Letter: Arthritis doesn't afflict only aged
Like most teenagers, I wait for summer all year long. No school, hanging out with my friends, swimming, bike riding, baseball. Up until two years ago, I was an avid baseball player, but I have...
View ArticleBray: Landscape no longer so contested
When I was a bill-drafter for then-state Assembly Environmental Committee Chairman Maurice Hinchey in the 1980s, I accompanied him to meet with a group of local government officials in the Adirondack...
View ArticleCommentary: Looks like al-Qaida might win
Last year, in the heat of his campaign, President Barack Obama boasted that he had put al-Qaida "on the path to defeat." This year, with 19 U.S. consulates and embassies closed and the State...
View ArticleBrodsky: N.Y.'s prospect of bankruptcy
New York's political class has been wrestling with what to do since Detroit filed for federal bankruptcy protection. Finger-pointing and more debt have been the response. The higher you go in the...
View ArticleEditorial: Mr. Silver's latest blunder
THE ISSUE:The state Assembly finds itself with more allegations of sexual harassment.THE STAKES:How much further will the public's trust in government erode? So Assemblyman Micah Kellner welcomes the...
View ArticleViewpoint: On the road to Dyken Pond, a time to make our choices
I drive carefully on the pitted dirt road to Dyken Pond in rural Rensselaer County. We parents carpool and gingerly lace our cars on the narrow road so our kids can spend a day hiking, building fires...
View ArticleCuomo has to stop abuse of developmentally disabled
The following is from an editorial in The New York Times:Two-and-a-half years ago, The New York Times reported horrifying abuse of people with developmental disabilities or mental illnesses by state...
View ArticleA huge gap in our security
Returning from a family visit to Texas last month, I was called aside for further attention at the Austin-Bergstrom Airport. Perhaps the scanner revealed some anomaly of which I was unaware. Or maybe...
View ArticleRight wing banishes Friedman
Sen. Rand Paul, potential presidential candidate and self-proclaimed expert on monetary issues, sat down for a recent interview with Bloomberg Businessweek. It didn't go too well. For example, Paul...
View ArticleLetter: Community 'owns' historic sites
While the Albany County Historical Association recognizes the right for current and former members to present their views, we would like to officially state that we were thrilled and gratified at the...
View ArticleTransition to new Core takes time
We fully expected the scores to be lower when the state Education Department released the results for the state's new Common Core assessments last week. We have purposely shifted the assessments so...
View ArticleLetter: Iroquois treaty claim a fairy tale
The claim of a treaty between the Iroquois and the Dutch in 1613 is unjustified ("Honoring a neglected pact," July 27). Professor Jon Parmenter is wrong. There did not have to be a treaty with the...
View ArticleLetter: Inaction fueled Tappan Zee crisis
Fred LeBrun's column, "Tappan Zee toll is leap into political unknown," Aug. 4, is a bit puzzling. Mr. LeBrun criticized the state Thruway Authority for not disclosing finance specifics for the...
View ArticleEditorial: Privacy, security clash
THE ISSUE:Edward Snowden's revelations of government spying on citizens spark a national debate about him and the secrets he exposed.THE STAKES:The issues are liberty and security, not him. Editor's...
View ArticleManning led by his conscience
A few weeks from now, a military judge will probably sentence Bradley Manning to serve several decades in prison for violating the Espionage Act of 1917.I feel a kinship with him. My parents, Ethel...
View ArticleAll the NYC news is fit to print
Last month, when New York City suffered through seven consecutive days — an entire week! — of 90-degree-plus high temperatures, a report on National Public Radio disclosed that some New Yorkers were...
View ArticleLetter: Look to history to find the future
Commendations to William T. "Chip" Reynolds for his wise commentary ("Albany's unique nature," July 29). I become frustrated when I read other writers' same tired solutions for the transformational...
View ArticleTribute to William Randolph Hearst, 1863-1951
The Hearst Newspapers are commemorating the 62nd anniversary of the death of William Randolph Hearst. Along with numerous other writings, he penned this poem, and reprinting it is our traditional way...
View ArticleFollow pro-choice money
I started looking into pro-choice and pro-life campaign funding with the expectation that pro-life funding would be extravagantly higher. As a feminist, vegetarian and leaning socialist, I may have...
View ArticleContinuing Common Core is crucial to students' futures
In a global economy in which businesses here in New York are competing with the best of the best from around the world, when success depends on knowledge and critical thinking, higher educational...
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