RFK and Dead Cubs
If you are ever in a position where you need to dispose of a body and make it look like an accident, your best bet is to call a Kennedy.
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New York City, For We Are Many
Is it wholly representative? I argue that it is. If you come to New York City, and only New York City, you have truly been to America.
New York Assembly Begins Investigation to Impeach Gov Andrew Cuomo
The Speaker for the New York Assembly announced that body will begin and investigation to possibly impeach Gov Andrew Cuomo for allegations of sexual harassment and the Covid nursing home scandal.
The Empire (State Health Department) Strikes Back at Gov Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo is under fire from departing public health officials who clearly did not read his “American Crisis: Leadership Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic” and find it satisfactory.
Andrew Cuomo Get Bad Covid Review From NY AG James
NYAG Letitia James has a bad review of Andrew Cuomo’s Covid-19 leadership, along with a 76-page report of receipts.
Rochester, New York
The death of Daniel Prude in March has reignited protests in Rochester, New York, with the public release of body cam footage and suspension of the the officers involved.
New York Attorney General Letitia James Sues National Rifle Association
The long-running battle between the National Rifle Association and the State of New York has a new chapter opening up.
Andrew Scales The Lofty Heights of Mt Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo’s celebration of Andrew Cuomo, presented without further comment, because I’m sure you folks will do plenty of that
Big Jim vs The Corona
When West Virginia’s governor “Big Jim” Justice speaks, the residents hold our breath to see what sort of colorful (read: embarrassing) babble will come out
Tina Nguyen: Trump Grill Could Be The Worst Restaurant In America
Read the article that prodded yet another enraged, petty tweet from the man who will soon be President.
Elie Mystal: I, For One, Welcome Our New Toilet Overlords — ATL
New York City abolishes one of the last vestiges of the “separate but equal” rule.
Stephen Glass Update
So, that Stephen Glass guy. Tried to become a lawyer. Whatever happened to him?
Lies, Damned Lies, and Bar Applications
A few thoughts on recovering one’s reputation for good moral character from very public past misdeeds. There should both a skeptical eye cast towards those who have been dishonest in the past and room for redemption from mistakes made in the past — but when does the latter overcome the former? Is it enough to have stayed out of trouble?
A Risk Manager’s Take on Anthony Weiner
Tod Kelly puts on his risk management cap to assess the prospect of New Yorkers giving Anthony Weiner power.
1,776 Feet
Construction workers bolted a communications spire atop the New World Trade Center in Manhattan today, bringing the still-under-construction skyscraper to its final height of 1,776 feet. Rightly: New York has rebuilt, and are taller and better than before....
So, what’d I miss?
Aloha, everyone! I’m just coming up for air after having spent a two-week vacation on the East coast, where I spent time in Manhattan, Connecticut and the Berkshires. In each place I stayed, there...
Picture of the day
People use these words to justify a lot of things. Oftentimes, I think they’re misused, or warped in a fundamental, definitional way to mean exactly the opposite of what they actually mean. At a...
The City That Never Sleeps – Or Shrinks
I enjoyed David’s defense of New York’s cultural dominance far more than I probably should have, and agree wholeheartedly. This despite the fact that, as a kid – and even into my early 20s...
The answer, of course, is to send Bloomberg off to fight the Parthians
The New Yorker’s take on Bloomberg’s plutocratic, all-encompassing nannyism is worth a read. Are the parallels to Marcus Licinius Crassus a harbinger of the coming pink police state?
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