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May 16, 2024Brief thoughts

What garbage 😖

Un-mowed lawn, a pale, dry green in color, ample clusters of seeds visible at the head of many of the tall stalks. The trunk of a large tree is visible in the background, ringed with stone.

A letter to the editor in the Spotlight manages to perfectly capture some of what makes Colonie such a frustrating place to […]

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May 16, 2024Brief thoughts, In the news

I’m interested in yesterday’s news that the Schenectady Daily Gazette will be sold to its current publisher. I’ve previously been a subscriber, […]

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May 15, 2024Brief thoughts, In the news

Back to the air?

My first career was as a Naval Officer. I went through the NRTOC program in college and after graduating attended Navy flight […]

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May 10, 2024May 14, 2024Upstate Culture

Professional Sports in “Smallbany”

With the recent news that downtown Albany may see a new soccer stadium, with a men’s minor league team and potentially a […]

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May 2, 2024May 2, 2024Brief thoughts, Jotting things down

Anti-kids practices

When I was a new parent, I wondered how and why our society became so heavily stacked against parents (and by extension, […]

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May 1, 2024May 1, 2024Brief thoughts, In the news

NIMBY or …?

In the Times Union today, there’s an article about a county suing the state over a law that prevents local taxing authorities […]

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April 28, 2024Brief thoughts

On the “Clickwrap Agreements” and the Binding Arbitration trend

A quick follow-up to my post a moment ago about the FTC action to ban non-compete agreements. It seems that a week […]

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April 28, 2024Brief thoughts, In the news

On non-compete agreements

The TimesUnion reported today on the recent FTC ruling banning the use of non-compete agreements. Business groups have of course sued, because […]

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April 17, 2024Brief thoughts, In the news, Jotting things down

Incomplete information

Here’s a great example of why citizens seem to be so poorly informed about the state of their communities, states, the country, […]

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April 16, 2024April 16, 2024Brief thoughts

From dorms to offices?

Reading this blurb from the Business Review about the dynamics of commercial office space in 2024 suggests some interesting (and troubling) parallels […]

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