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Editorial: Another daylight robbery of the U.S. Treasury

Editorial: Another daylight robbery of the U.S. Treasury

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-South Dakota. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images) A few weeks ago, this editorial board assailed...

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Commentary: Electrification will save money and energy — and spur housing development

Commentary: Electrification will save money and energy — and spur housing development

A hybrid solar thermal heat pump domestic hot water system in the Solara Apartments in Rotterdam in 2019. With the implementation of...

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Anna Kelles And Dana Levenberg

Commentary: Public-sector retirees need a cost-of-living adjustment more than ever

Commentary: Public-sector retirees need a cost-of-living adjustment more than ever

Credit: Getty Images. Someone turning 70 this year has lived through a lifetime of economic change, from the oil embargo and inflation of the 1970s...

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Tom Tatun

Editorial: Troy City Hall redux

Editorial: Troy City Hall redux

The city of Troy is moving ahead with plans to remake Proctor’s Theater into City Hall, even though the current space is functional. The lame-duck...

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Letters: History has a new address — and she lives in Albany

Letters: History has a new address — and she lives in Albany

Letters to the editor can be submitted by sending an email to tuletters@timesunion.com or completing this form. See our guidelines on letters....

18.11.2025 1

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Editorial: Climate Act hits headwinds

Editorial: Climate Act hits headwinds

Credit: Getty Images. Six years ago, New York passed a landmark law to dramatically rein in greenhouse gas emissions by the middle of this century....

16.11.2025 2

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Commentary: Do you suffer from Trump Derangement Syndrome?

Commentary: Do you suffer from Trump Derangement Syndrome?

Credit: Getty Images.   One of the right-wing media’s go-to talking points whenever someone criticizes the president is to accuse the person of...

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John Ficarra

Commentary: Use money from a greenwashing settlement to correct the record on meat’s climate impacts

Cattle graze on deforested land in Brazil's Jamanxim National Forest.  Recently, JBS USA, a subsidiary of the largest meat processing company in...

16.11.2025 2

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Jennifer Jacquet And Sonali Shukla Mcdermid

Editorial: Happily married (for now)

Supporters of gay marriage in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in April 2015, two months before the Obergefell decision legalized those unions...

14.11.2025 1

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Commentary: New York families need heating assistance, and they can't afford to wait

Credit: Getty Images. As temperatures drop, more than 1.5 million New Yorkers are heading into winter without the lifeline that keeps their homes...

14.11.2025 3

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Laurie Wheelock And Theresa A. Hotte

Commentary: Not worried about the national debt? You should be.

Credit: Getty Images. America has a $38 trillion national debt, about 120% of GDP, with budget deficits adding $2 trillion annually. Some say...

14.11.2025 3

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Frank S. Robinson

Editorial: Ulster town supervisor owes voters an explanation for his departure

Credit: Getty Images. James Quigley is the Republican candidate for Ulster County executive and current Ulster town supervisor. His campaign...

14.11.2025 1

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Editorial: With flight cancellations, Trump causes more needless shutdown pain

Editorial: With flight cancellations, Trump causes more needless shutdown pain

Travelers wait at a security checkpoint at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, on Nov. 7, 2025. Hundreds of flights were canceled...

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Commentary: America has forgotten the value of good neighbors

Commentary: America has forgotten the value of good neighbors

Marker at the U.S.-Canadian border between Skagway, Alaska, and British Columbia, Canada. Of all the things children learn at an early age, how to...

12.11.2025 4

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Mark A. Boyer

Commentary: More than ever, college campuses need veterans’ voices 

Commentary: More than ever, college campuses need veterans’ voices 

Credit: Getty Images. As we mark another Veterans Day and hail the contributions of generations of people who have served our country, it is also...

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Elizabeth H. Bradley