Commentary just a play on words
In reading Alexander M. Stern’s commentary (“The true meaning of Krissmas,” Nov. 27), I find it to be no more than a play on words as is his article. I’m not certain if it is a tongue-in-cheek...
View ArticleGOP letter to Iran undermines trust
As a U.S. citizen supposedly represented by congressmen, I am furious. How dare these 47 Republicans take it upon themselves to warn Iran that any deal made with President Obama can be broken by them...
View Article‘Freedom’ law an unjust debacle
The controversy swirling about the recently enacted religious freedom law in Indiana is quite disturbing. The defenders of the law as originally enacted, including the increasingly embattled and...
View ArticleA New York horror story
Our opinion: The state pays a huge settlement in a disabled man’s death, but admits nothing. How is the public to know if the state has learned anything if it won’t say what has been done about this?...
View ArticleProtect women by protecting fetus
Elected officials need to ensure that protection is provided to every human being. The only way to protect women’s rights will be by enforcing laws that secure her child’s right to life. Reason and...
View ArticlePhotos may help prevent shootings
I was shocked last week to see the graphic shooting photographs of Allison Parker on the front pages of the New York City tabloids. But as the hopelessness that anything could be done to stop or even...
View ArticleTrump tends to be always right
Those in the media who comment on Donald Trump should realize that psychologists define four life-long personal attitudes that one can take. One of these is an attitude of ”I’m OK, you’re not OK,” and...
View ArticleConsider using heroin to carry out death sentence
I read with interest the article about firing squads and the death penalty. I doubt being shot to death would be much of a deterrent to those who would commit future violent crimes. Besides, bullets...
View ArticleBlows to the head hardly incidental
“It’s important to note that blows to the head are incidental to football and hockey.” I read that about half a dozen times. It really says that in the Times Union editorial “Strike a blow for...
View ArticleOrlando sadly will have little effect
After the slaughter of innocents in Newtown, Conn., I thought, certainly, something would be done. I thought the political power of the National Rifle Association and the gun manufacturers would take a...
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 ArticleAll candidates are dishonest parties
Don Bell in his letter (“Trump will say anything to win,” July 22) expresses his belief that Donald Trump will say anything to win. I cannot argue with Mr. Bell’s conclusions, but I would like to point...
View ArticleTrump U. would help Trump
As Bernie Sanders said, “the American people are sick and tired of hearing about [Hillary’s] damn emails!” Not a day goes by that we don’t have more revelations about Hillary Clinton’s emails; I have...
View ArticleTrump a pitchman for destruction
It’s contradictory how the greatest liar and deceiver in this election cycle, Donald Trump, has the nerve to call all who come up against him liars. When will the napping supporters of The Donald wake...
View ArticleTrump supporters have work to do
I want to remind Donald Trump supporters who want us to get over the election that there was appalling language in the campaign and calls for violence. Some things should never be said. It is not “PC”...
View ArticleAnything is still possible in this election year
I am a Bernie Sanders supporter, and I think there is a slim chance Hillary Clinton can still be elected. On Dec. 19, the Electoral College members will cast their votes for Clinton or Donald Trump....
View ArticleHack of election hacks the history of America
In the face of incontrovertible evidence of a malicious cyberattack during the latest presidential election, we cannot accept the convenient denial by those who stand to gain by it. Our nuclear defense...
View ArticleTucker exhausts her negative vocabulary
Cynthia Tucker’s vitriolic diatribe is a sad commentary in journalism (“A new age of disrespect, turbulence,” Jan. 24). It is clearly an attempt to drive yet another wedge between this nascent...
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