But wait, we are seeing history unfold before our very eyes. We are witnessing our unique form of American government as it falls to a despot who is supported by a good part of our mostly white population. These people will do anything to stop the control of government by […]
Tag: Donald Trump
Publisher’s Corner: Deval Patrick is the perfect person to clean up Trump’s mess
It would be hard to tell you how scared I am of a Trump second term. When history is written, there will be a lot of blame assigned to the Democrats who couldn’t dispense with their self-promotion and arrogance and come up with a candidate who, a look back will […]
Publisher’s Corner: Would you blow the whistle?
In my office is a picture of Frank Serpico, perhaps the greatest whistleblower in the history of New York City. He’s the guy who blew the whistle on the rampant corruption in the New York Police Department. For his trouble, he ended up with a bullet in his head that […]
Publisher’s Corner: It’s time for Democrats to get behind Biden
It appears to me that the only one who can beat Donald Trump is Joe Biden. The former Vice President and close friend of Barack Obama is well positioned to beat the man who seems increasingly Mussolini-like in his approach to the presidency. This older, moderate man is a familiar […]
Disclosing tax returns would not be optional for candidates in NY, under new bills
As Americans were filing their taxes this week, Sen. Brad Hoylman and other New York state lawmakers were touting a series of bills that would force any presidential candidate to disclose their tax returns if they want to be an eligible candidate in New York. One of Hoylman’s bills (S.2271) […]
Gillibrand makes it official; launches 2020 presidential campaign with “Brave Wins” video
On Sunday, U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand officially launched her campaign for president of the United States with a video called “Brave Wins.” At the end of the video, she announced that her first major speech will be in front of Trump International Hotel in New York City, next Sunday, March […]
Experts rank best and worst presidents (guess where Trump lands)
For the sixth time since its inception in 1982, the Siena College Research Institute’s Survey of U.S. Presidents finds that experts rank Franklin D. Roosevelt, Teddy Roosevelt, Abe Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson and George Washington as the United States’ top five chief executives. The 157 participating presidential scholars for the first […]
Publisher’s Corner: Thank Trump for NY’s new progressive policies
If Donald Trump wasn’t perceived as such a monster by New Yorkers and if that hadn’t convinced Governor Andrew Cuomo, for whatever his reasons, to unload on Trump and to go after the Republicans (who many suspect he helped to maintain control over the State Senate for years), we might […]