Well folks, it's almost here. With the General Election less than six months away, the campaign's are gearing up in anticipation of this summer's non-stop electioneering. As you all know, because it's already started: the phones will ring every...

If you were a landowner with a large parcel of land, say 640 acres, and your next door neighbor had one of similar size and was leasing it to a company whose intent was to drill for natural...

There is absolutely nothing more impressive than the sight of the massive jet called Air Force One touching down yesterday at Albany International Airport. If nothing else, the huge jetliner symbolizes the power of our Country. Like many...

When you go to the polling place, be it for a primary or general election, and you fill out your ballot, you are basically putting your trust into the person you have selected for that particular office. For...

Once again you didn't disappoint anyone. The Albany occupiers held their May Day celebration yesterday in downtown Albany. When all was said and done it was reported that some 20 protestors were arrested by police. As scripted, they...

I have never written anything in anticipation of it happening, but the beginning of this story as well as its end are a foregone conclusion. I make no bones about it; I am not in favor of the...

No one likes to be wrong; but in this case being wrong is totally right (see last Friday's Take). The Albany County Democratic Committee met over the weekend to interview candidates for the assembly seat of the retiring...

As long as I live, I will never figure out human nature. Did you see the outpouring of support for the new supermarket on Central Ave. Shoprite opened its doors to the public yesterday, and if you happened...

For a brief moment, I thought we were talking about Democrats. When voting in Albany, the norm is for democratic candidates to run unopposed. That didn't happen Tuesday. What happened was Mitt Romney won the Republican presidential primary...

The process of choosing a leader can sometimes be as simple as picking the tallest kid to be Captain of the basketball team, or as difficult as choosing between four equally qualified candidates for class President. To be...