He was always an attorney – or lawyer jokes aside – what everybody wants as an attorney: wise, understanding, strategic, calm, clever, knowledgeable. He was that way already when we […]

IN THE BEGINNING This is the way it was. In 1989 a group of Democrats led by then Speaker of the City Council Peter Vallone, was trying to keep Mark […]

Donald and Andrew in Charge IN THE BEGINNING On the surface the differences are obvious. One dark eyed, dark haired, Italian-American complexion – the other blue eyed, blonde, bronzed –Aryan. […]

Decidedly Incompetent IN THE BEGINNING He started life as William Wilhelm. Determined to have a political life, he borrowed a family name – de Blasio – which would appeal to […]

RETAIL POLITICS November 6, 2018 — Election Day in America. The so-called Mid-term election for members of the House and Senate are understood to be the first public response to […]

Democrat’s Rebirth or a Jazz Standard Take Bernie Sanders. The people of Vermont took this Brooklyn born and educated boy into its green world in 1968 and watched him run […]