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Public fund denial an ironic Blakeman blow

Public fund denial an ironic Blakeman blow

Before this week, longtime Albany observers expected that the threat of the Public Campaign Finance Board holding back public funding for...

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Dan Janison

He got involved, and it made a big difference

He got involved, and it made a big difference

Death demands reflection and introspection. And so I found myself thinking quite a bit this past week about the passing of Richard Amper. Dick, who...

29.03.2026 2

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Michael Dobie

Empty assurances echo from 2020

Empty assurances echo from 2020

Six years ago this month, the COVID-19 lockdowns began. Serious public health mandates were in place. Workers were sidelined, schools shut and the...

25.03.2026 5

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Dan Janison

A trip down the 'Russiagate' memory lane

A trip down the 'Russiagate' memory lane

The death last week of Robert Mueller, the special counsel who oversaw the probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election, revived acrimonious...

25.03.2026 7

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Cathy Young

Dreaming of new housing in LI's heartland

Dreaming of new housing in LI's heartland

When New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani met with President Donald Trump in Washington last month, the pair apparently spent much of their time...

25.03.2026 6

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Randi F. Marshall

We're not so divided on actual issues

As a nation, we’re a mess. Hopelessly divided, forever fighting, with political leaders who throw gasoline, not water, on the fire. That’s the...

22.03.2026 6

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Michael Dobie

Trump's 'SAVE Me' act rivets Senate

The title of President Donald Trump’s Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act could have been shortened to the "SAVE Me"...

20.03.2026 8

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Dan Janison

Gathering together as Jews is becoming harder

When the Temple Israel congregation gathered in West Bloomfield Township, Michigan, a day after a vehicle filled with explosives rammed into their...

19.03.2026 5

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Randi F. Marshall

March is the most confounding month

It's March, and spring is in the air. For a moment, anyway. As quickly as hints of change arrive, just as quickly come reminders that say: Not...

15.03.2026 7

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Michael Dobie

Prediction markets signal a flash point for the future

Energy Secretary Chris Wright wrongly and notoriously claimed on social media Tuesday that the U.S. Navy had successfully escorted an oil tanker...

12.03.2026 8

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Dan Janison

Attacking Iran, while excusing Russia as it helps Iran

It is increasingly clear that the war the United States and Israel are fighting in Iran, however long it continues, will reverberate not only in the...

10.03.2026 7

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Cathy Young

Do you feel queasy about AI yet?

From the Department of You-Can't-Make-This-Up: After a heated back-and-forth between Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and the Defense...

08.03.2026 40

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Michael Dobie

Messing with Texas maps faces the test

Off-cycle gerrymandering has stood out as the biggest and most controversial strategy so far for picking up House seats in this high-stakes midterm...

05.03.2026 10

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Dan Janison

Iranian dissident rejoices at Khamenei's fall

On Saturday, exiled Iranian dissident Masih Alinejad was being interviewed on CBS News about the Israeli and American strikes against Iran's...

03.03.2026 30

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Cathy Young

When a change in perspective does the trick

To get from the back door around the garage and out to the garbage cans, I dug a path barely the width of one shovel, a concession to age and the deep...

01.03.2026 20

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Michael Dobie

4 years in, Ukraine has won by surviving

Russia's war in Ukraine passed the four-year mark on Tuesday. It's difficult to remember now that in the early days of the invasion, many...

27.02.2026 20

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Cathy Young

Blakeman's burden is a heavy one

26.02.2026 30

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Dan Janison

Looking to up quality of what's often a slog

25.02.2026 30

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Randi F. Marshall

There's nothing like a cardinal in winter

22.02.2026 20

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Michael Dobie

One aide's exit spotlights the Noem mess

19.02.2026 10

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Dan Janison

Retirement seems a grim prospect for some

18.02.2026 10

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Randi F. Marshall

Olympics are a peculiar kind of mirror

15.02.2026 20

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Michael Dobie

Long efforts pay off on 9/11 health funding

13.02.2026 40

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Randi F. Marshall

Gender surgery verdict a wake-up call

10.02.2026 10

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Cathy Young

Savoring what elite athletes can do that we cannot

08.02.2026 10

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Michael Dobie

Latest Epstein release may benefit Trump

04.02.2026 10

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Cathy Young

A moment in time that changed my childhood

28.01.2026 10

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Randi F. Marshall

Smear attempt incenses gun rights backers

27.01.2026 10

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Cathy Young

A chance encounter, a flood of memories

25.01.2026 20

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Michael Dobie

Will NY become a petri dish for measles?

23.01.2026 10

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Randi F. Marshall

Police groups to flex their influence

22.01.2026 20

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Dan Janison

Heavy hand ripping our social fabric

21.01.2026 20

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Cathy Young

Trees as property are like no other

18.01.2026 10

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Michael Dobie

A bob and weave by Mayor Mamdani fails

16.01.2026 30

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Randi F. Marshall

An oath in Nassau, a mission in Albany

14.01.2026 10

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Dan Janison

U.S. lacks moral authority in Iranian dissidents' fight

13.01.2026 10

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Cathy Young

A human marvel that's hard to replicate

11.01.2026 20

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Michael Dobie

Venezuela shake-up bad news for Putin

06.01.2026 10

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Cathy Young

December's light makes you work

19.12.2025 10

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Michael Dobie

Motive's the mystery in Trump aide's remarks

17.12.2025 10

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Dan Janison

Massacre likely to become a symbol of hate

16.12.2025 10

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Cathy Young

Pain and relief in the twilight zone

14.12.2025 20

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Michael Dobie

It's up to WFP to avoid being hijacked

11.12.2025 10

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Dan Janison

Incoherent Ukraine policy yields a big setback

09.12.2025 10

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Cathy Young

As memory fades into history, what then?

07.12.2025 10

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Michael Dobie

Queens 'border' defense is less than meets the eye

04.12.2025 10

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Dan Janison

Anti-immigration animus at new level

02.12.2025 10

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Cathy Young

Going with 6-7 for '25 means ... something

30.11.2025 10

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Michael Dobie

This organ donation was a match 'meant to be'

27.11.2025 20

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Randi F. Marshall

Tampering with our formula for success

23.11.2025 20

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Michael Dobie