Rod Watson
Rod Watson: City-suburb divide suits Collins fine
So, Chris Collins will have the Erie County comptroller to kick around some more. (Updated: 11/05/09 7:52 AM )
Rod Watson: If our leaders are biased, what are we?
I’ve always found it curious that one of the most segregated areas in the country would dub its hub the City of Good Neighbors. (Updated: 10/29/09 7:45 AM )
Rod Watson: Non-Jauron may already be right here
Finding a new football coach is a lot like what the romantics say about finding love: You stumble across it in the place you least expect to. (Updated: 10/15/09 8:08 AM )
Rod Watson: Tourism rise is no thanks to Collins
If he had the grace of Emily Litella, Chris Collins would look at the new report lauding the achievements of Buffalo’s tourism bureau and say, “Never mind.” (Updated: 09/24/09 8:53 AM )
Rod Watson: Amid fear, city needs to show it cares
He has lost part of his life to the prison system. He has lost family members to gang violence. (Updated: 09/10/09 7:48 AM )
Rod Watson: Appallingly, silence follows brutal crime
Two weeks after Brian Milligan, a white teen, reported being brutally beaten by black youths after being warned to stay away from his African-American girlfriend, there have been no protest marches. (Updated: 09/03/09 7:47 AM )
Rod Watson: Health care’s true face isn’t on TV
When Robert came to the Northwest Buffalo Community Health Care Center, his cholesterol level was 440. Anything above 240 puts you in danger of coronary heart disease. (Updated: 08/13/09 8:02 AM )
Rod Watson: Health care value, costs closely tied
When 1,700 Western New Yorkers were questioned by local health care reformers, their top concerns centered around how they are treated by medical professionals and how to get broader access to care. (Updated: 07/30/09 7:50 AM )
Rod Watson: Voter anger can’t beat incumbency
According to the latest poll, there are millions of Howard Beales in Western New York and across the state, all mad as hell at the State Senate and vowing not to take it anymore. (Updated: 07/23/09 7:57 AM )
Rod Watson: Alternative to gang life is about pride
While community groups toil in the streets to reclaim young adults from the guns, drugs and death of Buffalo’s gang life, the larger question is how to make such work less necessary. (Updated: 07/09/09 10:32 AM )
Rod Watson: Going beyond baby steps in school reform
One victim of the State Senate stalemate is the bid to move Buffalo School Board elections to November. (Updated: 07/02/09 7:12 AM )
Rod Watson: Vile e-mails tarnish more than sender
Thank goodness for forthright bigots. In the fashion of Archie Bunker, who never considered himself to be wrong, Lewiston-Porter School Board President Robert Weller saw nothing wrong with forwarding racist and sexist e-mails. (Updated: 06/11/09 8:01 AM )
Rod Watson: Sotomayor’s critics just don’t get it
Optimists see the controversy over Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor as a teachable moment. The challenge is that we have too many slow learners. (Updated: 06/04/09 7:31 AM )
Rod Watson: Letting gays wed is issue of equality
It’s hard to be right and wrong at the same time. Perhaps only those who speak for the Almighty can accomplish such a miraculous contradiction. (Updated: 05/21/09 7:22 AM )
Rod Watson: Wondering about cycle of violence
Javon R. Jackson’s mother came here to watch her successful student graduate from college and, instead, ended up planning his funeral on Mother’s Day. (Updated: 05/14/09 8:11 AM )
