Long Island Opinion & Commentary
Nassau County and Suffolk County editorials, columns, guest essays, cartoons, letters and more.
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Beyond bans and screen skepticism
Decades of EdTech acceptance and progress are being challenged.
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The walls of silence around addiction are coming down
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Knicks parade dilemma offers lesson on success
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Clearing up misconceptions about charter schools
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Treat children's mental health now, upstream
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The Knicks showed us the good guys can still win
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The Point
When fathers linger after they're gone
A memory of my father and father-in-law was at once comforting and sobering.
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GOP meddles in Dems' CD1 primary
Flyer sent to Democratic voters "attacks" one candidate, but not the other.
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Can Congress manage to fix Social Security?
The funding shortfall due date is now 2032, a mere six years away.
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Cartoons
Commentary
Trump's economic pivot isn't coming. He's made that clear.
"The word 'affordability' is a fake word, made up by the Democrats," Trump says.
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Beyond bans and screen skepticism
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No-cost birth is a bipartisan idea. Is it a good one?
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Loan forgiveness made students worse off, then and now
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The walls of silence around addiction are coming down
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More Opinion
Driverless trucks can save lives on America's roads
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GOP meddles in Dems' CD1 primary
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Iran ceasefire deal, benefits of solar energy
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Knicks bring us joy, communality
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Blakeman and Hochul joust on social media
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The fun is running out for Trump's presidency
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RFK wants you to eat real food. MAGA is making it more expensive
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Kratom ban, private nursery schools, environment, sunscreens
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Knicks parade dilemma offers lesson on success
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After Rex Heuermann, more questions
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Vance takes a break from Iran war to bomb Suozzi
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Don't rely on the bank of mom and dad
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Cholesterol guidelines get a welcome overhaul
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Clearing up misconceptions about charter schools
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Hempstead Town must address bus fine mess
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Social Security crisis, guilty plea in fatal crash, Knicks win
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Cairo blasts GOP committee folks over low energy, turnout in CD3
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Trump's Iran truce has the hallmarks of defeat
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Insurers endure self-harm to side with Big Oil
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Treat children's mental health now, upstream
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Juneteenth, Catholics helping migrants, Jor'Dynn Duncan
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Iran deal doesn't look like a winner
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Early read on early primary voting on Long Island
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Trump's war on science is being waged in the fine print
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Raise Social Security taxes — and cut benefits, too
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Musings: Grim memorials warn LI drivers
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Musings: Where did all the traffic laws go?
Musings: A simple hunt for pills leads to a major hassle
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Can Congress manage to fix Social Security?
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Invasive species require vigilance, funding
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The influencer economy has crossed the line
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How moms can fight emotional burnout
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The Knicks showed us the good guys can still win
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White House's top science goal is ignorance
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Progress protecting NYers from ICE
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Nassau road safety, $20 pizza, serving all Americans, clocks
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NY must address chronic absenteeism
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Is Trump's pick in CD3 primary really the most MAGA?
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This isn't the soccer America imagined
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The Iran war is all about psychology: Trump's and Khamenei's
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Easier ADU rules are a growing solution
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NY ballot change is the wrong move
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Stop profiling Gilgo Beach killer, more
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Most LI school districts see double-digit enrollment drop
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Rich Americans should welcome higher capital-gains taxes
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The unfortunate gerrymandering wars
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'Rogue' George Santos' grift keeps giving
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Power grid fixes, gas stove hazards, food labels, more
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Stop squabbling, get serious on Penn project
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The insanity of ticket prices
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