Long Island Opinion & Commentary
Nassau County and Suffolk County editorials, columns, guest essays, cartoons, letters and more.

Stand against erasure of U.S. history
LI's museums are testament to the role played by women and people of color.
2m readFaith-based housing is affordability aid2m read

Kings Point needs major infrastructure help2m read
Prepare now for the threat of bird flu2m read

Affordability debate: Pass state spending cap to rein in budgets2m read

Affordability debate: Make school meals free for all students2m read
The Point

Blakeman's antics have sell-by dates
After his 'guns for Ukraine' photo-op in '22, county exec now toes Trump's line.
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Give Cold Spring Harbor scientists a home
Oyster Bay Cove residents should know the work they are doing could save lives.
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It's a penny-wise move to get rid of the penny
It has a deep hold on our consciousness, but it makes lots of sense to let it go.
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Commentary

The Gulf Formerly Known as Mexico
And what do we get in return for renaming the Gulf of America? Nothing.
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Just words, or did Trump mean it: 'He who saves his country violates no Law'2m read

Democrats need to channel their inner DOGE3m read

Demonizing diversity belittles the Americans who saved Americans4m read

More infants are dying in states with abortion bans3m read
More Opinion

It's a penny-wise move to get rid of the penny2m read
Reform FEMA, but don't kill it3m read

How did trade become a dirty word?4m read
Don't let your love story end with financial infidelity3m read

Trump and eggs: Tracking Long Island grocery costs1m read
LI's electric grid, Musk and DOGE, climate change, more3m read
Conflicting signals on peace in Ukraine2m read
Beware false vaccine info1m read

Islip not interested in new housing near MacArthur3m read

JD Vance is playing a dangerous legal game3m read

Trump's new foreign policy doctrine: Kick your friends, help your enemies5m read

Nassau University Medical Center, abortion debate1m read
Fast food and plastic straw populism2m read
LI's road racers must be stopped1m read

Stony Brook University getting a new president soon2m read

Pam Bondi is already targeting Trump's enemies3m read

Kings Point needs major infrastructure help2m read

Budget efficiencies should start with the Pentagon2m read
Teachers' role, Nassau family court building, courts vs Trump, more3m read
DOJ is open for business1m read

NUMC's Meg Ryan testifies in Albany saying more state money is needed5m read

Trump's man-of-steel posturing makes America weaker3m read
Prepare now for the threat of bird flu2m read

Trump fanned inflation fears. Now they haunt his presidency.3m read

Democratic governors are leaving their party rudderless4m read

Drunken driving sentence, defunding USAID1m read
Stony Brook needs its FEMA money1m read

SBU and its hospital still waiting for multimillion-dollar COVID-19 reimbursements2m read

Affordability debate: Pass state spending cap to rein in budgets2m read

Affordability debate: Make school meals free for all students2m read

A mass exodus from Civil Service would be disastrous for our communities3m read

The blue state-red state tax divide isn't really that fair4m read

Musings: Parking strife at MacArthur

Musings: Mail's delivered except when . . .1m read

How to combat the rise in women's cancer2m read
Musings: Here's the real scoop on LI 'double dippers'1m read
Inevitable snow: Take it or leave it?2m read

Beware ominous climate asteroids2m read
Fear and firings in Washington3m read

Attorney general's DEI memo isn't what it seems3m read

The real danger of Trump's incoherent trade policy5m read
Musk's actions, Nassau police and ICE, energy future3m read
Village, say yes to lab housing1m read
Musk's assault on USAID is reckless2m read

NUMC's in-house blitz against proposed change in state health law 6m read

America's addiction to Big Sugar leaves a bitter aftertaste2m read

Children must learn how to prepare for climate change, not just how it's caused3m read

When antisemitism is more than free speech1m read
Adams' fate could affect a Cuomo run2m read

Suffolk's Romaine details a low-key approach to effective governing5m read