Killing with guns, or chemicals, is still killing
The images were heartbreaking: rows of shrouded bodies, many of them children, convulsing in hospitals as doctors try to relieve their pain, family members weeping for their lost and injured.These...
View ArticleEditorial: A case for cap and trade
THE ISSUE:A new report shows a regional greenhouse gas cap-and-trade program has had enormous benefits. THE STAKES:Imagine the benefits on a national scale. Imagine a program that lowers pollution and...
View ArticleThe last world war
Sixty-eight years ago Monday, Gen. Douglas MacArthur stood on the deck of the USS Missouri in Tokyo harbor and received the formal surrender of Japan. World War II was over.The previous May 8, Germany...
View ArticleLetter: Hoffman's has a loyal following
All summer, it appeared Hoffman's Playland would not reopen next summer. Then, we heard last week that there may yet be hope with the owners agreeing to open one more year as county government tries...
View ArticleDowd: Chief's ways lead to a cut in city crime
Cathy Lanier's early life plays like a season of MTV's "Teen Mom."Skipping school at 13. Pregnant at 14. Married at 15. Separated at 17, on food stamps and back with her mother on a working-class...
View ArticleLetter: Help for gamblers remains underfunded
When I was in Albany this spring and early summer to advocate rejection of the casino expansion amendment, I had no great hopes of being heard. When I met with legislators like Assemblyman Phil Steck,...
View ArticleSeiler: Brodsky stirs the 2014 pot
There are few people in New York politics I enjoy speaking with more than former Assemblyman Richard Brodsky. Which works out well for both of us, because there are few people who enjoy talking more...
View ArticleWill: The poetic prose of those heartbroken
"The saviors come not home tonight: Themselves they could not save."— From A.E. Housman, scribbled in a soldier's diaryOn Oct. 27, 1947, thousands of caskets were unloaded from a ship in New York...
View ArticleParker: Into the mirror, and off into battle
The president is up early, already showered and preparing to shave. Wiping steam from the mirror, he grimaces slightly at his image.Obama: Good grief, I look old. So much gray.Mirror: Aw, lighten up,...
View ArticleLetter: Listing cats with rodents offensive
As a loyal reader of Kristi Barlette's upbeat column, I was offended when cats were listed along with rodents in her "What a girl likes, or not," Aug. 18, column. I learned she has "an allergy to cats...
View ArticleLetter: Being bilingual is an excellent skill
Due to the cuts in education spending imposed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, school districts — including my own — have had to drastically decrease the amount of courses that are offered. While I understand...
View ArticleLetter: Fund and support the F-35 program
While your recent editorial, "Good news, for a change," Aug. 25, is, for the most part, positive, it's extremely important we don't get complacent when it comes to jobs.It's absolutely essential that...
View ArticleState must do more for its workers
It's Labor Day, and as working New Yorkers celebrate their contributions to society, it's a fitting time to take stock of state policy and its impact on workers and their families. As a state, we made...
View ArticleTaxpayers foot bill for CEOs
It's time to put the notion to rest that this country has a "pay for performance" system for corporate executives. For more than two decades, corporations have gotten away with this sham — at the...
View ArticleU.S. should think of conflicts before attacking Syria
The following is from editorial the Seattle Times:The United States is under no obligation to take the lead in another military intervention, and should not.Others have the capacity to respond to the...
View ArticleCameron: Labor Day, the real New Year's
Labor Day is one of the best holidays, coming, as it does, with nice weather and a long weekend. There is, however, a strum of anxiety that crosses this day. We sense the last call of summer and we...
View ArticleEditorial: Labor Day loses its luster
THE ISSUE:Work is different, and so are the rewards for the people who do it.THE STAKES:A genuine celebration of who we are and what we do requires a return to the days of more economic equity. Could...
View ArticleMost Americans just one calamity away from disaster
Last week I bid adieu to tooth No. 19, a molar on the lower left. About this time last year, I made the same farewell to its opposite, and got implants and crowns on the right side. If nothing else...
View ArticleFirms meet wireless reality
Stressed by age and extreme weather, New York's vast telecommunications network uses technology from the 19th century and is limited in the type and amount of information it can bring to customers....
View ArticleA crisis begets a crisis
Why don't we learn from financial crises?As Asian currencies fall and crisis strikes, we seem to be making the same mistakes made in the '90s.The rupiah is falling! Head for the hills! On second...
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