Jerry Kremer

Jerry Kremer

135 Articles

Kremer’s Corner: Candidates’ paths to White House still foggy

Just think it’s the month of May.  We still have to tolerate six months of presidential campaigning by the handful

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Kremer’s Corner: Trump creates down-ballot problems

As we approach the November presidential election here are some names and words to remember.  The names are Barry Goldwater

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Kremer’s Corner: Media bears responsibility for Trump’s rise

It is painful for me to remind our readers that there are just over five months left until Election Day.

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Kremer’s Corner: Mets, Yankees offer hope; but county?

Things are looking up these days in one of our worlds. Not the  political world,where confusion reigns supreme. I am

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Kremer’s Corner: Trump here to stay, at least until March

The long-awaited summer is quickly passing us by and there is not much we can do about it.  We have

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Kremer’s Corner: Iran nuclear deal our best option

I must confess that like many other Americans I learned my lessons about foreign affairs by watching movies like “Casablanca”

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Kremer’s Corner: Trump fooled many people, bigly

One of the reasons that a substantial number of voters chose Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton was their belief that

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Kremer’s Corner: ‘The Candidate’ for president, part 2

My favorite political movie is “The Candidate,” starring Robert Redford. After a bruising campaign, Redford finds himself a winner and

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Kremer’s Corner: Cuba seen through a different lens

Everyone has or should have a bucket list. There are many places I would love to visit, but time and

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Kremer’s Corner: The burdens facing President Trump

On Jan. 5, 1966 I walked into a tiny Albany office in the state capitol, ready to take on the

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Kremer’s Corner: Carnage rises, but NRA unchanged

By any standard, we are living in unique times.  The Republican and Democratic parties are under stress. The economy is

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Kremer’s Corner: GOP chickens coming home to roost

I have always believed that politics and the Bible must be linked together in order for the people we elect to

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Kremer’s Corner: Gov. Cuomo’s bold development plan

This past week the ghost of Robert Moses was revived by Gov. Andrew Cuomo in an appearance before the Long

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Kremer’s Corner: The Constitution cuts both ways

I am not a legal philosopher  but I love the expression that “the law is either a sword or a shield.” 

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Kremer’s Corner: Shades of 1962 and 1972 in 2016

Somehow, every time I think about this year’s presidential elections I cannot help invoking the names of Goldwater and McGovern. 

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