Climate change report frames bleak future picture
The following appeared in a Kansas City Star editorial:A new report from an international study group on climate change could hardly be gloomier. The adverse effects of greenhouse gases in global...
View ArticleDon't use our water for fracking
A home typically represents a family's most valuable asset and, historically, is a place people can exercise control and enjoy peace and privacy. But, across America, the proliferation of...
View ArticleThomas Friedman: Follow the figures of geopolitics
If you follow the debates about Ukraine, you can see three trends: those who use the crisis for humor, those who use it to reinforce preconceived views and those trying to figure out if it's telling...
View ArticleEditorial: Why the big hurry, Troy?
THE ISSUE:The FBI is asking questions about the sale of city land in South Troy.THE STAKES:Until more is known, the City Council should hold off on making the deal final. Just because the FBI is...
View ArticleReform is almost a reality
For far too long, corruption in Albany has plagued the proper operation of our state government. In the last decade, the public's trust in leaders has been eroded by several convictions of legislators...
View ArticleAmerica needs to renew focus on women in workplace
As I travel throughout the Capital Region, the top concern I hear from constituents is creating jobs. We cannot get serious about helping the private sector create quality jobs without focusing first...
View ArticleEditorial: Study the casino deals
THE SHUFFLE:It's time for Capital Region communities to speak up about whether they want to host a casino.THE DEAL:Slow play won't win this hand. And it's important to have all the cards face up. A...
View ArticleKathleen Parker: Mencken is once again proven right
WashingtonH.L. Mencken gets a workout in election years, when voters are reminded by pundits of the curmudgeon's observation that no one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the...
View ArticleTuition program makes good sense
New York, like most states, is facing a crisis in education — not enough students are being trained in the areas of science, technology, engineering and math to support and foster our own economic...
View ArticleRex Smith: Not equal, not sound, not fair
It is not fair that the State of New York doesn't give kids from poorer school districts an equal shot at a good education.But that is precisely what Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the State Legislature...
View ArticleN.Y. voters deserve a Clean Money system
The U.S. Supreme Court decision this week in McCutcheon vs. FEC removed limits on the total amount that rich donors could contribute to all candidates in an electoral cycle. The need for a voluntary...
View ArticleThe Stars and Stripes is in baseball's lineup
For more than a year, I have been researching and writing weekly articles about flags in history, such as the American flags that surrounded Abraham Lincoln when he gave his Gettysburg Address and the...
View ArticleKathleen Parker: Bow out, Rush; Kochs are new enemy
Washington Rush Limbaugh can relax. The popular "demon of the right" has been replaced at least through the midterms by the Koch brothers, Charles and David.Who?Exactly. Although cable and online news...
View ArticleCasey Seiler: The 2nd Law of Cuomo
Three years and three months into Gov. Andrew Cuomo's first term in office, progressive reform advocates have figured out that he cares deeply about their issues — right up until the sort of deadline...
View ArticleEditorial: Big money wins yet again
THE ISSUE:State inaction and a U.S. Supreme Court ruling enhance the role of wealthy donors. THE STAKES:The corrupting influence of big money in political campaigns will remain strong. For those who...
View ArticleEditorials: Long story short
Performance elsewhere needs considerationAs Global Companies plans to expand both the volume of Bakken oil and how it processes the crude being shipped through the Port of Albany, the company's...
View ArticleNotable quotes of the week
"This will really force us to continue to be civil and nice to each other because I may need him to take my garbage out."— Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan about City Treasurer Darius Shahinfar and his...
View ArticleThomas Friedman: Israel faces threats from 2 ayatollahs
It occurred to me the other day that the zealously pro-Israel billionaire Sheldon Adelson and Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, actually have one big thing in common. They are both trying...
View ArticleMaureen Dowd: Here be dragons, words to die by
WashingtonI'd been hoping to get the flu.I hadn't had it in years, and there were so many TV series I'd never seen — "The Wire," "Breaking Bad," "House of Cards," "True Detective" — that required an...
View ArticleDespite bumps, a satisfying end for health care deadline
The following appeared in a Philadelphia Inquirer editorial:Every train wreck should end as well as the last-minute rush this week by millions of Americans clamoring to sign up for health insurance...
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