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Trump and Tish James play the same sordid game
Commentary, Opinion
By CHRIS CHURCHILL Times Union, Albany 
November 5, 2025
ALBANY (TNS) — The criminal charges lodged against New York Attorney General Letitia James by Donald Trump's Justice Department are weak and unworthy ...
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Time for NY Republicans to rally behind Afghan refugee
Commentary, Opinion
By CHRIS CHURCHILL Times Union, Albany 
October 30, 2025
ALBANY — What was the point of arresting Ali Faqirzada? If you've followed the case, you know there really wasn't one. Faqirzada, 31, an Afghan refuge...
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Does Stefanik have a chance against Hochul — or not?
Commentary, Opinion
By CHRIS CHURCHILL Times Union, Albany 
October 15, 2025
ALBANY (TNS) — A Siena Research Institute poll released a month ago found Kathy Hochul with a commanding 25-point lead over Elise Stefanik, her likely...
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Hochul’s checks will boost your budget (and Trump’s)
Commentary, Opinion
By CHRIS CHURCHILL Times Union, Albany 
October 6, 2025
ALBANY (TNS) — There are reasons to be cynical about Gov. Kathy Hochul's much-hyped "inflation-refund checks," which could just as easily be called "g...
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Religion is alive, even in New York
Commentary, Opinion
By CHRIS CHURCHILL Times Union, Albany 
October 3, 2025
ALBANY (TNS) — The common presumption is that New York is not a particularly religious place, especially when compared to other parts of the United St...
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Hochul’s call for civility will face bruising test
Commentary, Opinion
By CHRIS CHURCHILL Times Union, Albany 
September 24, 2025
ALBANY (TNS) — After Charlie Kirk's killing, Gov. Kathy Hochul called for politicians to dunk their fiery rhetoric in ice water. Well, she didn't say ...
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After Kirk killing, a new fight over what we can say
Commentary, Opinion
By CHRIS CHURCHILL Times Union, Albany 
September 21, 2025
ALBANY (TNS) — The killing of Charlie Kirk has unleashed a torrent of debate in certain circles about the First Amendment and free speech, and some of...
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Going down an ever darker road
Commentary, Opinion
By CHRIS CHURCHILL Times Union, Albany 
September 18, 2025
ALBANY (TNS) — Elise Stefanik first met Charlie Kirk in 2015. At the time, she was a newly elected New York congresswoman famous, to the extent that s...
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