The YouToons Get Ready for Obamacare
“2014 is coming–are you ready for Obamacare? Join the YouToons as they walk through the basic changes in the way Americans will get health coverage and what it will cost starting in 2014, when major...
View ArticleTax Information for Same-Sex Married Couples
For taxes administered by the New York State Tax Department, equal treatment has been given to individuals legally married to different-sex spouses and same-sex spouses since the enactment of the...
View ArticleIf they’re going to impeach Obama anyway …
Who remembers who was Speaker of the House in 1929 when the Great Depression hit?
View ArticleLet’s repeal the Fourth Amendment!
"If the government won't honor and defend the Fourth, then the government should convince us why we don't need it, or don't deserve its protections, anymore."
View ArticleHome Repair Workcamp coming to Albany in June 2014
Since 1977, over a quarter of a million youth have participated in this program providing more than 6 million hours of volunteer service around the country.
View ArticleKnocking at Midnight: Martin Luther King, Jr.
In the terrible midnight of war men have knocked on the door of the church to ask for the bread of peace, but the church has often disappointed them.
View ArticleGood news from bad #2
I’m going to try again to show how bad news can be seen as good news. The first is a historical piece in honor of the day. The bad news: After [Martin Luther] King’s house was bombed in 1956, the...
View ArticleProposed Arizona legislation supports Sharia law
Thus religion - ANY religion - can be reason for taking a wide range of discriminatory actions against another.
View ArticleWhich US Presidents were born in New York State? Which Presidents died here?
Can you name, WITHOUT LOOKING, the Presidents who first served as Secretary of State AND the Presidents each served?
View Article“Sheehan (You Don’t Have to Put Up the Red Light)”
Feeling at best ambivalent on the issue myself.
View ArticleRemembering Francis Bellamy
"I pledge allegiance to my Flag and the Republic for which it stands, one nation indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."
View ArticleRace, bias and fear of death in policing, by Bradley Russell
The trend of citizens being killed by policehas been steadily climbing for the past two decades.
View Article50th anniversary of SELMA: see the movie January 6, support the Underground...
Join with other supporters of the Underground Railroad History Project for the benefit Special Advance Screening of SELMA, scheduled for Tuesday, January 6, 2015.
View ArticleUnited against Citizens United: rally on Wednesday 1/21
A poll conducted by Small Business Majority finds that two-thirds of "small business owners agreed the Citizens United ruling was bad for small business because it gives big business unlimited...
View ArticleSnow emergency called off in Albany
The snow emergency number 476-SNOW was down for at least an hour in the afternoon.
View ArticleWashing your hands after using the toilet is not government overreach
"The idea is that, even in the most extreme or absurd situations, the common sense of Americans and the self-correcting nature of the free market take care of many woes."
View ArticleTrying to understand the anti-vaccination movement
Those of us who know the importance of immunization need to continue to talk about it with facts and compassion.
View ArticlePut a women on the $20 bill
His face on our money implies an honor that Andrew Jackson’s legacy doesn't deserve.
View ArticleThe opt-out movement is growing
Schenectady's opt out rate is SUCH an outlier, I have to assume that other factors are in play.
View ArticleFranklin Graham and his dad
People seem to be surprised that Billy Graham is still alive
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