The Observation Deck

As you might have noticed, we’re taking a break from posting on the blog right now. We’re looking to focus more on our regular web page, including posting interesting content that we don’t ...

https://blog.timesunion.com/opinion/on-haitus/38341/

Our opinion: Donald Trump’s attack on transgender people in the military is the latest hostile action against the LGBT citizens he promised as a candidate to protect. President Donald Trump sig...

https://blog.timesunion.com/opinion/editorial-an-attack-on-real-patriots/38334/

Our opinion: The governor takes steps to increase voting, but other obstacles remain as state Senate Republicans keep the scales tipped in their favor — at a cost to democracy. New York has a v...

https://blog.timesunion.com/opinion/editorial-new-yorks-unlevel-field/38332/

Global warming has had plenty of deniers but until now there weren’t a whole lot of actual fans of it. U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith is no among those who say that maybe it’s not such a bad thing aft...

https://blog.timesunion.com/opinion/from-denier-to-defender/38330/

Our opinion: As a prime site in downtown Albany remains vacant and buildings there deteriorate, the state must be flexible and creative and work with the community to find a new use. The scarlet ...

https://blog.timesunion.com/opinion/editorial-x-marks-the-missing-plan/38326/

How can campus sexual assault victims have confidence in the system when an official responsible for enforcing anti-discrimination rules suggests most of the time women are to blame — or just m...

https://blog.timesunion.com/opinion/editorial-a-bad-pick-for-civil-rights/38324/

Our opinion: The president’s aggressive immigration policy has downsides not just for undocumented workers but businesses, communities, and courts. Perhaps a Congress in need of common ground c...

https://blog.timesunion.com/opinion/editorial-hope-and-fear-in-saratoga/38321/

Our opinion: A recent Albany stabbing underscores the need to rethink the rules on bail, but the state also needs to fix its indigent defense system to balance the interests of justice and public...

https://blog.timesunion.com/opinion/editorial-bail-rules-merit-review/38315/

Our opinion: Public higher education in New York could suffer under a funding scheme that’s already shifted immense costs onto students. The good news is that New York state appears likely to m...

https://blog.timesunion.com/opinion/suny-slowly-starves-again/38313/

Our opinion: Schenectady, and other communities in the region, need to better control the use of illegal fireworks. When Schenectady County opted to legalize relatively benign sparklers, the indi...

https://blog.timesunion.com/opinion/editorial-safety-over-reckless-fun/38310/