Republican committee failing Saratoga County voters
The Saratoga County Republican Party made a strategic mistake in endorsing a candidate for sheriff.The party has experienced a decline in membership and activity over the past decade or so. Despite a...
View ArticleEditorial: Albany mayor: Sheehan
THE OPTIONS:Two candidates are long on concepts but short on specifics in the mayor's race.THE CHOICE:Of the two, Kathy Sheehan seems the more likely to succeed in setting the city's fiscal house in...
View ArticleRocky road to peace in Damascus
In 2007, then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi led a congressional visit to Damascus where she met with President Bashar al-Assad. "We came in friendship, hope, and determined that the road to Damascus is a...
View ArticleFriedman: Put the mark of Cain on Assad
The Obama team has clearly struggled with its Syria policy, but this is a wickedly complex problem. We need a policy response that simultaneously deters another Syrian poison gas attack, doesn't...
View ArticleLetter: Gildersleeve more qualified for post
The Times Union has chosen to endorse an inferior candidate for Saratoga County sheriff ("Zurlo for Saratoga sheriff," Sept. 3). Rather than compare the candidates based on qualifications, the entire...
View ArticleLetter: Land deal story needs clarification
The Aug. 29 article, "DA seeks probe of judge's land deals," paints an incomplete picture of my involvement in Halfmoon Planning Board matters and could leave readers with inaccurate impressions.In...
View ArticleCan't help but feel grounded on the top of a Ferris wheel
On Monday I rode the Ferris wheel at the Schaghticoke Fair. I could see the buildings where I went to school, and kids playing football. I don't like heights, but I was ready to make my 10-year-old...
View ArticleA middle path to success
Science and technology industries drive economic growth – locally, at the state level and nationwide. That's not news. What is news is that half of all STEM (science, technology, engineering,...
View ArticleEditorial: Family Court: Kushner
THE ISSUE:Two candidates bring very good but different resumes to the Albany County Family Court race.THE STAKES:The ideal judge should have a broad perspective, and an unquestioned open mind. Albany...
View ArticleLetter: Take pride in Albany's history
Numerous articles and letters to the editor have recently related the importance of our historic institutions in Albany. These discussions in a public forum are just what the city needs. They...
View ArticleLetter: Sheriff can't pick, choose which laws to follow
I am a registered Republican living in Saratoga County. I want to pose a question to Jeff Gildersleeve: What laws, other than the SAFE Act, will you not enforce?Mr. Gildersleeve, what happens if my...
View ArticleLetter: Spend tax money on care for those who need help
Albany County doesn't have the funds to keep open the Albany County Nursing Home, but, just a short distance away, is a jail full of "criminals" and there is money for that.Alcohol prohibition was...
View ArticleLetter: Pay cuts, not job cuts, will trim Albany's deficit
In his Aug. 26 commentary, "Fiscal crisis for Albany's mayor," Richard Brodsky listed some of Albany's fiscal challenges. Mr. Brodsky also asserted there had been no discussion of Albany's fiscal...
View ArticleLetter: Hydrofracking imperils precious drinking water
Hydraulic fracturing — fracking — is a dangerous, wrongheaded and unacceptable practice. It perpetuates our dependence on finite fossil fuels, threatens our environment and provides a temporary...
View ArticleSmith: Campaigns aren't always about issues
Down in New York City, the race for mayor is coming down in the minds of some voters to the candidates' stands on cats.Specifically, whether it was right or wrong last month for the Metropolitan...
View ArticleLetter: Condemn countries that poison their own people
I am really disgusted at any world leader, NATO member or Middle Eastern country that refuses to make public statements regarding the use of a weapon of mass destruction like sarin gas.It concerns me...
View ArticleLetter: U.S. lacks understanding of how Syria operates
Syria has been in a state of war since 2011. It has been a brutal coalition of religious groups, rebels and militias that hate one another with the same hatred that they have for the Assad family...
View ArticleLetter: Authorizing war has become way too easy
The role and responsibilities of Congress in authorizing military action against another country are clear and documented in the Constitution. The responsibilities and authority of the president to...
View ArticleLetter: A small lobby's mighty impact on Congress
In his letter to the editor, "Christian right poses dangers," Sept. 3, Norman Dovberg writes how the United States is in danger of electing a far-right Christian president and that members of Congress...
View ArticleLetter: U.S. must respond with tough military strategy
The United States has to respond militarily to Syria's gassing of civilians. The only question is how.The best options that have surfaced in public documents include a military strike against Syria's...
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