Let’s keep student competition on the field
Do we want seventh- and eighth-graders recruited, promised scholarships to private schools, told they would start on the varsity in ninth grade, and anything else they or their parents want to hear?...
View ArticleCable competition would only improve service
The Times Union’s recent editorials on communications policy – “PSC delay is inexcusable,” May 1, and “Dropped merger a relief,” April 28 – did not go far enough. Some 30 years ago, deregulation of the...
View ArticleStop the push for Pharoah already
I am really getting tired of the relentless push to have American Pharoah race at Saratoga Race Course. Organizers have offered to increase the purse by $350,000 but only if American Pharoah runs, kind...
View ArticleTrust between nations ends war
War will one day end. That is inevitable. After all, only two paths lie ahead for humanity and both lead to the end of war. On one path, the world’s people will finally see war as folly, never...
View ArticleStuck in the dial-up age
The frustration of downloading the latest movie on Netflix or Amazon Prime – only to watch a spinning gear icon for minutes on end – is all too common in New York. But what might be merely an annoying...
View ArticleTurn warehouse into competition
The Times Union’s fostering of a discussion regarding the cement Central Warehouse neighboring Interstate 787 in Albany is exciting. Just before reading Judy Hagemann’s letter (“Do something about...
View ArticleSpur internet competition
Some residents of rural parts of upstate New York soon will get access to broadband internet for the first time. That’s great news – for those who can afford it. Gov. Andrew Cuomo is correct in saying...
View ArticleScore one for consumers
Competition can be a good thing, especially when it comes to shaking up entrenched monopolies that put customer service far down their priority list. As we’ve seen in the electricity market, however,...
View ArticleGraduated corporate tax can create competition
Now that a significant segment of the American people elected Voldemort to our highest office, let’s hope that he pulls his all-powerful magic wand and truly changes the fortunes of the working...
View ArticlePublic schools must change to be competitive
The opposition by the United Federation of Teachers union to the nomination of Betsy DeVos as secretary of education caused me to write this letter. From what I read, the union is concerned about her...
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