We have all heard plenty about the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, pastor or former pastor to Barack Obama, but how about the Rev. John Hagee, supporter of John McCain? Granted, supporter, in the sense of having provided an endorsement, is not the same as pastor, in the sense of having been ...

What could be more vital to the well-being of our great state than an ornamental clock as a streetscape enhancement in the Bay Ridge area of Brooklyn? Nothing that I can think of. And at a mere $12,000, I don’t see how any taxpayer could object. But the point is, ...

If you’re a student of recent Schenectady history, maybe you remember the decline and fall of Art Hudak, minister of the Woodlawn Reformed Chuch until he got arrested for burglary about a year and a half ago. The home he burglarized was that of his girlfriend – he was a ...

So Sen. Barack Obama has finally come around to my view that his long-time pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, is a race-baiting blowhard. He didn’t put it in exactly those words, but that was the sum and substance of his reaction to the reverend’s lastest foray into public discourse – ...

I’m happy to see that a local construction guy plans to restore two prime old buildings in downtown Schenectady, and I just hope he manages to do them before going to jail. The construction guy is Jeffrey Civitello, and he faces felony charges for allegedly assaulting a neighbor with snow ...

Why would a BOCES (Board of Cooperative Educational Services) report to the state Retirement System that its part-time contract lawyers are full-time salaried employees?

A belated entry here on the subject of bird-shooting as a qualification for being president, for the benefit of those who neglected to buy the Sunday Gazette and read my column on the subject.

Why do I rag on Christians but not on Jews? The question was raised by a letter-writer, and I think it’s a fair one. For my full answer, please see my column in today’s (Thursday’s) Daily Gazette. In brief, it’s because Christians are on a roll in this country and ...

The state Legislature accomplished a few things during the rush of budget bills that received little media attention.

It’s true: I attended the Bibleman show at Grace Fellowship Church in Latham on Friday, and in my column in the Sunday Gazette I consider the question of whether such a show or indeed any religious indoctrination of small children is tantamont to child abuse. Richard Dawkins, prominent biologist and ...