A setback in Schenectady
It’s easy to take for granted the positive change in the Schenectady Police Department over the past decade. But it’s exactly why the force’s handling of a strange incident involving Mayor Gary...
View ArticleState took too long to release results
Hard to believe it took the state Department of Health until early June to release the results of February 2016 blood tests looking for PFOA in Hoosick Falls residents. My doctor uses Quest...
View ArticleTrump, Clinton both unpopular
Seems like every day in the Times Union, there is an editorial, a political cartoon or letters to the editor proclaiming Donald Trump is unfit to be our president. The fact that he is not beholden to...
View ArticleTrump will say anything to win
Donald Trump’s political pronouncements on almost any issue are high risk, even dangerous ploys to raise political capital and get more votes. Like junk bonds, Trump’s political positions can quickly...
View ArticleTrump really quite a manipulator
I must say that, although I am not a fan nor do I endorse Donald Trump, he is a brilliant manipulator, cajoler and the epitome of all who believe that winning is the end game no matter the cost. He...
View ArticleLeave campaign signs alone
I read the front page article about stolen Donald Trump signs with sympathy for Robert Marini (“Thefts seem a (political) sign of the times,” Aug. 16. I also had a sign stolen July 4th weekend;...
View ArticleIs Trump real or a nightmare?
What in the world? As we live out our slow days of drudgery with small pleasures, occasional miracles, true struggles, final tragedies, we wonder if we are taking part in a cosmic shift, beyond the...
View ArticleCitizens recognize effective leaders
There is something wrong when political campaigns resemble an afternoon at the Roman Colosseum rather than presenting agendas. Media hype has evolved into hypocrisy and comedic sarcasm. Common sense...
View ArticleUse different line to send a message
Here are all of the various lines that Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are running on. You can support Clinton or Trump on a line other than Democratic or Republican. Why would you do that? The answer...
View ArticleTrain Americans for tech jobs
In a recent meeting with the president-elect, the big guns of Silicon Valley lobbied this critic of unrestricted immigration to continue allowing skilled immigrants in. I would have urged the highly...
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