Davis departs

Updated: 11/20/09 11:55 PM

Brian C. Davis, the former Ellicott District member of Buffalo's Common Council, took a long time leaving. Even after he pleaded guilty to two misdemeanors regarding misuse of campaign funds, he clung to his seat, leaving only after his colleagues shoved him.

It seems to us . . .

Updated: 11/21/09 6:44 AM

TOUGH CHOICES: Local shoppers apparently will be spared the angst, but elsewhere in the country Thanksgiving tradition may be in peril. Pumpkins are in short supply, thanks to two straight wet Midwestern summers.

A bit of good work

Updated: 11/20/09 6:49 AM

New York moves maddeningly slowly on critical matters —if it moves at all—but state lawmakers this week did pass legislation that cracks down on drunken driving in two useful ways.

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David Shribman: Learning old lessons

Updated: 11/21/09 9:46 AM

Barack Obama is back from Asia and his bow to the Japanese, his handshake with the tyrant from Myanmar and his difficult sessions with the Chinese. There sure has been a lot of talk about the president and his submissiveness in Asia.

Leonard Pitts: Sammy Sosa, a whiter shade of male

Updated: 11/21/09 9:47 AM

Dear Sammy Sosa:

Charles Krauthammer: Travesty in New York

Updated: 11/21/09 9:46 AM

WASHINGTON—For late-19th-century anarchists, terrorism was the “propaganda of the deed.” And the most successful propaganda-by-deed in history was 9/11 — not just the most destructive, but the most spectacular and telegenic.

Trudy Rubin: Afghans await a sign of support

Updated: 11/20/09 8:52 AM

KABUL, Afghanistan—The residents of the Afghan capital, both native and foreign, are waiting for President Obama — to make up his mind.

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Fred Bonisch: It was scary to witness building of Berlin Wall

Updated: 11/21/09 9:49 AM

Germany’s 20-year celebration of the fall of the Berlin Wall reminds me of my first visit to that city in 1961. It was also my first visit back to West Germany after my emigration to the United States just a few years earlier. Berlin was then located in the midst of communist East Germany, but was accessible by train.

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Lawrence W. Schonbrun: A financial rip-off worse than Bernie Madoff

Updated: 11/21/09 9:47 AM

The Bernard Madoff fiasco was a $65 billion tragedy for the thousands of Americans who lost their life savings. However, his now infamous scheme is nothing compared to the securities class-action rip-off that is skimming hundreds of billions of dollars from investors in U. S. corporations.

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