
Filler: Good guys, bad guys and confusion
When police officers converge on a scene that’s being terrorized by an active shooter and
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William F. B. O'Reilly
O’Reilly: Why I cherish photo with the Bushes
The outpouring of esteem for the late president is not likely to fade after his
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Cathy Young
Young: Far from Bush’s ‘kinder, gentler’ U.S.
It’s hard to tell what the reaction to the death of George H. W. Bush
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Opinion
Matt Bodkin's Long Island cartoons
Traffic, politics, education, sports and more through the imagination of Long Island cartoonist Matt Bodkin,
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Michael Dobie
Dobie: What Trump knows in his gut
Very little of what Donald Trump says is intriguing.Appalling, yes. Annoying, surely. Argumentative, of course.
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Lane Filler
Filler: Group homes and the character of LI
Smithtown residents will have an opportunity to speak out about the character of their community
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Cathy Young
Young: The complex fight over the media
Ever since Donald Trump moved into the White House, the question of whether he is
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Michael Dobie
Dobie: Dangerous risks of fire and water
California and Long Island are linked by their inability to know when to say when.