Critical eye full of brotherly love
There has always been some concern about big government becoming what conservatives criticize as too big, hence the pejorative Big Brother. Contrary to that are those of us who believe we need Big...
View ArticleSoldiers’ sacrifices not ‘contributions’
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has a campaign commercial in which a businessman refers to the sacrifices of our servicemen and women as “contributions.” “We contributed so many of our young men and women to these...
View ArticleFamily lives with the pain of suicide
I want to commend the Times Union and, especially, Jennifer Gish for her column “Finding meaning in loss,” Nov. 30, on Mary Clark and “Jerry’s Law.” My grandmother and Ms. Clark’s father were brother...
View ArticleWe must protect most vulnerable
I read again about the death of Donald Ivy, and my heart goes out to his family in their grief. I think the case points to the need for the kind of policing that allows officers to become acquainted...
View ArticlePresenting a full picture of an immigrant family
The Times Union recently carried the obituary of Mary Denier of Troy. I’d like to present a fuller picture. Mary, with her sister Jean, emigrated from Italy in the early 1950s; neither spoke English...
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