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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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Times Union Editorial Board

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...

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Mark A. Boyer

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

LeBrun: A new day for Democrats, lights out for Cuomo

Zohran Mamdani celebrates Nov. 4 at an election night event in Brooklyn after winning the New York City mayoral election. Well, hallelujah. For...

10.11.2025 10

Fred Lebrun

Editorial: Is this the end of the Trump trade war?

Credit: Getty Images. If the questions Wednesday from both ends of the Supreme Court’s ideological spectrum are any indication of how it will rule...

10.11.2025 2

Times Union Editorial Board

Commentary: How dare you accuse me of hating America?

"No Kings" protesters line sidewalks in Saratoga Springs on Oct. 18. Thousands of people gather along Western Avenue in Albany on Oct. 18 for a "No...

10.11.2025 3

Stephen Powers

Commentary: End Columbus Day. Make it Cabrini Day instead.

Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini (1850-1917) founded schools, orphanages and hospitals throughout the United States and South America. The first...

10.11.2025 2

Richard Conti

Commentary: Hochul can stand up for democracy by signing FOIL bill

Times Union photo illustration. Democracy across America faces historic threats. We feel it here in New York and ask: What can our state’s elected...

08.11.2025 10

Tom Speaker

Commentary: Go all in on energy projects before federal incentives expire

Credit: Getty Images. The Trump administration is sending a troubling message to communities across America: You’re on your own when it comes to...

06.11.2025 7

Paul Tonko And Julie Tighe

Editorial: Justice not served in Columbia County

Former Columbia County District Attorney’s decision to ignore the state’s 2019 discovery laws served neither justice nor the alleged victim. The...

06.11.2025 2

Times Union Editorial Board

Commentary: Feeding the hungry is a moral imperative, not a political bargaining chip

Mount Ida Food Pantry volunteers Iris Chiang, left, and Kara Gilmore help people pick out food on Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025, at Mount Ida Preservation...

06.11.2025 2

Patricia Fahy

Editorial: Dereliction of duty in Sullivan County

The Sullivan County jail. On the evening of Aug. 24, Sincere McNeal was arrested in the village of Monticello along with two other men during a...

06.11.2025 1

Times Union Editorial Board

Editorial: Why is it so hard for the Schoharie County Board of Supervisors to fo

Clifford Hay, the Schoharie County Democratic commissioner for the Board of Elections, was reappointed by the Board of Supervisors after failing to...

04.11.2025 2