Long Island Opinion & Commentary
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The Iran ceasefire offers the best path to regime change
What Iran's leaders are fighting about is how best to assure survival
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Citizen Adams joins a Balkan nation
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Hochul's $100B nuclear plan will raise LIers' electric rates
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Northport day care complaint, Jan. 6 convictions tossed
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Hochul's $100B nuclear plan will raise LIers' electric rates
The governor is forging ahead just as LILCO did over 50 years ago with Shoreham.
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Seaweed is an asset, not a nuisance
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We can't let up on the opioid crisis
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LI's high-need school districts deserve full equity
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As antisemitism rises, 'Never Again' rings hollow
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We can overcome toxic polarization on LI
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The Point
Citizen Adams joins a Balkan nation
The smooth, transactional Eric Adams now has Albanian citizenship and a passport.
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Familiar face aboard this bid to make over Penn
Byford says Amtrak wants public "to feel like they've got skin in the game."
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Yale exam reveals propensity for the left
Ivy enters fray with report finding plunge in confidence in academia nationally.
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Cartoons
Commentary
The Iran ceasefire offers the best path to regime change
What Iran's leaders are fighting about is how best to assure survival
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Hochul's $100B nuclear plan will raise LIers' electric rates
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Doom-scrolling dangers are a worthy legal target
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Upcoming primaries will test Trump's hold on GOP
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Why MAGA takes the evangelical vote for granted
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More Opinion
The 38 million Americans who live alone need a 'buddy system'
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Why aren't Americans working as hard as they used to?
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Musings: Put planet before moon
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Musings: Let's remember who we were
Musings: Volunteers do so much good
A stranger's story is vital in chain of life
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The U.S. in a disordered new world
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This Arbor Day, let's move past the myths
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Artemis was a state failure and a human triumph
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We can't let up on the opioid crisis
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Oyster Bay Town housing settlement, Trump and the pope
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Hold the line on Fed's independence
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Departing the White House for Las Vegas, Trump doubles down on Blakeman
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America First nostalgia is bad for American cars
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Privatizing security at our nation's airports is useful and necessary
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LIRR unions, MTA must avoid strike
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Shunning House race was logical choice for D'Esposito
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LI's high-need school districts deserve full equity
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Trump's pope attack doesn't help LI GOP
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Suozzi hires Kaiman as chief of staff
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Can RFK Jr. save Republicans' midterm hopes?
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The Hormuz blockade is a throwdown the U.S. can't win
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Nassau finances propped up by budget tricks
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On Trump, the pope and faith
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Can Blakeman pull off the magic Trump sees in him?
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Your expensive cheeseburger is a taste of what's to come
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Vaccine confusion sets up U.S. for a resurgence of hepatitis B in babies
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Hungarian election, credit in Gilgo case, hospital ratings, more
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Orbán's defeat symbolically fraught for Trump
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As antisemitism rises, 'Never Again' rings hollow
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Trump attacks pope and loses
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Driscoll emerges as likely GOP challenger to CD4's Gillen on eve of deadline
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Musings: The 'Barn' once had it all: Sports, stars and glory
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Musings: Neighborhood in need of help
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Musings: Abuse victims have resources
Congress needs to fix the TSA mess
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I love data, but K-12 standardized tests have lost the plot
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New York City can't afford both big pensions and free buses
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Be skeptical of RFK Jr.'s messaging shift
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Lessons from wars, Bishop William Murphy
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Brutal winter a threat to LI oyster farmers
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Grants for LI performing arts drop as arts employment rises
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We shouldn't allow the marvels of space exploration to become passe
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Iran looks likely to win strategically despite U.S. tactical military gains
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We can overcome toxic polarization on LI
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Deporting his blameless bride won't thank him for his service
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Forever chemicals in water, selling 'whip-its' to kids
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Gilgo killer held accountable at last
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LI's rambunctious primary season
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Exploring the moon while cutting NASA? Why Trump's 2027 budget misfires
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