The Journal Register (Medina, NY) Editorials

EDITORIAL: Interning: The opportunity of a lifetime

2008-05-08T18:54:00-04:00

There’s something to be said about internships. It used to be that college students were encouraged to do at least a summer of interning to learn about the field they wanted to go into. After all, what use is a degree if you graduate and then decide the job you thought you wanted really isn’t for you?

EDITORIAL: Pork disparity is petty politics

2008-05-08T18:45:00-04:00

Pork isn’t the other white meat in New York if you’ve got a Democratic state senator or a Republican assemblyman. In fact, there isn’t much to chew on at all if that’s the case.

EDITORIAL: Gas tax 'holiday' an election-year ploy

2008-05-05T00:19:00-04:00

EDITORIAL: Thruway Authority out of control

2008-05-04T23:13:00-04:00

Despite opposition from many elected officials, the Thruway Authority’s board of directors recently approved a series of toll hikes that managers say will bring in an additional $125 million annually.

EDITORIAL: Wait your turn to speak

2008-04-29T18:51:00-04:00

There are meetings we go to regularly, and frequently the only ones in the gallery are us. Medina is the exception to what appears to be the rule in many cases around Orleans County.

EDITORIAL: Fiscal sanity in New York

2008-04-24T11:16:00-04:00

Stop the presses. It looks like somebody in Albany actually gets it.

EDITORIAL: Food costs require solution

2008-04-15T19:17:00-04:00

Add this to the list of things that costs more today than it did yesterday: A dozen eggs.

EDITORIAL: State budget: dumb idea

2008-04-13T22:54:00-04:00

Stupid.

There are a lot of words that could describe the 2008-09 state budget passed in Albany last week. How about irresponsible, illogical, unsound, unsustainable and late? But the first word that comes to mind is just plain stupid.

EDITORIAL: Airport screening still needed

2008-04-09T17:37:00-04:00

According to an Associated Press report this week, Homeland Security officials have reported no would-be suicide bombers have been discovered in four years.

OUR VIEW: Sabres must pay to play

2008-04-08T11:13:00-04:00

The Sabres will miss the playoffs this season, which for most is a huge surprise, considering two years of back-to-back Eastern Conference final appearances.