Guard more than weekend warriors
While I welcome further discussion on securing the nation’s computer networks, your editorial (“A full-time cyberdefense,” Dec. 1) reflects a lack of understanding as to why so many experts are calling...
View ArticleUpstaters wear coolness well
I totally agree with the basic gist in Amy Biancolli’s column, “Our fair city deserves better,” Feb.1, but I take offense to her comment that some may see upstaters as “dorky.” I have been a greater...
View ArticleLincoln’s strength came from spirit
David Brooks, in his column “U.S. needs someone like Lincoln,” April 8, says that – in every election year – he holds former President Lincoln up as a template to begin his judgment of presidential...
View ArticleSTD Awareness Month good time to get tested
I come across friends all the time who have their facts completely backward when it comes to getting tested for sexually transmitted diseases. Some people think getting tested is embarrassing, takes a...
View ArticleExercise benefits dementia patients
In the article, “Exercise is good for brain, even for those with Alzheimer’s,” author Lauran Neergaard investigated how strenuous workouts can reduce the plaque buildup in the brain that induces...
View ArticleTurn attention to fracking hazards
It was great to see U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer taking such an active interest in speaking out about the city of Montreal’s plan to dump 2 billion gallons of raw sewage into the St. Lawrence River,...
View ArticleKrasher served constituents well
Rather than characterize departing City Council member Judd Krasher as “one of Mayor Kathy Sheehan’s most outspoken critics,” we would describe him as someone who uses critical thinking, along with...
View ArticleSTD testing helps to protect health
Did you know that half of all sexually active young people in the United States will contract a sexually transmitted disease by the time they’re 25 – and that most won’t even know it? Or that young...
View ArticleHonor guards deserve thanks
This coming Memorial Day has a lot of meaning in more ways than one. The true meaning is to remember and honor veterans of all wars and peacetime service who paid the ultimate price to keep America...
View ArticleGet active about clean energy
The proposed Pilgrim pipeline set to go through southern Albany and Rensselaer counties has been a popular discussion of late. There is a multitude of research that shows the environmental and health...
View ArticleBrinks sentence should be served
The granting of clemency to Judith Clark sent my recollection surging back to that October 1981 day when a group of domestic terrorists sought to rob a Brink’s truck in Rockland County. I was traveling...
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