Columnists
Read the latest columns about national politics, culture and Long Island written by Newsday's nationally syndicated columnists.
Most leading Democratic presidential contenders are pushing to ban private health insurance in a push for 'Medicare for all.'
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Young: A revisionist narrative of slavery
Evidence refutes the idea that colonists declared independence to protect slavery.
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Bromund: Why Europe should look inward
It's easy to blame Trump for the decay of transatlantic relations.
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Dobie: Soundtrack for a revolution
The many sides of Woodstock define an era, but oh, that wonderful music.
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O'Reilly: Warren warrants worry for GOP
The Massachusetts senator could actually win the White House, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell knows it.
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Filler: Will Trump become a parlor game?
Our national descent could lead our children to muse, 'If you could go back . . .'
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Young: The rising threat of political violence
It will take the left and the right to stop dehumanizing poisonous rhetoric.
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Filler: Listen to the challenges of black men
An admired football great makes an impassioned plea to white Americans
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Opinion: Is there a link between gun violence and restriction?
New York was deemed the second-safest state tied with Massachusetts, according to the CDC.
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Dobie: Nowhere to hide from pesky asteroids
What I like most about Asteroid 2019 OK is that it reminds us how much we have yet to learn, how much of space is unknown
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O'Reilly: Democratic field's big problem
The party is deeply divided, and that can deliver an opening for President Donald Trump.