Everything points to us being on the first rung of the curve of this epidemic. How high that roller coaster climbs is up to each of us.
Editor’s Notebook
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Commentary: RCSD’s dumbed-down diploma giveaway
When 40 percent of RCSD high school graduates earn a diploma that until recently was reserved for students with disabilities, something stinks.
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Commentary: The Catholics on South Avenue
There is no mystery to what is going on at St. Joe’s. Its volunteers are taking the biblical teachings to feed the poor, shelter the homeless, and clothe the needy at their word.
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Commentary: How long is too long for a presidential campaign?
If it feels like the 2020 presidential election campaign is dragging on too long, that’s because it is.
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Commentary: About the Monroe County GOP’s change of heart
Monroe County Republicans say they’ve had a change of heart over a wrongheaded law they rammed through the County Legislature. But it smells more like a change of plans.
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Commentary: If I were mayor . . .
A public shaming square at Parcel 5. Re-branding “Center City.” A funding stream for the arts. The crow as the official city bird. Fill in the Inner Loop. What would you do if you were mayor of Rochester?
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Commentary: What did Judge Rosenbaum do? We can only guess.
The best taxpayers can do to piece together the extent of Rosenbaum’s alleged harassment is to deduce what Rosenbaum didn’t do.
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Commentary: Bankruptcy won’t cure RCSD, but it could help
Sometimes bankruptcy courts can accomplish what no one else can because they can get stakeholders on the same page.
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CITY’s comments are back
Ten months ago, CITY disabled the comments function at the bottom of articles on its website after the platform became a disheartening, sucking, swirling eddy of insults. For years prior to being dismantled, the comments section had simultaneously served as a marketplace of ideas, an exchange of information, and a self-moderated town hall. There were […]
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Congressional special election date looks like a rigged game
Combining a special election to replace disgraced Chris Collins with a presidential primary would save money. But it comes with another cost: credibility.
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New York’s high-speed rail fail
Rochester doesn’t have enough train travelers to support a coffee shop. Is there really a market upstate for high-speed rail that costs billions?
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Cuomo’s veto snubs Monroe County’s poor
Vetoed bill would have given public assistance recipients across the state the same protections for those in New York City.
