Zohran Mamdani
Andrew Cuomo thinks he can win. Maybe
Alexander Pope wrote that “Hope springs eternal,” and why not?
Racism
Mayor’s team plays the race card, of course
Let’s agree there’s more than one way to skin a cat, but no one should want to skin a cat. Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping used to say he didn’t care what color a cat was, as long at it caught mice. Curiously — because cats are curious — this
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Welcome to N.Y. — papers please
When I read that the genius Mayor Bill de Blasio is setting up checkpoints at Noo Yawk tunnels, bridges, and airports today, it reminded me of the “old” days when traveling in Western Europe required travelers to stop and identify themselves at the frontier. The “papers, please” stops, let’s
Coronavirus
Not only Beatles can Imagine
“Let’s use this situation, this crisis, this time to actually learn the lessons, value from the reflection, and let’s reimagine what we want society to be.” — N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo The man who sometimes calls himself “the Love Gov,” because others have, sometimes sounds like a headmaster
Coronavirus
Virus: Why Fox gives airtime to Gov. Cuomo
Anyone know why the three cable networks are carrying live and complete New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s daily fireside chats? They are part information, part homily, part sanctimony, part family history. Yes, I know New York is the center of the media universe, but that is the City, not