Rallying Republicans to Save the Planet

A Bipartisanship Solution to Climate Change

Former Congressman Bob Inglis is an unabashed Southern Republican Conservative. And you may not abide with his positions on gun control or abortion, but you gotta love his full-on... ...


Salamshalom

Five months ago, local Muslims joined hundreds of Jews at Temple B’rith Kodesh in Rochester, NY. They were gathered to mourn the 11 men and women murdered by a lone gunman as they prayed at... ...


Bliz

 He ate a peach.  A corn cob too.

Both got stuck in his puppy stomach so by the age of six months he’d had two life-saving surgeries.

“Ka-ching!” as my husband, Steve, likes to say.

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Can an All-White Jury Deliver Justice to a Black Plaintiff?

A recent verdict in Rochester, NY, suggests not.

Benny Warr, an African American with one functional leg, sued three members of the Rochester Police Department, the city of Rochester and a former police chief for... ...


The Time For Change Was Yesterday

 

By the thousands they marched from Washington Square Park up to Exchange Boulevard. They carried signs that broke your heart like, “Our Bodies Aren’t Bulletproof but Our Spirits Are” and “The Time for Change... ...


Police Policing Police

Jessenia Edgeston wasn’t feeling well the night Feb. 22, 2017, so she sent her husband, Ronnie, out for ginger ale and Pepto Bismol. “He left at 9 p.m. and never came back,” she says.

Edgeston... ...


Bail Reform

Did you know that on any given day, about 1,000 men and women reside in Monroe County jails awaiting trial? And 46 percent of them were arrested on misdemeanor charges. 

Why are they there? Because... ...


Let Me Tell You a Story...

I’ve been writing for magazines, newspapers and nonprofits for 30 years. But this blog, like my website, is brand new. Here, I will be free to write whatever I want about animal welfare, health... ...