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Mandating of school until age 18 is well-intentioned but a bad idea
Sunday, June 16, 2013
Let’s consider more closely Schenectady’s move in the direction of making school mandatory until age 18.
Trapping bill is threat to snapping turtles, already endangered
Sunday, June 16, 2013
To permit trapping as an additional source of mortality for our state reptile, the snapping turtle, would be like allowing hunting of our national symbol, the bald eagle, as both are highly esteemed, emblematic and pressured.
Time to contract national security state
Sunday, June 16, 2013
It’s time for President Obama to live up to his own words. It’s time for Congress to do its job. It’s time to contract the ever-expanding national security state. And it’s time to roll back the Patriot Act.
Legal protections for women shouldn’t be necessary, but are
Sunday, June 16, 2013
It’s been an often bitter, always contentious, battle over the centuries to grant all who are human the reality of the dicta that all men are created equal, with equal rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
WASHINGTON
Immigrants can help overcome declines in U.S. population
Sunday, June 9, 2013
Throughout our nation’s history, the world’s biggest risk-takers, boldest thinkers and hardest workers have flocked to America’s shores in pursuit of greater freedom and opportunity.
New York should base school aid on sales and income taxes
Sunday, June 9, 2013
There is an alternative to higher and higher property taxes. Why not fund our schools to a greater extent on income and/or sales taxes?
Our far-flung region is diverse, but lacks true cohesiveness
Sunday, June 9, 2013
Our Capital Region metropolis lacks a singular identity — that internalized sense of regional pride and confidence that’s essential to propel an advantageous image of itself to both its own residents and, just as importantly, to the nation and the world.
WASHINGTON
America’s interests must come before those of immigrants
Sunday, June 9, 2013
Many open-borders advocates see the United States as a lifeboat saving people from poverty. Overloaded lifeboats sink. Ours is taking on water now.
Minority physicians needed for coming shortfall
Sunday, June 9, 2013
That the Affordable Care Act will open the doors to consistent health care for more people is a good thing, but it will also make a predicted nationwide shortage of doctors even worse unless steps are taken to increase the number of physicians.
Alternate energy won't be available by 2030
Sunday, June 9, 2013
Renewable energy sources will not replace coal, natural gas and nuclear energy in the foreseeable future.
Concrete ceiling: Men deserve to have an Equality Agenda as much as women do
Sunday, June 2, 2013
I’ll know we have a leader in Albany, not just a politician, when he proposes a 10-point Men’s Equality Agenda.
Despite charity, gap between haves and have-nots widens
Sunday, June 2, 2013
Through donations from local corporations, supermarkets and local restaurants, as well as with the help of an army of volunteers and private contributions, the Regional Bood Bank does one heroic and most regrettably necessary job.
Fiscal reality, other schools, have caught up with Niskayuna
Sunday, June 2, 2013
Hallelujah, Hallelujah! Finally a show of backbone from Niskayuna voters! It’s been a long time coming.
Schenectady’s next vital step is to improve its neighborhoods
Sunday, May 26, 2013
Now is the time to bring back the optimism that came out of Schenectady 2000. Despite the success of downtown, that optimism has faded, in large part because the city’s neighborhoods have been neglected.
New casinos would entice more gamblers, cost state in long run
Sunday, May 26, 2013
We should be skeptical about the expansion of legalized gambling in New York state. I like a good betting game, but hesitancy here goes beyond puritanical notions of vice and virtue, or portrayals of establishments that one might find in a Scorsese movie. There are very real, measurable impacts that gambling has on society at large.
