Women, too, are victims of a newsworthy war
Bob Hendrick’s letter (“Media ignore more newsworthy stories,” Sept. 23) went beyond critical thinking to cross the border of hate mail on the basis of sex. Mr. Hendrick lists several things he thinks...
View ArticleNYRA doesn’t care about being scrutinized
I never cease to be amazed at the fiscal arrogance of New York Racing Association’s management/good old boys club. How does just retired Tom Durkin justify a $440,000 salary working only 100 days? Is...
View ArticleUnder cover of Congress
Our opinion: A host of non-budgetary issues slip into the federal budget votes. The public deserves clean bills and a proper airing of important issues. Maybe you hate compact fluorescent light bulbs....
View ArticleIKEA could offer economic boon
Why not try to lure IKEA to the De Laet’s Landing site on the Hudson River in Rensselaer? The location would be perfect. It is on the river, making it easy to transport goods by ships and barges. IKEA...
View ArticleMental illness at root of church slaughter in S.C.
A horrible thing happened in South Carolina. Nine innocent people were murdered in their own church while in the act of worshiping their God. But why did it happen? Can we place the blame squarely 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 ArticleStop and think about guns being a solution
Bob Marley once said, “Until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned, everywhere is war.” Even in the year 2015, this...
View ArticleHard work gives a person dignity
The cost to obtain a higher education would be much less if curriculums were limited to courses that produce workers. Imagine student loans that produced jobs without decades of debt. Imagine campuses...
View ArticleLook what hate, malice has done to Paladino
Reading Carl Paladino’s latest rant stirred up a lot of painful emotion for me, and no doubt millions of other people. It is difficult to comprehend how an individual can harbor so much malice toward...
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