The media and Twitter have been abuzz since Donald Trump made an unplanned visit to Walter Reed Medical Center in Bethesda yesterday morning. Respected media observers, including CNN’s Sanjay Gupta, have highlighted how unusual it... Read →
In 2013, Donald Trump entered into a 60-year lease from the General Services Administration for the renovation of the old post office to become the Trump International Hotel in Washington. The property is leased for $180 million and in... Read →
I am as overwhelmed as anyone by the prescience and power of the American Constitution. It is worthy of accolades for its boldness, brilliance and vision and for its prescient guidance for a vibrant and caring society. But was ratified... Read →
Here are some things that could be interesting in a normal environment:
Hearing Joe Biden defend himself and his son Hunter from allegations of misconduct.
Seeing Elizabeth Warren’s latest handout proposals to generate... Read →
These are dark days for our country, if not yet for financial markets.
While we have survived and even prospered with President Trump for three years, he is now highly unsteady.
Putin recognizes this. So too does Erdogan. Their... Read →
Donald Trump continues to obfuscate in the interest of achieving his goals. Hurricane Dorian presented him with an opportunity to try and change the narrative. Rather than simply dismiss a minor gaffe regarding Alabama and the path of... Read →
In this day and age, it is hard to take everything that you see and hear at face value. That’s true of the news this morning that Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide.
Epstein was being held in a Federal prison in New York where... Read →
In a recent front page New York Times article, the authors decried the loss of black and Hispanic students at New York’s three most selective public high schools (Stuyvesant, Bronx High, and Brooklyn Technical). There have been... Read →
In the best of times, the stock market goes up and down, always without advance notice. And those ups and downs can never be predicted precisely. But, when they go down big time, it is often after a period of sustained growth and the... Read →
The Mueller report is out and while we only have a summary written by Bob Barr, we do know that Mueller failed to find collusion by Trump and his children with Russia to change the outcome of the election. As it stands right now, we... Read →
America is shocked by the discovery of parents trying to influence the outcome of their children’s success in admission decisions at selective colleges. The newspapers and TV coverage have been replete with expressions of disgust at... Read →
Yahoo’s lead news today is about two sisters in their sixties who “murdered” their 85 year old father who had dementia, cancer and multiple other maladies. The thrust of the article is that they would have gone scot free... Read →
A little more than 2 weeks after the self-induced disaster at the hands of so-called politicians Jimmy Van Bramer and Michael Gianaris, New York's grown ups are trying to get a hold of things.
The New York Times reported last night... Read →
I have lived in New York for about 22 years and that is long enough to have seen some awful days here.
The magnitude and human impact of Amazon’s reversal and departure from Long Island City cannot be compared to some things in... Read →
Mark Kelly is an astronaut and Gabrielle Giffords’ husband. In the years following Gabrielle Giffords’ shooting, he has become a vocal proponent of gun control.
He announced this morning that he is running for John... Read →