Long Island Opinion & Commentary
Nassau County and Suffolk County editorials, columns, guest essays, cartoons, letters and more.
The Latest
Where is the Lee Zeldin we knew?
At EPA, he's abandoned the environmental concerns he held as a Long Island congressman.
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Let's make parole in NYS smarter and fairer2m read
Longing for Long Island's spring soil2m read
Animal shelters learned from COVID pandemic2m read
Toll program cost shouldn't be privacy2m read
Federal science funding: Realizing my dreams2m read
The Point
Searching as always for the signs of spring
Five years ago, the change of seasons was marked by people walking in the streets.
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Trump hypocrisy in fighting antisemitism
Friendliness with Jew-haters on the right belies professed vigilance against bigotry.
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Trump demeans the professionals
Anti-professional streak risks exiling those who can make government work.
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Commentary
Cuts to national parks couldn't come at a more dangerous time
A few Forest Service employees have reported being rehired; more could be soon.
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Cruelty is the point in attacks on transgender teens3m read
Firing IRS workers means turning down free money3m read
Flu cases are unnecessarily on the rise3m read
Cancer vaccine shows hope. Make the investment.3m read
More Opinion
The power of just not buying it3m read
Where's aid for this nonprofit shelter?1m read
Animal shelters learned from COVID pandemic2m read
Trump demeans the professionals2m read
Fight for clean energy credits1m read
NUMC and lawmakers at odds5m read
Official English hits different coming from Trump3m read
CPS should keep kids safe. Does it?3m read
Did we learn or not? 4m read
Caution on new voting machines1m read
Ominous overtone in protester arrest2m read
Islip wants a piece of the pot3m read
Do we need the Department of Education?3m read
How Trump could win a Nobel Peace Prize4m read
Green's censure and crossing party lines3m read
Suffolk fires are a warning1m read
Toll program cost shouldn't be privacy2m read
Five years after COVID-19: Long Island reflects
Connecting the Adelson, Blakeman dots in the Nassau Casino bid3m read
Trump promised lower food prices immediately, but I gave him six weeks3m read
Flying is still safe. Let's keep it that way.3m read
Musings: Pot stores near schools are OK
Musings: It's time for a third party
Federal science funding: Realizing my dreams2m read
Federal science funding: NIH vital to LI research2m read
Musings: Higher ed more essential than ever1m read
The doctor in the Bronx and the Gila monster2m read
Governance needed, not chaos3m read
Trump's right. We've never seen anything like this2m read
Cuts to national parks couldn't come at a more dangerous time4m read
Trump's speech, Social Security, rare diseases3m read
Trouble awaits Ukraine, Europe and U.S.2m read
Cuts could add to food struggle1m read
Suozzi, Gillen vote to censure Trump heckler Al Green2m read
Cruelty is the point in attacks on transgender teens3m read
Firing IRS workers means turning down free money3m read
Trump-Zelenskyy spat, federal workers, more1m read
Clashing vaccine messages from RFK Jr.2m read
Trump golden age to be determined1m read
Nassau Community College faculty union president leaving3m read
Trafficking victims deserve immunity2m read
Flu cases are unnecessarily on the rise3m read
Cancer vaccine shows hope. Make the investment.3m read
Zeldin's planned EPA cuts, Medicaid, Mets tickets3m read
Cuomo faces obstacle course in NYC race2m read
Improve county homeless help1m read
Data: LI child immunization rate alarmingly low2m read
Long Island child immunization rates
How Trump's trade war threatens U.S. economic freedom2m read
How a Yale study got twisted into an anti-vaccine talking point4m read
