We all remember a guy named Nixon back in the early 70's, who secretly recorded every conversation he had, for reasons known only to him. Amongst those recordings, were the conversations he had with his staffers on the...
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The Daily Take For Monday, July 23rd, 2012
It is a time of the year that the Capital District looks forward to each summer. That is the forty days of spectacular horse racing at Saratoga. The summer Saratoga meet -- undoubtedly the finest racing in the...
The House is “The Daily Take For Friday, July 20th, 2012
Much has been written and 'tweeted' this week about that forlorn structure at 472 Madison Avenue. The rundown former rectory and halfway house -- currently owned by St. Andrews Episcopal Church -- is an ongoing example of how people...
Penn State and Paterno: An Absence of Morality
No one will ever know why a sick, evil man like Jerry Sandusky became the type of person he is. But now, according to a report released last week by the former director of the FBI Louis Freeh,...
The race is on is the lead for “The Daily Take for Friday, July 13th, 2012
The monotonous gathering of petition signatures to be included on the individual party ballots for the fall elections is over. In the race for the 109th Assembly District -- by far the most interesting local race -- six...
The 109th A.D. is the lead for “The Daily Take For Monday, July 9th, 2012
While the presidential election is heating up, and it will be a while before people start taking sides, locally, our politcos make their intentions known early. This is especially the case in the race for the soon to be...
The Internet is the lead for “The Daily Take For Monday, July 2nd, 2012”
There has been much written about the Supreme Court ruling on "Obamacare" the past few days, and I'm pretty sure that everyone, including me, are sick and tired of hearing about it. The main reason I'm tired of...