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The Medal Hurling Ceremony, Part One
May 29, 2012 The Wife goes to Chicago and attends an important historical event that you didn’t hear about Because The Wife took so many pictures, this report is in two parts. This is Part One. Click here to read Part Two. The Wife was in Chicago on May 20, a hot humid Sunday, to…
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Now We Can Ride The 100 Bus
May 8, 2012 The regional transit authorities are pushed into doing the right thing, and a local hero goes national A month or so back my neighborhood made national news, this time for something worth talking about. This outstanding development merited a National Public Radio (NPR) segment that was picked up by local corporate media…
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The Murder Of Bathhouse #2
April 26, 2012 The Albany City government shamefacedly tries to hide the looting of our forcibly abandoned treasure. Okay, I’m really angry, pissed off, about ready to do something bug ugly. I’m almost mad enough to set myself on fire and go hug the mayor. And it looks like I’m not the only one burning…
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The South Pearl Street Memorials
March 31, 2012 After decades of deliberate neglect the authorities confront gun violence and the entire South End is rocked *Second Update* Apparently Denial of Service by the Albany Police has not ended.
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Albany Mayor Kathy
February 20, 2012 Mayor Jerry Jennings is ripe for an electoral takedown and there is one woman who can do the job *Update* An Albanyweblog exclusive: Common Council President Carolyn McLaughlin makes a statement about running Whether you want to think about it or not, the 2013 campaign for the next mayor of the City…
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The First Dr. King Day After Freedom Is Repealed
January 26, 2012 Our politicians betray us big time, and Brighter Choice marches a vision of the corporate future to my neighborhood *Update* From Salon: "Once the President accuses you of being a Terrorist, a decision made in secret and with no checks or due process, we can do anything we want to you, including…
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Santa Woden And Black Pete
December 23, 2011 The blogger deconstructs the jolly fat god of Christmas and takes great joy in the desecration of bogus tradition *Update* Black Pete, the racist caricature, is still with us because he is a symbol of patriotic nationalism in Holland This year I feel a little bit different about Christmas. No, I haven’t…
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Ending Support For Gun Violence
November 28, 2011 The big local politicians are forced by the public to restore funding for a successful effort to stop random shootings in Albany’s neighborhoods The other day I was doing some repair work to a house at the bottom of Third Avenue in the South End. It seems that the problem tenant on…
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The Final Non-Violent Uprising
October 28, 2011 The Occupy Wall Street encampments in New York City and in Albany are terrifying the corporate parasites and their politicians *Update* Noam Chomsky gets it right when he addresses the Boston encampment by human megaphone. *Update* The Hearst-owned Times Union is trying to set up a local attorney as the media face…
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A Graveyard Of Commerce
October 3, 2011 Albany’s walled-off waterfront offers a boat launch, some casual tourism and raw sewage The City of Albany was once the inland terminus for intercontinental water travel north into Canada or west into the heart of North America. But not anymore. The water highways that cross our City are still in place, neglected…