A travesty in the land of the 'free'
I was born and raised in New York. My mother is originally from Pakistan and my father is from India. My parents and I are Muslim. From a young age, I had the impression that most Americans did not...
View ArticleLetter: Data show that the heat is on
How long do we need to read of climate conspiracy theories? Miami is planning a series of water pumps (new nickname: The New Venice?). The Navy is re-engineering harbors. Even Exxon has a new business...
View ArticleLetter: Embrace potential of nuclear energy
President Barack Obama's climate plan highlights the important role of clean energy sources, including nuclear, in reducing carbon pollution ("Obama adds voice for safer planet," June 26).Seeking to...
View ArticleMarcus: Deja vu moment for Weiner's wife
She had the ghastly, frozen look of a prisoner in a hostage video.Huma Abedin, who has the misfortune to be married to Anthony Weiner, has taken the uncomfortable stand-by-your-man news conference to...
View ArticleDowd: Past sins still haunt this trial
BostonEven the loathsome Stephen Flemmi was loath to see a picture of the skull of Debbie Hussey."I don't want to see that," the man who murdered for a living said, turning his head away from the...
View ArticleEditorial: An ambitious makeover
THE ISSUE:Albany Med unveils a $110 million plan to transform Park South.THE STAKES:The plan must be sensitive to human and aesthetic considerations. It's not every day in a city like Albany that...
View ArticleAn energized Obama shifts burden to the Republicans
The following is from an editorial in the Kansas City Star:Why President Barack Obama wanted to get out of D.C. to talk about the economy is not hard to decipher. The Capitol is ground zero of GOP...
View ArticleGetting old is for the young
WashingtonI know the exact day and time I grew old. It didn't happen slowly, I didn't ever so gently slide into the age of slippers and healthful toddies.My arrival was sudden; brutal, you might say....
View ArticleLetter: Sequester wrong way to fix budget
In the remainder of the fiscal year, federal employees are losing 20 percent of their pay; never once did they receive a 20 percent pay hike. These employees are being held accountable for a budget...
View ArticleLetter: Cartoon inflames furor over verdict
After viewing the July 16 Jeff Danziger political cartoon, I feel compelled to comment that I believe it to be both offensive and inappropriate. The picture depicts an Uncle Sam figure, with his back...
View ArticleLetter: Release innocent from Guantanamo
Elliott Adams risked his life as a paratrooper in Vietnam. He has served two terms as mayor of Sharon Springs. He is now risking his health by fasting with other Veterans for Peace in solidarity with...
View ArticleLetter: Coverage comes with the territory
Spare us your outrage (Allison Newman's letter to the editor, "RPI's Jackson is an asset to region," July 19). Anyone leading an institution as important as RPI, and who makes as much money as Dr....
View ArticleBrannigan: A good fence helps community
"Good fences make good neighbors." So states Robert Frost's neighbor in his unforgettable "Mending Wall." If true, then what makes a good fence? And who is my neighbor?Romantics among us may claim...
View ArticleHelp jobless learn skills that will pay
During bad economic times, government spending on such programs as unemployment insurance, food stamps and Medicaid will rise, as more Americans lose their jobs and need immediate economic...
View ArticleEditorial: A piece of Albany's puzzle
THE ISSUE:Albany unveils a new convention center plan. THE STAKES:The new plan and the old site need equal attention. Albany's new scaled-down convention center plan seems to make so much more sense...
View ArticlePrescription to help the middle class
Last Wednesday, I spoke about what we need to do as a country to build a better bargain for the middle class — to make sure everyone who works hard has a chance to get ahead in the 21st century...
View ArticleSmith: Politicians' failures are really ours
What is it about men in politics that leads so many of them to commit embarrassing acts of moral terpitude? Maybe we should all try voting only for women for a while to see if things improve. Or would...
View ArticleThe case for a federal shield law
The following is from a Philadelphia Inquirer editorial: A ruling from a Virginia-based federal appeals court last week raises the stakes exponentially in the post-9/11 struggle over press freedoms —...
View ArticleLetter: Praise for action to ban food truck due to name
The New York Racing Association has refused to do business at Saratoga Race Course with a food truck disgracefully named the Wandering Dago ("Truck's name leaves bad taste," July 21). The state Office...
View ArticleEditorial: Obesity rate needs action
THE ISSUE:Childhood obesity rates are soaring.THE STAKES:Our children aren't expected to live as long as we do. Over the last decade, two stunning changes have occurred in New York: We don't smoke in...
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