Dowd: It isn't how you read — it's what
Dowd: It isn't how you read — it's what Auspicious my debut at Time was not.In 1981, I started working in the Washington bureau of the newsmagazine famously mocked by The New Yorker's Wolcott Gibbs for...
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Assessing the risks of fracking
Assessing the risks of fracking Times Union Copyright 2013 Times Union. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 10:42 pm, Saturday,...
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Obama's fractured views on human rights
Obama's fractured views on human rights Times Union Copyright 2013 Times Union. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 7:31 pm,...
View ArticleTime to pressure Tehran
Time to pressure Tehran • The following is from an editorial in the Chicago Tribune:In the 1993 movie "Groundhog Day," Bill Murray plays a character who is doomed to repeat the same day over and over....
View ArticleEditorial: A budget, and just that
Editorial: A budget, and just that THE ISSUE:The Senate GOP leader wants the casino issue out of state budget negotiations. THE STAKES:New York's fiscal affairs are more than enough for state leaders...
View ArticleLetter: Has Obama learned lessons?
Letter: Has Obama learned lessons? While President Barack Obama was learning the ins and outs of foreign policy, an important part of the job of U.S. president, the Iranian nuclear development program...
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Washington's sinking ship
Washington's sinking ship Times Union Copyright 2013 Times Union. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 7:32 pm, Sunday, March 10,...
View ArticleBrodsky: Detroit on the Hudson
Brodsky: Detroit on the Hudson That chasm you hear yawning and see getting wider is the split between the rich and everyone else. It's bad for America, but it comes home to roost when we see particular...
View ArticleLetter: Promote state's energy sources
Letter: Promote state's energy sources The key to resolving New York's energy woes is through increased investment in our own electric transmission and generation resources, which will in turn create...
View ArticleLetter: Don't distort the Constitution
Letter: Don't distort the Constitution Gun control means different things to different people.To those whose lives have been shattered by gun violence, the debate is about stopping the killing so their...
View ArticleLetter: Fracking needs reasoned debate
Letter: Fracking needs reasoned debate As a lifelong environmentalist with an open mind regarding hydrofracking, I have been dismayed by the level of discourse from people opposed to hydrofracking.The...
View ArticleThe real cost of college
The real cost of college •The following is from an editorial in The New York Times:Colleges often make themselves appear less expensive — and more attractive to cash-poor families — through promotional...
View ArticleLetter: Schools victims of an intimidator
Letter: Schools victims of an intimidator I've been in education for more than 20 years, and it seems we must admit failure. We've been teaching children to stand against bullying, yet it continues and...
View ArticleLetter: Medicare survey a very useful tool
Letter: Medicare survey a very useful tool The 134,800 Medicare beneficiaries in upstate New York should pay attention to their mailboxes for a chance to make their voices heard on their health care.If...
View ArticleEditorial: A scandal behind bars
Editorial: A scandal behind bars THE TRAGEDY:First a woman inmate dies needlessly in the Albany County jail. Then the state mishandles its investigation.THE QUESTION:Where's the accountability? Our...
View ArticleLetter: New paths can halt poverty cycle
Letter: New paths can halt poverty cycle I read with interest "Striving for an education, struggling with poverty," Feb. 10, highlighted by the experiences of the three Albany families headed by single...
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North Korea has its own March madness
North Korea has its own March madness Times Union Copyright 2013 Times Union. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 7:30 pm, Monday,...
View ArticleLetter: Reform state aid to public schools
Letter: Reform state aid to public schools Five years ago, the courts judged the system for funding public schools in New York violates the state constitution; required remedial action is still...
View ArticleRobinson: Ryan's deceitful budget plan
Robinson: Ryan's deceitful budget plan If Rep. Paul Ryan wants people to take his budget manifestos seriously, he should be honest about his ambition: not so much to make the federal government...
View ArticleBrooks: Revolution in fuel will drive U.S.
Brooks: Revolution in fuel will drive U.S. Because I have to generate two columns a week for you, Dear Reader, I spend some time hunting for new ideas on the conference circuit. When you are on that...
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