Long Island Opinion & Commentary
Nassau County and Suffolk County editorials, columns, guest essays, cartoons, letters and more.
The Latest
NY Dems must renew health care fight
We must reassess our hospital system to ensure patient care, resilient facilities.
2m readKeep building our energy infrastructure2m read
Cuts threaten students with disabilities2m read
Painful truth about freedom and equality2m read
Big Medicaid program cuts will hurt everyone2m read
My time in 'Nam was memorable in many ways2m read
The Point
Coming to grips with the ravages of time
Roger Daltrey offers us a lesson on the need to focus on what you still can do.
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World War II's troubling European legacy
Many conditions that preceded that conflict are at work on the continent today.
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Tax fireworks on a Nassau beachfront
Atlantic Beach assessment dispute could affect Blakeman's county exec contest.
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Commentary
Why older Americans are Trump's biggest nightmare
Protests against this administration show the amount of gray hair in the crowd.
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Slowing innovation is ruining American politics4m read
U.S. retailers are facing post-tariff spending disorder3m read
Pope Leo XIV might be the climate champion we need2m read
Tariffs on meds will make America sick3m read
More Opinion
World War II's troubling European legacy2m read
Leo XIV: a pope for these times1m read
The real monster: Hunger in America's schools3m read
Pope Leo XIV is now the spiritual leader of most Long Islanders, data shows4m read
If your commute is a nightmare, blame Congress4m read
Unlicensed drivers, wind turbines and whale deaths1m read
Tax fireworks on a Nassau beachfront2m read
All in the GOP family: Blakeman hires Robert DiCarlo as $120K-a-year special adviser2m read
'Drill, baby, drill' vs. 'tariff, baby, tariff'3m read
Big Medicaid program cuts will hurt everyone2m read
The national security risk in the FDA's push for natural dyes2m read
Let's all start washing hands1m read
'Forever chemicals' in Long Island's water1m read
Hochul cancels appearance at Dems fundraiser on LI; Tish James to attend1m read
Albany remake of NUMC board nearly finalized4m read
Will you help the hungry?1m read
My time in 'Nam was memorable in many ways2m read
LI still deserves future Sands promised2m read
RFK Jr.'s measles strategy is leading the U.S. down a dark path3m read
DOGE isn't saving money. So what's it really doing?6m read
East River tunnel closures, Trump's first 100 days, Eisenhower Park, more3m read
Time to start tunnel fixes2m read
Joe Nocella Jr. gets 120-day interim appointment as head of EDNY3m read
V-E Day legacy on LI, 80 years later2m read
America needs more living kidney donors. Here's how we achieve that goal3m read
Seabed mining is a new front in the U.S. versus the world4m read
Expand early detection for cancer2m read
Musings: Ah, the joys of naturalization
Musings: All of us make a great country
Musings: Show teachers appreciation, especially on this day1m read
Listening hard for the sounds of silence2m read
Sun, sand and a job to remember2m read
Trump's next hundred days could also be a scary ride4m read
Corporate America owes the rest of us $87 trillion for global warming4m read
Parkinson's disease finally finds a source of hope3m read
Cannabis in Islip, mascot fight and Trump, bishop's endorsement, Harvard3m read
Trump's ominous First Amendment attack2m read
Promises broken on 9/11 care1m read
Blakeman's new hallmark — 'good citizenship' cards for kids3m read
The arc of history does not simply bend toward justice3m read
Soon we will all know Sarah Huckabee Sanders' pain4m read
Empire Wind stoppage on LI, monitoring HOV lanes1m read
Protect pines from the beetle1m read
Yet another presidential kiss of death2m read
CSEA battles NUMC misinformation4m read
Don't let Elon Musk privatize the Postal Service3m read
Inside the GOP's secret plan to destroy Medicaid6m read
Harvard, Trump and Russia1m read
Canada vote is Trump warning1m read
As Albany finalizes new plan for control of NUMC board, an incendiary effort to block it pops up2m read
