Op Ed

Sunday Opinion: Clinton vs. Trump on Foreign Affairs

Sunday Opinion: Clinton vs. Trump on Foreign Affairs

The United States currently faces more danger than at any time since the conclusion of the Second World War.   However, in the candidates’ debates, and in media coverage overall, questions and reviews about the international perspectives of the two […]

by · October 16, 2016 · Op Ed, Vernuccio's View
President-elect Donald J. Trump won a stunning and decisive victory over Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton on Tuesday November 8.

Op-ed: Trump’s Latest Gaffe Hits Close To Home For GOPers

Donald Trump’s promoters and supporters in the media and inside the Republican party should be rejected strongly as Trump is today.

by · October 9, 2016 · Op Ed, Politics
Op-Ed: Charter Schools Are The Path To Possible

Op-Ed: Charter Schools Are The Path To Possible

  Earlier this month, a new report caught my eye. It was called “The Path to Possible,” and some of its analysis was focused on students with disabilities. My son, Muhammed Awal, was recently diagnosed with a learning disability. He […]

by · October 5, 2016 · Op Ed
Op-Ed: School Chancellor Fariña Is Missing In Action on Race

Op-Ed: School Chancellor Fariña Is Missing In Action on Race

Fariña Race Conversation by Bernard Gassaway, Ed.D New York City’s Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña, the leader of the largest public school system in United States with 1.1 million students, is not prepared to talk about race relations, even though nearly […]

by · September 25, 2016 · Education News, Op Ed
The NYS CAPITOL BUILDING, ALBANY,

Op-Ed: CLOUD OF CORRUPTION RISES AGAIN OVER ALBANY

THE CLOUD OF CORRUPTION RISES AGAIN Assembly Republican Leader Brian M. Kolb (R,C-Canandaigua) Federal charges are being levied against top Cuomo aide Joseph Percoco, the influential head of the SUNY Polytechnic Institute, Alain Kaloyeros, and others for a series of […]

by · September 25, 2016 · Corruption Watch, Government, Op Ed, Politics
President-elect Donald J. Trump won a stunning and decisive victory over Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton on Tuesday November 8.

The Trump Train, All Aboard!

Trump Train Is Chugging By Robert A. Guiffre After a week of serious setbacks, the Hillary Clinton campaign is down, and the Donald Trump campaign is up. The best polling source, online gambling, has reflected how the race for the […]

by · September 17, 2016 · Op Ed
Assembly Minority Leader Brian M. Kolb

LABOR DAY: CELEBRATING THE AMERICAN WORKFORCE

CELEBRATING THE AMERICAN WORKFORCE ON LABOR DAY Assembly Minority Leader Brian M. Kolb (R,C-Canandaigua) The American worker, in farms, factories and small businesses, makes our country the great place that it is. For years, Americans have been creating revolutionary ways […]

by · September 5, 2016 · Op Ed

Opinion: Equal Pay Is Good For America 

The White House launched the Equal Pay Pledge, encouraging companies from across the U.S. to take action to advance equal pay.

by · August 26, 2016 · Op Ed, Women

Opinion: Equal Pay Is Good For America 

The White House launched the Equal Pay Pledge, encouraging companies from across the U.S. to take action to advance equal pay.

by · August 26, 2016 · Op Ed, Women
Assembly Minority Leader Brian M. Kolb

OPINION: TRANSPARENCY SHOULD BE THE EXPECTATION IN MAJOR INVESTMENTS LIKE BUFFALO BILLION

TRANSPARENCY SHOULD BE THE EXPECTATION IN MAJOR INVESTMENTS LIKE BUFFALO BILLION Legislative column from Assembly Minority Leader Brian M. Kolb (R,C-Canandaigua) In what has become a recurring bought of memory loss, the governor and his agency commissioners have again forgotten […]

Vernuccio’s View: Coup in Turkey vs. Islamic Dictatorship

Vernuccio’s View: Coup in Turkey vs. Islamic Dictatorship

A National Post review notes: “Erdogan is turning his country into an Islam-tilted dictatorship.

by · July 17, 2016 · Op Ed

Hillary And Trump, Brexit And Bernie: Is Anybody Listening?

The lessons of Brexit, Trump, Bernie Sanders, and of global popular outbursts is that the leadership elites have not been listening.

by · July 3, 2016 · Op Ed

Republicans And Trump: A Putsch Won’t Work

The Republican “Establishment” was victimized by a genuine voter revolt.

by · June 26, 2016 · Op Ed, Politics
OP-ED: The Level 1 Crisis — Families Need Path Out Of Failing Schools

OP-ED: The Level 1 Crisis — Families Need Path Out Of Failing Schools

 One third of all kids taking state tests in NYC are scoring at Level 1 As a parent in New York City, I know that some schools here are failing. I’ve seen it first hand. But I also look at […]

by · June 22, 2016 · Education, Government, Op Ed
Stacy Revere via Getty Images

Brodsky: Bernie Is Debs and Dr. King: Is Hillary FDR?

American political history is the story of social movements turning into political movements. For every Debs, King and Friedan there is an FDR, LBJ or Bella Abzug. Movement leaders plant the seeds, organize the streets, get called names and are […]

by · June 19, 2016 · Op Ed