Verdict could make, break bishops' stand
At their annual meeting in Baltimore, U.S. Catholic bishops reaffirmed their opposition to the Obama administration's birth control insurance mandate, framing the issue as an unprecedented...
View ArticleSmith: Night boat to Albany may yet return
Newspapers around the country carried the story, but it wasn't big news everywhere. "Arsenic and Old Lace" had just opened on Broadway, a prominent admiral had warned that Pearl Harbor was vulnerable...
View ArticleNotable Quotes Of The Week
"Only because there's no F-minus." — Uwe Reinhardt, professor of economics and public affairs at Princeton, explaining the F grade he gave the federal government's HealthCare.gov website."Patience is...
View ArticleEDITORIAL: LONG STORY SHORT
Simplify votingThere's no argument that the last two contested absentee ballots in the Malta town supervisor race were cast for Democrat Cynthia Young. But because of some scribbling on the back, the...
View ArticleLetter: There's no bias at Albany Fire Department
I read the article "City job seeker fights rejection," Nov. 14, in regard to hiring practices of the Albany Fire Department. With Lewis Wood's employment rejection, on the surface, it seems he may...
View ArticleFriedman: The seismic implications of an Iran deal
Dubai, United Arab EmiratesI've never been in a big earthquake, but I know what one feels like now, having spent this past week in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. The American-led interim...
View ArticleLetter: Mail is subject to follies of Congress
During the partial government shutdown, why was the U.S. Postal Service still in full operation? It's simple: The postal service doesn't receive government money.All of its funding comes from the...
View ArticleEditorial: Rekindle tobacco program
THE ISSUE:A local anti-tobacco program takes a hit thanks to state funding cuts and policy changes.THE STAKES:Want fewer people smoking? This isn't the way. New York state is expected to rake in close...
View ArticleDowd: In break for men, 'want' beats 'need'
Cambridge, Mass. Even sitting in an MIT classroom made me feel smarter.But I was still struggling with the difference between meiosis and parthenogenesis.Dr. David Page, the zippy evolutionary...
View ArticleMarcus: Forced to unwisely use 'nuclear option'
Senate Democrats made an understandable mistake in dramatically curtailing the use of the filibuster.It's understandable for the obvious reason: Republicans all but forced the Democrats' hand with...
View ArticleParker: 'A death in the family' stills saddens
Washington By now, most of the world has digested the 50th anniversary of John F. Kennedy's assassination, and millennials can sigh relief that another such re-examination is at least 10 years...
View ArticleSeiler: Missing out on McKinley
He was a handsome war veteran elected to Congress while still a young man, a politician who, in the words of a powerful elder statesman, "represented the newer view." He became president, only to fall...
View ArticleIllness a wartime killer
Even in their innocence, the soldiers of North and South who marched off to war 150 years ago were aware of the dangers of the battlefield. As much as they embraced the adventure, there was an...
View ArticleLetter: Everyone has a health care voice
I believe the article on Uwe Reinhardt's lecture at the University at Albany had a glaring omission ("Website failure carries high risk," Nov. 20). I attended this talk, and the first question posed...
View ArticleLetter: Commentary misused language
Rashid Khalidi complains about misuse of language, but he misuses language egregiously in his commentary ("Mideast peace needs right words," Nov. 20). He suggests Palestinians in Gaza are victims of...
View ArticleLetter: LC-130 effective air transport
Maureen Baillargeon Aumand presents an excellent look at our government's use of drones in her commentary ("Drone strikes reveal a lost moral compass," Nov. 17). The ever-increasing number of drone...
View ArticleBitner: Sympathy for a lesser superhero
I had the chance to see the trailer for the new movie "Thor: The Dark World" while watching a football game on a recent weekend. It was hard to miss, because it ran about 17 times, and that was just...
View ArticlePerhaps Cuomo has something to say on Common Core
The implementations of the Common Core Standards has not gone well in New York. The more the public finds out, the angrier it becomes.Comments from Gov. Andrew Cuomo, as quoted by YNN, indicate he is...
View ArticleEditorial: Time to rethink ethanol
THE ISSUE:Congress is weighing pulling back subsidies for corn-based ethanol.THE STAKES:Before conservation lands are irreparably decimated and waters left undrinkable, this alternative fuel needs...
View ArticleLetter: Don't allow dogs to run off leash
As a mom of three children, I spend a bit of time at the Westland Hills Park in Albany at the playground. At this park, there is also a dog park where dogs are allowed to be off their leashes and have...
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