Long Island Opinion & Commentary
Nassau County and Suffolk County editorials, columns, guest essays, cartoons, letters and more.
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Kyra's Law will help protect children
New York law has not kept pace with our understanding of domestic violence and its impact on children.
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If Philadelphia founded America, LI helped build it
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Opening the doors of justice to students
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LI schools: Ahead of a very mediocre pack
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Tangible recognition for volunteer firefighters
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The time is right to become a teacher in NY
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The Point
Islanders' lighthouse jersey ironic
The image reflects both the failures of the past and the promise of the present.
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Change is happening in Hicksville
Transformation? In the Town of Oyster Bay? After stops and starts, yes.
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Credit on crime is in the eye of the voter
Incumbent pols like to claim credit when trends are good and cast blame when they are not.
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Cartoons
Commentary
Extreme heat is making it harder for kids to learn
Extreme heat could leave some kids always playing catch-up.
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AI is making human connection more valuable than ever
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For Dolly Parton, being real was more than '9 to 5'
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The 'war on fraud' is targeting the wrong crimes
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Kyra's Law will help protect children
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More Opinion
Political interference threatens drug safety standards
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Housing authority's waitlist is unacceptable
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Change is happening in Hicksville
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Debating Propel Energy's power path
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Blakeman's Brady Bunch blitz
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Democrats' greatest divide isn't race or money
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FDA turmoil: Political interference threatens drug safety standards
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Credit on crime is in the eye of the voter
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Ticks, unchecked AI
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No voters should be intimidated
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Opening the doors of justice to students
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Suffolk Dem progressives on the prowl
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The $19 trillion bond question confronting central banks
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New kindergarten vaccine data has RFK Jr.'s stamp all over it
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TPS workers, ICE detentions, bullying, life skills classes
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LI schools: Ahead of a very mediocre pack
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Library must serve patrons' interests
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Deja vu for two former LI state senators
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AI's original sin is written into its training
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Gen Z is mistaking sports betting for investing
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Head Start funding needs closer look
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Amtrak gets job done on Line 2
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Candidate: 'I didn't know' about ballot line switch
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Donald Trump cartoons
Cartoons of the week
Is lettuce safe? Probably. Will cyclospora spur change? Hopefully
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Small businesses despise Trump's tariffs — for good reason
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Musings: One volunteer's advice — would a friend want this?
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Musings: Beware the fee before you pay
Nature offers many lessons, some hard to accept
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E-bikes are the new Wild West. NYS must lead.
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Trump's tariffs costly in many ways
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Vaccines, bullying, home prices, cybersecurity, immigration, more
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A tricky time as vax noise sows confusion
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Endorsement deals for judges upended by Dems' infighting
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America's surveillance problem is much bigger than Flock
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When Texas cools on data centers, Big Tech has a problem
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Nassau assessment audit, Bruce Blakeman
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Tune out Trump on reducing vaccines
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Parties feel the tremors below the battlefield
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Army reservist defies push off Suffolk ballot
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This is the wrong way to handle daylight saving time
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The U.S. ammo crunch is a global disaster
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Nassau should pay for ticket fee grab
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Tangible recognition for volunteer firefighters
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Propel NY, clean energy, Sayville zoning, Nassau red-light fees
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Chief judge gets his ethics reviewed
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Warsh has deeper problems than a rocky start at the Fed
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Not all change is good — Medicaid, Medicare shifts are everyone's problem
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The time is right to become a teacher in NY
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