Long Island Opinion & Commentary
Nassau County and Suffolk County editorials, columns, guest essays, cartoons, letters and more.
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V-E Day legacy on LI, 80 years later
The end of the war shaped the region's character, development and economy.
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Expand early detection for cancer2m read
Sun, sand and a job to remember2m read
Assessing Trump's first 100 days: A MAGA mess2m read
Assessing Trump's first 100 days: A new golden age2m read
Federal stop-work order on offshore wind plan undermines real economic progress.2m read
The Point
Listening hard for the sounds of silence
In our noisy world, you can find power and creativity in remaining quiet.
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Trump's ominous First Amendment attack
CBS must fight meritless lawsuit about "60 Minutes" interview with Kamala Harris.
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Yet another presidential kiss of death
Trump's influence on Canada race recalls actions that cost GOP a Senate majority.
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Commentary
America needs more living kidney donors. Here's how we achieve that goal
The End Kidney Deaths Act would secure $50,000 in tax credits for some donors.
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Seabed mining is a new front in the U.S. versus the world4m read
Corporate America owes the rest of us $87 trillion for global warming4m read
Parkinson's disease finally finds a source of hope3m read
Soon we will all know Sarah Huckabee Sanders' pain4m read
More Opinion
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
Sands execs use back door to visit Blakeman about a Hub casino4m read
Assessing Trump's first 100 days: A MAGA mess2m read
Assessing Trump's first 100 days: A new golden age2m read
What will we get for the holidays? Empty shelves3m read
Federal stop-work order on offshore wind plan undermines real economic progress.2m read
What scientists need to do to save science3m read
Pope Francis, school mascots, Santos sentence, judge's arrest, OMNY card3m read
Gov't must catch up to AI1m read
LI is battleground for cannabis policy2m read
Former Mondello aide back in business at the SBA2m read
Stop scaring future world leaders off U.S. campuses4m read
RFK Jr. is the real wild card in protecting Obamacare3m read
New slogan: making emissions great again2m read
Musings: Look for acts of kindness around us
Musings: E-ZPass? It's not always that easy1m read
Musings: LI, here's a bright idea that has no ceiling1m read
Spurring more births not an easy task2m read
The hayride that lives in my heart2m read
Wind is part of LI energy future3m read
Kids are anxious. Ignoring it won't help.4m read
Here's why the president keeps ignoring the law3m read
Halting Long Island wind project, comparing Ed Romaine and Bruce Blakeman3m read
Both extremes hurt transgender debate2m read
A Ukraine peace 'deal' that's designed to fail4m read
Penn redo tall order for feds1m read
New bidder for a Nassau casino expected soon5m read
New York should not have a mask ban2m read
Trump's neocolonialism tendencies ignore American history and values2m read
NYS voter identification, Northern State Parkway project1m read
Claw back IDA cash from Canon1m read
Trump Tower Moscow whispers heard again2m read
Being a parent can be dizzying. To reorient, I look to the stars4m read
Stuart Rabinowitz emerging as top choice to chair a new NUMC board1m read
The next pope will help decide the planet's fate2m read
Geoengineering's risks need to be studied more4m read
The world needs more people like Pope Francis1m read
Hegseth proves unfit for duty1m read
Nassau CSEA health care contract comes back to take its political toll4m read
Harvard teaches resistance, not leadership2m read
Easy entry into the U.S. from foreign shores? Don't count on it now3m read
