If you're looking for signs of strong leadership and integrity as this economic crisis worsens, good luck.
You won't find it in Washington or in the dens of Wall Street.
Tim Geithner, the former head of the Federal Reserve Bank, can't file...

The court room looks like an unfinished basement: dim; dark, wooden walls; dirty industrial-like tile that scuffs when you rub your shoes against it.
Anthony DiPonzio's mother and father are in the front row. Spectators carrying heavy coats...

A police officer, Anthony DiPonzio, was shot on the streets of Rochester. Yes, it's an awful situation. Yes, a person who would shoot a cop is despicable.
But I'm really bothered by the premature declarations of Tyquan Rivera's guilt. So far...

At the last meeting of the MCC board of trustees, the media focused on the progress in selecting a new president.
But there was another bit of news, related to next year's budget.
"There will be a likely tuition increase," said interim...

In an interesting move, School Board Vice President Van Henri White sent a letter to Mayor Bob Duffy and City Council, including Council President Gladys Santiago, last week regarding mayoral control.
It was White and Duffy who got into one of...

School construction is out. Tax cuts are in. And the House and Senate are about to approve a $789 stimulus package to try to get the economy going.
The tax cuts - which respected economists say do nothing to stimulate the economy - were thrown...

Well, words fail me. A Rochester mother has been arrested and charged with two felonies -felonies! - for trying to get a good education for her children.
The Democrat and Chronicle's outrageous headline: "Woman arrested in a school...

Are you hearing that noise, too? It sounds like a baby's cry, doesn't it?
It's more of Republican Senator Lindsey Graham's theatrical grandstanding over the stimulus plan.
Senator John McCain and Representative John Boehner also moaned all...

I was impressed with Governor David Paterson when he took over from his disgraced predecessor. And I've been inclined to cut him some slack in the past few weeks, even with his handling of Clinton's Senate seat. But good grief: the same governor...

I've thought all along that Barack Obama's oratorical skills were important, and his speech to Congress last night reinforced that.
Certainly we don't want a president who is all charisma and no substance, but there's plenty of substance in...

Out marched the Supremes with wee Ruth Ginsberg looking overwhelmed by the waves of applause flowing in her direction.
And out came Michelle Obama, the country's first African-American first lady, looking young and vibrant and appropriately...

A life-size cardboard image of President Barack Obama faces Mayor Bob Duffy's desk. It's a new addition, though a bit jarring, to an office that is filled chockablock with little mementos from Duffy's long career in public service.
At a...