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“2014 is coming–are you ready for Obamacare? Join the YouToons as they walk through the basic changes in the way Americans will get health coverage and what it will cost starting in 2014, when major...
View ArticleThe right response for Facebook foolishness
For those of you who DO use FB, what is the proper retort to stuff that is inane and/or offensive?
View ArticleAlbany an LGBT mecca? We’re #7!
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View ArticleSeven years since Times Union employees last had a raise
Has the Times Union having free "content providers" exacerbated the labor situation the past several years?
View ArticleSealioning, and other Internet trolling
"Don't give them any excuse to say you are mad or accuse you of harassment, but respond to everything they say in a drawn-out fashion like a pseudointellectual 13-year old boy."
View ArticleTimes Union: 8 years – no raises, no respect
With just under 180 members now, the pay raise would be equal to about $185,000 for the first year, hardly a challenge for the Hearst Corp.
View ArticleJohn Oliver spotlights newspaper journalism
On 'Last Week Tonight,' John Oliver shows a commitment to accuracy and truth, but he couldn't care less about balance.
View ArticleThe “right to be forgotten” bill should be forgotten
There's no First Amendment exception for speech deemed "irrelevant" or "inadequate" or "excessive," and the rules for punishing "inaccurate" speech are already well-established and not followed by this...
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