Gorilla killed due to an assumption
I mourn the brutal execution of Harambe, the 17-year-old gorilla who was shot at the Cincinnati Zoo, after a toddler crawled into his enclosure. The 3-year-old was heard to announce his intention to...
View ArticleUnborn child should not be hurt
Liz Krueger’s commentary “Court must rule to protect women’s reproductive rights,” June 23, states: “Unsurprisingly, it is low-income women and women of color – those who often lack the means to...
View ArticleBaby Institute big help to parents
I am glad Chris Churchill wrote a column about the Baby Institute here in Albany that just got a financial boost from Albany Medical Center (“The importance of reading to children,” July 21). Evidence...
View ArticleLawmakers are enabling sexual predators
Words cannot describe the depravity of Arthur Gannon’s crimes against the two young sisters he has been convicted of abusing. But he was only convicted because of uncommon luck. Gannon’s victims kept...
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 ArticleTime for legislators to put abuse victims first
Melanie Blow’s letter (“Lawmakers are enabling sexual predators,” Oct. 9), in my opinion, is right on. As we so painfully know, New York state legislators have had 10 years to pass legislation...
View ArticleHire state workers not speechwriter
Reporter Chris Bragg’s revelation that Tom Topousis, a former New York Post reporter and currently a speechwriter for the governor, is actually drawing his $125,000 salary from the state Office of...
View ArticleGovernment has truly become intrusive
In my short lifetime, I have seen more intrusion of government in life and society than I could have ever imagined. The courts deciding when life begins. In the hospital/medical setting, the patient is...
View ArticleDon’t dismiss ACA without replacement
The rush to repeal the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) is reckless. Millions may lose health insurance or have it seriously degraded. To repeal a complex piece of legislation on which so many people...
View ArticlePass Child Victims Act to protect the innocent
Canajoharie parents learned how vulnerable children are to sexual abuse when a registered sex offender dined in a school cafeteria and passed out notes saying “I love you” to students. This looks a lot...
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