menu_open Columnists

Times Union
We use cookies to provide some features and experiences in QOSHE

More information  .  Close

Letters: Repair Cafés build community while cutting waste

Letters: Repair Cafés build community while cutting waste

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

previous day 2

Times Union

Our Readers

Editorial: America's looming health care crisis

Editorial: America's looming health care crisis

Credit: Getty Images. Last Wednesday, television viewers across the country tuned in to a prime-time address on the economy by President Donald J....

sunday 3

Times Union

Times Union Editorial Board

Commentary: Get up to speed on Capital Region speed humps

Commentary: Get up to speed on Capital Region speed humps

Credit: Getty Images. You know the feeling: You’re driving along a local road, listening to your favorite podcast, when suddenly your head hits the...

sunday 1

Times Union

Jim Crowe

This year’s hottest MAGA Christmas toys

This year’s hottest MAGA Christmas toys

In just a few days, Christmas will be here. As one of Santa’s helpers, hopefully, you’ve finished shopping weeks ago. But if you haven’t,...

20.12.2025 4

Times Union

John Ficarra

Commentary: To get every New Yorker counted in the next census, we need to start now

Commentary: To get every New Yorker counted in the next census, we need to start now

Credit: Getty Images. Eighty-nine people. That was the margin by which New York lost a congressional seat in the last census count in 2020. This...

19.12.2025 8

Times Union

Jeremy Cooney

Commentary: Here's how to make N.Y.'s human services funding go farther

Credit: Getty Images. At a time when New York is facing fiscal headwinds and difficult choices, it’s easy to believe that cutting funding is the...

19.12.2025 10

Times Union

William Gettman

‘What did I do to deserve this?’ Editor Matt Rocheleau on his journey with ALS.

‘What did I do to deserve this?’ Editor Matt Rocheleau on his journey with ALS.

At left, Matt Rocheleau stands at Boston’s Fenway Park before throwing out a ceremonial first pitch alongside Boston Globe colleagues after they...

19.12.2025 20

Times Union

Matt Rocheleau

Editorial: New York’s prison health care is failing the most basic test: compassion

Times Union photo illustration by Jeff Boyer. An investigation by The Marshall Project found that a quarter of deaths in state prisons were “...

19.12.2025 6

Times Union

Times Union Editorial Board

Editorial: The real Trump ‘Hall of Shame’

Editorial: The real Trump ‘Hall of Shame’

President Donald Trump steps off of Air Force One in Calgary, Alberta, Canada on June 15, 2025. In his first term, President Donald J. Trump was...

19.12.2025 2

Times Union

Times Union Editorial Board

Gov. Hochul: Why I’m supporting medical aid in dying

Gov. Hochul: Why I’m supporting medical aid in dying

Gov. Kathy Hochul says her decision to support medical aid in dying in New York "was guided by a genuine and deeply held belief that government...

17.12.2025 40

Times Union

Kathy Hochul

Commentary: Thruway’s new surcharge is like a secret toll hike on business

Commentary: Thruway’s new surcharge is like a secret toll hike on business

Northbound trucks travel on the state Thruway in Greene County in 2016. If you want to understand what it’s like to run a small business in New...

17.12.2025 1

Times Union

Jim Fitch