Letter: Defeat of gun bill speaks volumes of lawmakers
Letter: Defeat of gun bill speaks volumes of lawmakers In no instance has the purchase of our elected officials been made more apparent than in the recent Senate vote on increasing background checks...
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Smith: Characters deserving of a Sondheim
Smith: Characters deserving of a Sondheim Times Union Copyright 2013 Times Union. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 4:01 pm,...
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Editorial Tourism, not politicsWe're delighted to hear the state will spend $60 million to promote tourism, and to try to lure more visitors upstate.Tourism is a $57 billion industry in New York....
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Mississippi lures a friend back home
Mississippi lures a friend back home Times Union Copyright 2013 Times Union. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 11:02 pm,...
View ArticleLetter: Remember Constitution, even in times of stress
Letter: Remember Constitution, even in times of stress Thank you for calling attention to the issue of constitutional rights in the editorial, "The threat from our fear," April 23. With the Boston...
View ArticleLetter: Advocate of fracking avoids real issues
Letter: Advocate of fracking avoids real issues Karen Bulich Moreau is a classic lobbyist for a multinational industry ("Scrappy voice for fracking on stage," May 5). She avoids the real issues,...
View ArticleDowd: Benghazi circus hides simple truth
Dowd: Benghazi circus hides simple truth The capital is in the throes of deja vu and preview as it plunges back into Clinton Rules, defined by a presidential aide on the hit ABC show "Scandal" as...
View ArticleEditorial: The gun fight isn't over
Editorial: The gun fight isn't over THE FINDING:Gun crime is down, a new study shows.THE CONCLUSION:Gun control is working, but could be improved. As the U.S. Senate tries to salvage a gun bill that...
View ArticleLetter: The real truth is our country is bankrupt
Letter: The real truth is our country is bankrupt An excerpt from a Philadelphia Daily News editorial ("Congress keeps fliers from inconvenient truth," May 2) subscribes to the widely held notion that...
View ArticleLetter: Man's 'manor life' a travesty of justice
Letter: Man's 'manor life' a travesty of justice As I read the article "Manor life for fraud convict," April 29, I found myself wondering how J. Felix Strevell, the former barber and Senate staffer,...
View ArticleLetter: State agencies need adequate staffing
Letter: State agencies need adequate staffing The state comptroller's recent finding that state spending on overtime has ballooned to $529 million in one year makes it clear that a reduced state...
View ArticleParker: The real scandal of Benghazi killings
Parker: The real scandal of Benghazi killings Mistakes were made.This, we are supposed to accept, is the conclusion to be drawn about the terrorist attacks in Benghazi, Libya, despite congressional...
View ArticleNotable Quotes Of The Week
Notable Quotes Of The Week "Not everything I told you was false."— State Sen. John Sampson,to federal agents"No poor and huddled need apply."— Dana Milbank of The Washington Post, on conservatives and...
View ArticleLetter: NanoCollege a winning strategy
Letter: NanoCollege a winning strategy This October marks Valutek's 25th anniversary of supporting high-tech manufacturers with their cleanroom consumables: the gloves, "bunny suits," wipes and other...
View ArticleCameron: Lessons from our mothers
Cameron: Lessons from our mothers A group of women were telling stories about mothers last week and someone said, "Can you believe what they used to do?"We shook our heads and someone else said, "Boy,...
View ArticleNLRB case shows why balance in the court is important
NLRB case shows why balance in the court is important The following is from an an editorial in The New York Times:The subject of the latest outrageous ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the...
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A recipe for political corruption
A recipe for political corruption Times Union Copyright 2013 Times Union. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 10:27 pm, Sunday, May...
View ArticleLetter: Liberal media protect Obama
Letter: Liberal media protect Obama As expected, the mainstream media failed to cover any leadup to the congressional Benghazi hearings, which started Wednesday morning. The mainstream television...
View ArticleLetter: No teachers are opposed to testing
Letter: No teachers are opposed to testing In response to David Herrington's letter ("World is full of mandatory tests," April 29) about his lack of understanding as to why teachers are opposed to...
View ArticleLetter: Goal is to limit guns, not disarm
Letter: Goal is to limit guns, not disarm It's my belief that the National Rifle Association's support of the GOP will damage its viability.This nation cannot stand the slaughter of some 30,000 deaths...
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