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The right climate for a time out

The right climate for a time out Times Union Copyright 2013 Times Union. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 9:56 pm, Saturday,...

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Editorial: A clear path on clear-cutting

Editorial: A clear path on clear-cutting THE ISSUE:The Adirondack Park Agency wants to streamline permits for clear-cutting private land.THE STAKES:A mistake here would have long-term consequences. The...

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Letter: Educator's views hard to swallow

Letter: Educator's views hard to swallow I read John Metallo's commentary ("Denying kids junk food isn't the answer," Feb. 8) with increasing disbelief. By the time I finished, my eyebrows were up to...

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Editorial: Long story short

Editorial: Long story short Talk about falling through the cracks. A cruel technicality sends thousands of elderly people home from the hospital after being denied Medicare coverage for physical...

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Parker: Diversity? No, control

Parker: Diversity? No, control First they came for the drones.No, not the unmanned kind that kill strangers from a safe distance but the sort who sit in meeting rooms and repeat slogans until they...

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Letter: Albany's future is its historical past

Letter: Albany's future is its historical past Can you imagine Boston without its Freedom Trail? Boston, a city with not one but two convention centers, is well aware that its history is its most...

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Friedman: Other half of Mexico's new story

Friedman: Other half of Mexico's new story In India, people ask you about China, and in China people ask you about India: Which country will become the more dominant economic power in the 21st century?...

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Dowd: Marketing herself, not a cause

Dowd: Marketing herself, not a cause WASHINGTON — Sheryl Sandberg is not one to settle for being the It Girl of Silicon Valley.Nor is the chief operating officer of Facebook willing to write a book...

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Smith: Working up a sweat for kids

Smith: Working up a sweat for kids At the gym the other day, the guy at the next locker pointed out that it wasn't as crowded as usual at that time of day. "The New Year's people have already given...

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Assault on the Constitution

Assault on the Constitution Times Union Copyright 2013 Times Union. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 9:58 pm, Saturday, February...

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Letter: NRA should fund mental health

Letter: NRA should fund mental health Two months have passed since the Newtown, Conn., shootings. Numerous letter writers have concentrated on gun rights and the idea of arming Americans against the...

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Letter: Real power is in nonviolent action

Letter: Real power is in nonviolent action Trina Sorenson, in her letter ("U.S. may be near dictatorship," Feb. 4), states we live in a uniquely dangerous era when we are "but one executive order or...

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Change needed in Rome

Change needed in Rome Times Union Copyright 2013 Times Union. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 9:43 pm, Sunday, February 24,...

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Editorial: State shoots the messenger

Editorial: State shoots the messenger THE ISSUE:A DOT engineer is out of a job after he praised the Cuomo administration in a newspaper interview.THE ISSUE:Talk about a chilling effect. We would fully...

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Letter: Health act poses danger to women

Letter: Health act poses danger to women I found the editorial on Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Reproductive Health Act ("A Senate snag on women's rights?" Feb. 3) to be misleading.According to the editorial,...

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Put a stamp on the Postal Service's future

Put a stamp on the Postal Service's future Times Union Copyright 2013 Times Union. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 9:44 pm,...

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State can't afford low wages

State can't afford low wages Times Union Copyright 2013 Times Union. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 9:44 pm, Sunday, February...

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Brodsky: Loyalty in New York: To whom?

Brodsky: Loyalty in New York: To whom? If you believe Dictionary.Com, loyalty is "faithfulness to commitments or obligations," and/or "faithful adherence to a sovereign." Interesting, but not...

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Letter: Imagine loss of millions of jobs

Letter: Imagine loss of millions of jobs I appreciated the reprint of the Chicago Tribune editorial "SOS from Postal Service," Feb. 11. Unfortunately, it was notable more for what was missing than for...

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Campaign cash on trial

Campaign cash on trial • The following is from an editorial in the Los Angeles Times:The Supreme Court long ago established that Americans have a First Amendment right to spend unlimited amounts on...

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