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Why are the arts always the first place budget-cutters look?

Thursday, April 18, 2013
*Why are the arts always the first place budget-cutters look?
*Even Red Sox get more coverage than Mets
*Too many tax dollars go for guns, not butter
*Bully tactics on display in closing FDR School
*Democrats have to slam door at porous borders
 

New rail track between Albany, Schenectady is ridiculously overpriced

Wednesday, April 17, 2013
*New rail track between Albany, Schenectady is ridiculously overpriced
*Reflections on a tragic day in Boston
*Bravo for Saratoga school board’s stance on testing
*Heating bills up; so much for global warming!
 

Unfortunate rush to judgment on writing assignment about Jews

Tuesday, April 16, 2013
*Unfortunate rush to judgment on writing assignment about Jews
*Republican Party on the road to irrelevance
*Bravo for Saratoga school board’s stance on testing
*Hard to stop drug dealing when police won’t come
*Hunting deer with spears, slingshots a foolish idea
*Early-instruction benefits not limited to arts, music
 

GOP may talk the talk, doesn’t walk the walk, on subject of minorities

Monday, April 15, 2013
GOP may talk the talk, doesn’t walk the walk, on subject of minorities
Tuesday’s the day: honor your local library worker
Good news belongs on the front page, too!
 

Enforcement focus on repeat drunken drivers is welcome

Sunday, April 14, 2013
*Enforcement focus on repeat drunken drivers is welcome
*Tax-free on-line sales undermine local economies
*Character issues at root of teen promiscuity
*Levity appreciated for heavy-duty editorial
*Killing people is never anything to joke about
*Keep focus on women’s problems in military
 

The Shroud of Turin is more than just a piece of cloth

Sunday, April 14, 2013
*The Shroud of Turin is more than just a piece of cloth
 

Alcohol-related deaths can be avoided

Saturday, April 13, 2013
*Alcohol-related deaths can be avoided
 

Wanting to change one’s gender shouldn’t be viewed as abnormal

Saturday, April 13, 2013
*Wanting to change one’s gender shouldn’t be viewed as abnormal
*Intelligence test illogical, knowing English isn’t
*We need educated kids but won’t pay the price
*Math, English tests too long for young students
*So much for the slingshot, spear

 

It’s time for leaders to solve problems and stop blaming Bush

Friday, April 12, 2013
*It’s time for leaders to solve problems and stop blaming Bush
 

Feds should help N.Y. protect Adirondacks, other state parks

Friday, April 12, 2013
*Feds should help N.Y. protect Adirondacks, other state parks
*It takes parents, not a village, to teach kids
*Crusade on behalf of fired cashier is improper
*Movie cast, crew a good bunch of people
*Full-day K or not, taxes rise in BH-BL every year
 

Celebrity ‘experts’ are only experts in hypocrisy

Thursday, April 11, 2013
*Celebrity ‘experts’ are only experts in hypocrisy
 

Sch’dy pre-K needs sustained volunteer reading program

Thursday, April 11, 2013
*Sch’dy pre-K needs sustained volunteer reading program
*Fracking, tar sands no way to go fossil-free
*Omit private money in politics if public is used
*Baseball coverage favors Yanks; Mets merit more
 

Global warming deniers have bought dogma of fossil-fuel industry

Wednesday, April 10, 2013
*Global warming deniers have bought dogma of fossil-fuel industry
*Van Schaicks were good friends of Mabee Farm
*Dangerous precedent in school class cancellation
*Whatever happened to ‘global warming’?
 

Cancellation of organic chem class leaves a foul smell

Tuesday, April 9, 2013
*Cancellation of organic chem class leaves a foul smell
*Schoharie’s stance on SAFE Act explained
*Full-day kindergarten in BH-BL a no-brainer
*How parties’ moderates can keep radicals at bay
*Fracking, tar sands no way to go fossil-free
 

Boy Scouts’ storied tradition in Capital Region is in jeopardy

Monday, April 8, 2013
*Boy Scouts’ storied tradition in Capital Region is in jeopardy
*Sometimes, a little violence prevents a lot
*Modern deer hunting not enough of a challenge
 
 

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