All posts tagged "opinion"
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4.1KOpinion & BlogsColumn | The rise of pro-socialism shows where capitalism needs fixes
“Here, in the United States, we are alarmed by new calls to adopt socialism in our country,” President Donald Trump said in his State of...
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4.4KOpinion & BlogsColumn | JCOPE ethics panel fails as government watchdogs
"JCOPE? More like JOKE. The panel, unsurprisingly, is appointed by the very politicians that it is supposed to include in its oversight.
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28.4KNew York Skies (Cheryl Costa)Blog | Is ‘The 37th Parallel’ really the UFO Super Highway?
My gut opinion has been that I didn’t think the theory of "the 37th Parallel" would hold up to statistical science. I...
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5.1KOpinion & BlogsColumn | Breaking Up Is Hard to Do: The Upstate, Downstate Divide
Splitting New York State in two isn't a new idea, but it may be more complicated -- and potentially damaging -- than...
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4.0KOpinion & BlogsColumn | So-called political crises can lead to abuses of power
An emergency room is appropriately titled. We are always there for something serious and urgent. We don’t call it a “mild illness...
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4.9KOpinion & BlogsColumn | Bernie Sanders is being underestimated — again
Bernie Sanders, the candidate who captured progress hearts in 2016, is more than capable of doing it again in the 2020 presidential...
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7.7KNew York Skies (Cheryl Costa)Blog | UFO Data: What it has and doesn’t have on what’s out there
When Linda Miller Costa and I published our UFO Sightings Desk Reference book in spring 2017, a curious thing happened. We began...
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7.1KOpinion & BlogsColumn | End career politicians by implementing Congressional term limits
The people of the United States will always disagree on how large a role the federal government should have. But they’re much...
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4.1KOpinion & BlogsColumn | NY Senate could derail Amazon’s plans to build NYC headquarters
The disagreement on the Amazon deal seems like the first time in a long time that the Legislature has flexed its muscle...
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19.3KNew York Skies (Cheryl Costa)Blog | UFO reportage experiences mysterious decline
Readers who follow the yearly UFO sighting trends here at New York Skies are probably aware that reports have been falling off...
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4.7KOpinion & BlogsColumn | #MeToo cause could help Kirsten Gillibrand’s Oval Office quest
With one New Yorker already in the White House, another one hopes to replace him. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand announced that she is...
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16.6KNew York Skies (Cheryl Costa)Blog | Will the Hudson Valley catch another UFO wave?
The Hudson Valley has a long history of strange paranormal occurrences. Most notable was the UFO wave of the 1980s, which began...
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4.2KOpinion & BlogsColumn | String along with Mitch McConnell
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell claims he won’t try to end the shutdown unless he gets the high sign from Trump that...
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4.8KOpinion & BlogsSatire | News from the year 2040 on Syracuse’s community grid
State Sen. John A. DeFrancisco pens a satiric speculation on what Central New Yorkers could expect if the I-81 viaduct is replaced...
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4.8KOpinion & BlogsColumn | NY Legislatures should be banned from taking outside income
Here we go again: The 213 members that make up the New York state Legislature are asking for a pay raise. And...
