Apr 11
2013
An analysis by The New York Times notes the rising tide of discontent with the governor as reflected in falling poll numbers and strained alliances. “He has had little success addressing the state’s long-term challenges,” the analysis concludes.
Apr 9
2013
The first study of its kind has found that women get shortchanged in their paychecks worse in Western New York than all but a handful of the nation’s 50 largest markets. Nationally, women working full time get paid an average of 77 cents for every $1 made by a man. Women in the Buffalo market earn 73 cents, ranking the region third-worst behind only Seattle and Pittsburgh. Here’s what the report by the National Partnership for Women & Families had to say about our region: In the Buffalo metro area, on average, a woman who holds a full-time job is paid[...]
Apr 9
2013
UCLA research found a possible link in California between high exposure to vehicle emission pollution and three rare types of childhood cancers.
Apr 9
2013
Frank Rich in New York magazine: “The decline and fall of old media was inevitable and unavoidable. The old media were not always what they were cracked up to be. And the end of civilization as we know it is not in the cards.”
Apr 4
2013
By Justin Sondel Two boys stood at the end of a dock off the shore of Grand Island on a hot day last July casting fishing lines into the shallow water, time after time pulling up small rock bass from the edges of the Niagara River. The boys are Parker and Connor Cinelli, two of Chris Cinelli’s sons. They are waiting for their dad to finish preparing his 2025 Lund Pro V, which Chris describes as the Cadillac of fishing boats, before they head out onto the largest freshwater system in the world for an afternoon of angling. Chris, a[...]
Mar 26
2013
Trending Buffalo discusses the Republican’s mayoral campaign in the wake of Investigative Post’s noteworthy interview with the candidate that aired over the weekend.
Mar 26
2013
Eighty-one percent of the nation’s increased wealth from 2009 to 2011 went to the wealthiest 1 percent. And that’s just one example of our widening wealth gap. An analysis by Pulitzer Prize winner David Cay Johnston.
Mar 22
2013
The Buffalo Pundit explains the “ small-minded, petty, outrageous, and stupid” politics that Niagara Falls Mayor Paul Dyster is contending with these days.