Could Andrew Cuomo be reshaping the Democratic Party? If he’s successful, I don’t know how he doesn’t. And that could have a significant impact on the local and national political dynamic moving forward. A triumphant Governor Cuomo could potentially create a widely appealing fiscally responsible wing in the Democratic Party, a pragmatic wing that has […]

At risk of being repetitive: A new report from the New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG) identifies New York’s Working Families Party (WFP) as the biggest political spenders in New York State. You’d never know if from the union-controlled Party’s website. Here is the WFP in promoting taxpayer-funded elections: “Public financing of elections can […]

Something major is awry with higher education in the U.S.  And everyone knows it.  Just like they knew something was wrong with other economic bubbles that screwed up the first decade of this century. Everyone knew the housing market was out of whack three years ago. People with good jobs couldn’t afford modest homes. Something […]

Would you trust Gordon Brown with your son’s or daughter’s future? I wouldn’t.  Nothing against the guy personally, but I don’t want him to have anything to do with my children. But something tells me that won’t deter the former British Prime Minister who evidently has decided that the G20 should “take the lead” in […]

Addison, Joseph (1672-1719) British writer and politician. A friend of Addison’s with whom he was accustomed to having long discussions on topics of mutual interest borrowed some money from the author. Soon afterward Addison noticed a change in his behavior; before the loan the two friends had disagreed on a number of subjects, but now […]

Say what you want about the American Left (or say nothing at all), but they understand the power of language far better than the rest of us seem to. At least in New York. As the budget season approaches, it would behoove New Yorkers to pay closer attention to what’s going on in Albany – […]

Republican New York State comptroller candidate Harry Wilson, on whose campaign I worked, talked tirelessly about the chronic underfunding of state pension funds in New York and across America during his campaign.  His warnings – and the warnings of others – are beginning to get picked up across the country as the full extent of […]

No good deed goes unpunished. Take Starbucks. The socially conscious coffee giant was protested this Martin Luther King Day in New York City by its own employees for the seventh consecutive year.  The disgruntled are members of the so-called “Industrial Workers of the World Starbucks Workers Union.” The name itself is enough to make you […]

If you liked this… You’ll love this. Professor Greene should win a Pulitzer for making this quasi-understandable to idiots like me.

If Martin Luther King, Jr. were alive today… How many times will we read that clause today to support one viewpoint or another? There seems to be a growing acceptance of putting words in the mouths of famous dead people – more than words. Legendary guy’s guy Steve McQueen (1930-1980)  has crossed back over to […]