Thomas Friedman: Googling: How does my kid get a job?
Mountain View, Calif. How's my kid going to get a job? There are few questions I hear more often than that one.In February, I interviewed Laszlo Bock, who is in charge of all hiring at Google — about...
View ArticleEditorial: Freedom versus security
THE MILESTONES:A police spy unit is disbanded as journalists are honored for exposing domestic surveillance.THE JOURNEY:The debate over how to keep America safe and free must continue. The unit that...
View ArticleNew York needs to overturn Citizens United
The American republic is under threat as a democratic form of government. The Supreme Court, with its 2010 Citizens United vs. FEC decision and the recent McCutcheon v. FEC ruling, has made it so...
View ArticleAll faculty deserve fair treatment
Have our politicians forgotten the foundation for American civilization proposed by FDR during WWII? It has been 70 years since President Franklin Delano Roosevelt proposed, in his "Second Bill of...
View ArticleEditorial: When money isn't enough
THE ISSUE:Once again, a company fails to alert consumers to a deadly defect.THE STAKES:The law won't be effective until the actual decision makers have a vested interest in it. Impersonal as it...
View ArticleCharles Krauthammer: Disclosure has been corrupted
Washington The debate over campaign contributions is never-ending for a simple reason: Both sides have merit.On the one hand, money is speech. For most citizens, contributing to politicians or causes...
View ArticleMilitary pizza has a bitter taste of conflict
I was hunkered down behind an M-60 machine gun in a sandbagged bunker just below the crest of a mountain in South Vietnam, staring into the descending darkness down a slope that had been denuded by...
View ArticleNotable quotes of the week
"Does anybody in here opposed to a casino live next to a blighted building? That's not your reality. My reality is poverty."—Obar Robinson, speaking in favor of a casino in Albany."Here's a fresh new...
View ArticleCongress: Raise cap on payout to crime victims
The following appeared in a Los Angeles Times editorial:Thirty years ago, Congress passed the Victims of Crime Act, which directed money from fines and fees paid by criminal offenders to programs...
View ArticleAttacking Astorino for losers
Since announcing his candidacy for governor, Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino has endured coordinated and sustained attacks from Gov. Andrew Cuomo's political team — often using Westchester...
View ArticleEditorial: State Police probe needed
THE ISSUE:State Police are releasing few details of an internal probe in a missing-evidence case.THE STAKES:To maintain public trust, an outside, open investigation should be conducted. Proper...
View ArticleHolocaust still offers key lessons
In the weeks leading up to Yom HaShoah, or Holocaust Remembrance Day, I find myself confronted every year in one way or another with the question: What does it mean to be a scholar of an event that is...
View ArticleThomas Friedman: Ukraine democracy takes root
Kiev, Ukraine The word "maidan" means "square" in Ukrainian and in Arabic. And the "Independence Maidan" of Kiev, like the "Tahrir Maidan" of Cairo, has been the scene of an awe-inspiring burst of...
View ArticleEditorial: Some inconvenient stores
THE PROBLEM:Poorly operated neighborhood stores are more than a nuisance in Schenectady.THE SOLUTION:Enforcing current codes while considering tougher regulations is the right strategy. Corner stores...
View ArticleCongress should outlaw drone strikes
Drones are like vigilantes or lynching parties — lawless and cowardly. They use brute power to kill the powerless. The powerful choose who is right and who is wrong; the powerless have no ability to...
View ArticleCommon sense, protection prevail
Domestic violence is a complex societal problem that requires a complex, multifaceted approach. A recent unanimous opinion by the U.S. Supreme Court recognizes this fact and will make a real...
View ArticleRex Smith: Uneasy rests the crown on political heir
George Washington gets credit for underscoring the allergy to royalty in the new American nation by rejecting the suggestion that the president be referred to as "Your Excellency," instead embracing...
View ArticleEditorials: Long story short
A toll on us allIt's one thing to go through a toll booth only to realize you left your E-ZPass at home. It's quite another to deliberately try to get away with it. This is no different than cheating...
View ArticleEditorial: Why wait for election?
THE ISSUE:With eight weeks left in the session, state lawmakers could accomplish much.THE STAKES:Why not show us now what they can do, rather than just making more promises this fall? Before heading...
View ArticleWhere's Cuomo on teacher ratings?
Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the self-proclaimed leader of education in New York state, is at it again. The television ads for his re-election campaign list among his accomplishments the backing off of testing...
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