A Hillary Clinton victory looks increasingly inevitable as the megalomaniac front-runner roils the GOP.
Hillary is hardly a unifying figure, and it's hard to imagine that a Clinton victory would mean anything but four more years of intense partisanship and a joyless re-airing of exhausting old grievances.
[...] if you love especially good pizza — and, really, who doesn't? — you probably know DeFazio's, a mainstay in its neighborhood of rowhouses south of Troy's downtown.
The DeFazios epitomized the immigrant success story, but their achievement belied the intense discrimination they endured when they arrived.
If you want more on the relationship between the DeFazio family and Clinton, check out the documentary "The Human Side of a Leader," which can be found on YouTube.
The 17-minute film is beautifully shot and includes wonderful Troy scenes, although I'll warn you that it borders on Hillary hagiography.
[...] the fight for fairness by Josephine and Anthony, who died in 2009 and 2011, respectively, is certainly noteworthy given the dark notes being played in the presidential campaign.
There are obvious parallels between Trump's call to ban Muslims from entering the country and the restrictions that DeFazio's parents fought.
[...] the call to ban all Muslims for the actions of an extreme few are irrational, bigoted and shameful — not to mention idiotic, divisive and downright dangerous.
