Editorial: For some party voters,it's Election Day
It's primary day, but in some places it might as well be Election Day. That's especially so in the Democratic bastion of Albany, where the primary has long been the de facto election. With Mayor Jerry...
View ArticleEditorial: Connect with your school
THE ISSUE:The school year has begun, and our children need us to be involved.THE STAKES:If we're not engaged with our schools, their leaders and our children, we put the next generation — and our...
View ArticleLetter: Amendment hurts organic farmers
Rep. Chris Gibson, R-Kinderhook, should not have voted in favor of the House version of the farm bill this summer, given the last-minute inclusion of the extremely controversial "King amendment."The...
View ArticleLetter: Protect farm bill from amendment
I urge Rep. Chris Gibson, R-Kinderhook, to advocate for removal of the so-called King Amendment from the final version of the national Farm Bill. This amendment, authored by Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa,...
View ArticleLetter: Time to enforce Buster's Law
The article "Dog abuser slips out of his short leash," Aug. 21, made me ill. But Anthony Walker, the 30-year-old Albany man who was sentenced to six months in jail and five years' probation for...
View ArticleBan on politics in the pulpit must be vigorously enforced
The following is from a Los Angeles Times editorial:Churches and other nonprofits long have been forbidden from endorsing political candidates. But erratic enforcement of the law has emboldened...
View ArticleUnions and racial wage gaps
Over the next few days, the largest national group of unions, the AFL-CIO, meets in Los Angeles to look at ways to stem the long-term decline of American unions. African-Americans and other people of...
View ArticleQuran is at the center of debate
Three years ago, a nobody from nowhere got famous for doing something unpleasant.The self-ordained pastor of an unknown Florida church threatened to burn a Quran. Then he did it. Then others with...
View ArticleLetter: What will Cyrus' next act bring?
"Good girl" Disney star Miley Cyrus is certainly giving herself a new title to viewers and fans. With her new release of "We Can't Stop," she made a crazy music video "twerking" and "grinding," and...
View ArticleLetter: Fracking a good option for upstate
During a recent radio interview, Gov. Andrew Cuomo somewhat dismissed the economic potential that expanded natural gas development would have on upstate, and, in particular, the Southern Tier ("Cuomo:...
View ArticleLetter: Teach children cycle safety rules
Harold Goedde's letter on bicycle helmet use by children ("Wearing a helmet essential to biking," Aug. 23) skirts providing more helpful advice to children and their parents on avoiding...
View ArticleIslamophobia impacts our lives
Another Sept. 11 anniversary — the 12th of the heartbreaking, horrific event — is upon us once again. Yet despite high hopes and expectations, the situation of American Muslims has not changed much...
View ArticleEditorial: Ms. Sheehan's next tasks
THE RACE:Kathy Sheehan wins the Democratic primary for Albany mayor, and all but certainly the job. THE GOAL: A full agenda awaits her, starting with a hefty budget gap. Kathy Sheehan appeared headed...
View ArticleBalancing the competing interests in Adirondack Park
A consortium of groups is trying to persuade the Adirondack Park Agency not to rush to decide how to classify more than 60,000 acres in Hamilton and Essex counties that recently came into the state's...
View ArticleDowd: Putin tosses a lifeline to Obama
Washington Vladimir Putin, who keeps Edward Snowden on a leash and lets members of a riotous girl band rot in jail, has thrown President Barack Obama a lifeline.The Russian president had coldly...
View ArticleLetter: U.S. carbon tax an equitable idea
Kudos for the editorial on the success of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative program and endorsing it as a model for a national program ("A case for cap and trade," Sept. 1). Your editorial could...
View ArticleLetter: Give everyone a good cable deal
That people are dissatisfied with Time Warner Cable ("Turned off by cable bills," Aug. 31) is not hard to understand. Just take a company that overcharges for everything, has poor customer service,...
View ArticleLetter: Add your voice to help stop torture
Earlier this summer, I attended a rally of more than 1,500 people in Washington, D.C., to promote awareness and encourage the United States to condemn the Chinese government's practice of persecuting...
View ArticleLetter: Hollow headstone is a step beyond
Kelly Grimaldi in her letter ("Consider burying loved one's cremated remains," Aug. 31) noted there's a trend toward cremation because it "is less costly than full-body burial" and "thousands of...
View ArticleContinuing Indian Point is crucial
The Indian Point nuclear plant is generally regarded as a clean and dependable source of energy, free of the carbon and methane emissions that are warming the Earth and producing disturbing climate...
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