Letter: Gun bans mean more violence
Letter: Gun bans mean more violence Within minutes of the evil massacre in Connecticut, Michael Moore was tweeting the National Rife Association doesn't "want you to have the freedom to send your...
View ArticleBitner: Once burned, twice shy
Bitner: Once burned, twice shy The best gift is one that's tailored to the recipient's interests. For example, you give Legos to a child who likes to build things, a basketball for the kid who enjoys...
View ArticleLetter: The irresponsible must be disarmed
Letter: The irresponsible must be disarmed It seems to me two trends exist in our society, and I wonder whether they are related in some manner. The first is a trend to relieve individuals of the...
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Gun control? Think smoking
Gun control? Think smoking Times Union Copyright 2012 Times Union. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 9:39 pm, Thursday, December...
View ArticleLetter: Stop the rhetoric, get rid of guns
Letter: Stop the rhetoric, get rid of guns Has this country, finally and irrevocably, reached a moment of truth on gun control?Why does it take a tragedy of epic proportion for our legislators, whose...
View ArticleLetter: Photos of carnage would have a purpose
Letter: Photos of carnage would have a purpose As abhorrent as this may sound, the photos of the carnage at Newtown, Conn., should be published for all to see. The devastating destructive power of...
View ArticleLetter: You want a gun, join a well-regulated militia
Letter: You want a gun, join a well-regulated militia The slaughter of innocents in Newtown, Conn., has country in an uproar over gun control, as it should. Following the recent presidential election,...
View ArticleLetter: We need more weapons to be safe
Letter: We need more weapons to be safe In the wake of the horrible shooting in Connecticut, some are calling for stricter gun control, even a disarming of the American people. History shows this to be...
View ArticleLetter: She lied and she was caught; end of story
Letter: She lied and she was caught; end of story I'm really tired of people defending Susan Rice's performances on the Sunday talk show circuit following the Benghazi attack. I think some have missed...
View ArticleLetter: Creativity in teaching has been replaced with fear
Letter: Creativity in teaching has been replaced with fear I went into teaching because I thought I could make a difference. I thought the children would be like sponges and soak in everything I would...
View ArticleLetter: God, guns and Christmas
Letter: God, guns and Christmas Our currency says, "In God we trust." For many, it is, "In guns we trust."The front page of the Times Union for Dec. 19 has two photos in juxtaposition: One showing the...
View ArticleLetter: Can't county find other areas to trim?
Letter: Can't county find other areas to trim? In reading "Guilderland nursing home fined $76,000," Dec. 14, I see that the Guilderland Center Nursing Home has once again been fined for violations.This...
View ArticleLetter: Father Young raid lacked justification
Letter: Father Young raid lacked justification I was astonished reading the article about the raid by investigators, including some from the state attorney general's office, on Father Peter Young's...
View ArticleEditorial: Different church, same fate?
Editorial: Different church, same fate? THE ISSUE:Albany residents and officials oppose a brewpub in a historic church.THE STAKES:What, then, do they want instead — besides a vacant church? One of the...
View ArticleON THE RECORD: Notable quotes of the week
ON THE RECORD: Notable quotes of the week "To bork: Attack viciously a candidate or appointee, especially by misrepresentation in the media."— William Safire, on the political travails of Robert Bork,...
View ArticleHagel's Israel litmus test
Hagel's Israel litmus test • The following is from an editorial in The Los Angeles Times:First, critics went after U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice and unfairly short-circuited her candidacy to be secretary...
View ArticleLetter: Gun legislation needs new limits
Letter: Gun legislation needs new limits As I write this, I can hear the incessant discharge of weapons at the nearby gun range. On every news network is a dissection of the Newtown, Conn., massacre....
View ArticleLetter: Be courageous, stand up to NRA
Letter: Be courageous, stand up to NRA How many more senseless killings will it take before our elected officials have the courage to stand up to the National Rifle Association and outlaw the sale of...
View ArticleLetter: Hydrofracking destroys the land
Letter: Hydrofracking destroys the land A recent full-page, pro-hydrofracking advertisement claimed only the Pennsylvania state border stands between New York and thousands of jobs. It should have read...
View ArticleLetter: Interpreting the 2nd Amendment
Letter: Interpreting the 2nd Amendment The Second Amendment reads: "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not...
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