Will Doolittle
Trying to protect a child when the courts will not
In the video, the little dark-haired girl with round dark eyes is being asked questions.
Mar 04, 2010 | 6:30 pm | (10) Comments
What to do with sex offenders
I can't work up sympathy for the sex offenders who get a symbolic scarlet "S" tattooed on their foreheads.
Feb 25, 2010 | 2:01 pm | (7) Comments
Numbers vary; safety is stable
It's difficult to say anything clear about local crime statistics.
Feb 05, 2010 | 12:00 am | (0) Comments
Send the money where it's needed
Over the last few years, New York's four "shock" prison camps have saved the state hundreds of millions of dollars, according to the state's own Department of Corrections.
Jan 29, 2010 | 12:30 am | (3) Comments
A bad idea gets worse
Just in time for Adirondackers to celebrate Gov. Paterson's plan to cut scores of the scarce jobs they survive on comes the news that
Jan 21, 2010 | 5:40 pm | (10) Comments
Following my own advice
I have often written about the good of having perspective in all aspects of life, but particularly when it comes to your children.
Jan 14, 2010 | 3:00 am | (1) Comments
Decade sapped jubilance
Ten years ago, as the father of two 3-year-olds and two kids of college age, I walked down Bacon Street in Glens Falls on my way to work, passing a couple of boys skating around a storm grate and blowing on plastic horns to celebrate the new year.
Dec 31, 2009 | 4:30 pm | (2) Comments
Don’t run schools like a business
Looking back on this year of layoffs, budget cuts and tax complaints, one argument stands out for me as the most unfortunate - that we ought to run our public institutions, especially our schools, like businesses.
Dec 24, 2009 | 3:00 pm | (8) Comments
Betraying the spirit of innovation
Dennis Zogbi grew up in New York and, in 1988, when he was still in college, he began a market research business that specializes in the electronics industry.
Dec 17, 2009 | 3:30 pm | (2) Comments
Country suffers from greed of bosses
The 30 or so workers who will lose their jobs if General Electric follows through on plans to stop making two product lines in Fort Edward are the latest victims of corporate bosses who put their bonuses ahead of their country.
Dec 10, 2009 | 3:35 pm | (2) Comments
Missing our $1.2 billion
(((Posted to Web at 4:45 p.m. - asd)))
Dec 03, 2009 | 4:40 pm | (3) Comments
Justice 101: Don't twist the truth
A dissenting opinion in the recent decision of the state Commission on Judicial Conduct to censure Hudson Falls Justice Michael Feeder is a reminder of the importance of truth.
Nov 26, 2009 | 3:50 pm | (2) Comments
Murphy thumbs his nose at the voters
I am currently asking myself why I voted for a Democrat as my congressional representative if he intended to not vote for critical, historic legislation being pushed by a Democratic president.
Nov 12, 2009 | 5:55 pm | (10) Comments
In horror, a message of peace
When Setsuko Thurlow was the age of my younger daughters, the building in which she was working was blown to ruin by an atomic bomb.
Nov 06, 2009 | 12:00 am | (2) Comments
Cash is corrupting this race
Northern New York has a history of electing moderate Republicans - people like Teresa Sayward and Betty Little - to state and national office.
Oct 30, 2009 | 9:30 am | (15) Comments
Don't raze Madden Hotel; clean it up
The Madden Hotel is a flophouse that attracts the downtrodden and the down and out, the broke and the desperate.
Oct 22, 2009 | 2:55 pm | (1) Comments
- Priest charged with aggravated DWI after crash
- Man charged with having gun disguised as belt buckle
- Police car flips during chase of alleged drugged driver
- Two people injured in crash near Northway onramp
- Police: Man charged in rape case
- Parents charged with taking off on teen
- Police: Man totals car, is charged with DWI
- Another death weighs on district
- Priest charged with aggravated DWI after crash
- Ziegler chosen over Stec for GOP nod
- Meeting on Lake George guidance counselor draws heat
- Census faces lack of trust
- Another death weighs on district
- Man charged with having gun disguised as belt buckle
- Expensive fire trucks seen as vital for fire departments
- Rep. Murphy facing pressure as health care reform vote looms
