Letter: Hydrofracking safety unproven
Letter: Hydrofracking safety unproven An Oct. 4 full-page advertisement from groups in support of hydrofracking is filled with expressions of love of the land, air, water and community. The ad says we...
View ArticleLetter: Abolish the H-1B visa program
Letter: Abolish the H-1B visa program I appreciated "A foreign concept in hiring," Oct. 14, that shares concerns about the H-1B visa program.Nobel economist Milton Friedman wrote in a 2002...
View ArticleEditorial: NYRA reform, or bait and switch?
Editorial: NYRA reform, or bait and switch? THE ISSUE:The state vowed to overhaul the corrupt, dysfunctional New York Racing Association.THE STAKES:Rearranging the deck chairs doesn't count. It had to...
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Friedman: Obama's best-kept secrets
Friedman: Obama's best-kept secrets Times Union Copyright 2012 Times Union. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 8:39 p.m.,...
View ArticleEditorial: Long story short
Editorial: Long story short The coolest — or is it the hottest — place in the Capital Region? That's an easy call, at least this week. It's in Saratoga County, where both clean energy activists and...
View ArticleLetter: High salaries break students
Letter: High salaries break students I read with interest the article on the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute president's pay raise that increased her salary to approximately $2.3 million ("A...
View ArticleParker: Binders too full of blather
Parker: Binders too full of blather Oh, to be 12 again, the better to enjoy the presidential debates.Or rather, the better to appreciate the Twitterverse, where America's obsessive-compulsive,...
View ArticleLetter: Visa program a plus for U.S.
Letter: Visa program a plus for U.S. As an attorney focusing on employment-based immigration, I am concerned about a perception noted in "A foreign concept in hiring," Oct. 14. My practice focuses on...
View ArticleON THE RECORD: Notable quotes of the week
ON THE RECORD: Notable quotes of the week "I take responsibility. I'm in charge of the State Department's 60,000-plus people all over the world."— Secretary of StateHillary Clinton,on the deadly...
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Dowd: So alike, and yet so different
Dowd: So alike, and yet so different Times Union Copyright 2012 Times Union. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 8:40 p.m.,...
View ArticleGeezers need their TV back
Geezers need their TV back One of the joys of being a big sister is telling my younger sister when she's doing something incorrectly and pointing out her flaws on a regular basis.It's a job that I...
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Showdown in suburbia
Showdown in suburbia Times Union Copyright 2012 Times Union. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 8:40 p.m., Saturday, October 20,...
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Speak up about Social Security, Medicare
Speak up about Social Security, Medicare Times Union Copyright 2012 Times Union. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 12:32 a.m.,...
View ArticleLetter: SPAC integral to region's success
Letter: SPAC integral to region's success The future of Saratoga Performing Arts Center has been a recent subject of concern in these pages (Marcia White, "Going back isn't in SPAC's future," Oct. 1;...
View ArticleEditorial: What now, Mr. Cuomo?
Editorial: What now, Mr. Cuomo? THE ISSUE:The governor needs to address the mayor's doubts about state funding for a convention center.THE STAKES:What happens to downtown now? So there was Mayor Jerry...
View ArticleBrodsky: Beware a return of Nazism
Brodsky: Beware a return of Nazism For those of you who remember the 1960's, amidst all the turmoil CBS gave us "Hogan's Heroes," a sitcom featuring wily American POW's and funny Nazis.I kid you not....
View ArticleRobinson: How can they shun the planet?
Robinson: How can they shun the planet? Not a word has been said in the presidential debates about what may be the most urgent and consequential issue in the world: climate change.President Barack...
View ArticleLetter: De Rosier's layoff a loss for readers
Letter: De Rosier's layoff a loss for readers I was sorry to see John de Rosier has left the employment of the Times Union. I always found his cartoons to be perceptive and often quite funny.Is he...
View ArticleLetter: Republican Party blocked progress
Letter: Republican Party blocked progress Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has been mostly absent from public view in recent months, and I think I know why. His face on the TV screen or in the...
View ArticleLetter: Republicans seek failure, hurt U.S.
Letter: Republicans seek failure, hurt U.S. As the presidential election draws closer, I am confused by how well extremists' views are winning over some voters. From cutting programs for victims of...
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