Long Island Opinion & Commentary
Nassau County and Suffolk County editorials, columns, guest essays, cartoons, letters and more.
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If water is the new gold, we'd better price it right
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The Nobel Prize in economics is a message to the Fed
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Create a field trip accident database
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Endorsements reflect mission to inform
The Newsday editorial board will be endorsing in 63 races for elected offices across Long Island.
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Long Island keeps flooding. What's the plan?
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Sweeter pensions mean higher taxes
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Congress must defend its budget powers
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Set smart screen time limits
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Create a field trip accident database
It would be invaluable for New York school districts planning trips, and parents would benefit.
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Propel will bring LI the power it needs
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Warehouse boom costly for communities
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Ending Haitians' TPS meant loss, disruption
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Law's side effect could harm community cancer care
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These roads need reliable funding
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The Point
Stunning feats used so little storage memory
Remembering Margaret Hamilton, a software engineering giant, and considering how numbers change over time.
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Great achievements take time, persistence
From the Yankees' young ace to scientific advances, there's rarely any overnight element to success.
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Who was the real 'dirtbag' here?
While a Missouri senator's amateurish abandon was laughable, the ugliness was serious.
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Cartoons
Commentary
If water is the new gold, we'd better price it right
The price of tap water soared more than that of eggs between 2015 and 2025.
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The Nobel Prize in economics is a message to the Fed
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Create a field trip accident database
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Rising bond yields are no excuse for central bank inertia
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What's in Russian permafrost may be scarier than plague
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More Opinion
Assembly races bursting with public cash
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Florida's dengue fever outbreak is a national warning
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Ending Haitians' TPS meant loss, disruption
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Hospitals' tax status, Propel NY
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Newsday Opinion endorses Losquadro for Suffolk County comptroller
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Blakeman backer still a player after Dem faction fight
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NUMC, technical trades, honor guard for Xi, Nassau red-light camera fees, Mets' woes
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Law's side effect could harm community cancer care
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Endorsements reflect mission to inform
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Peninsula Public Library fight set to escalate
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Musings: Seven decades in, I saw what nurses really do
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Musings: Catching frogs and confidence
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Musings: Convene before AI runs amok
Great achievements take time, persistence
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Long Island keeps flooding. What's the plan?
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Black lung disease is the only true comeback for coal
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These roads need reliable funding
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Suffolk Dems, political civility, oil heating prices, more
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Sweeter pensions mean higher taxes
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When immigrants' rights are threatened, democracy is too
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Ferretti's portraits of Hempstead
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What happens when Chinese AI goes rogue?
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Housing is daunting for those leaving foster care
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Congress must defend its budget powers
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Ways to combat ticks, fighting hunger
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Who was the real 'dirtbag' here?
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Islip Town Dems face the payback music
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Trump's adamant AI stance — another GOP albatross
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Stocks are suddenly looking cheap? It's just a mirage
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Teacher retirement, Regents change, war, Cinema Arts Centre
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A library must open the doors to all
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Set smart screen time limits
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New opportunity as freight contract expires
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See Matt Davies' latest cartoon
Independent voters deserve more
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Universal public health insurance is the answer
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An easy state fix on home medical equipment
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Nassau's jail needs basic oversight
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Energy's real cost goes beyond bills, flight safety, end-of-life care, Trump's Arch
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Bids are in for vacant Ronkonkoma Hub south
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The politicians who can fix America's polarization problem will win
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The workplace war over iced coffee reveals a bigger issue
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Musings: My green car turned out to be a joyride
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Musings: It's time we all pick up more than our own trash
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This place pulls and pushes like the tide
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DEC must do more for clean LI water
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Put NUMC ahead of partisan politics, Kennedy Center, Team USA women's basketball
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Hungry on Long Island need all of us
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Behind White House ban, a familiar pattern
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Will Blakeman's home turf break as intended?
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