2026 142 items
- Nov. 6 The empty classroom and the crowded oneEvery New York City public school building in the 2025: 26 Blue Book: 213,528 more seats than students citywide, 337 buildings over capacity, and crowded and half-empty buildings in all 32 school districts. Tool
- Nov. 6 Where you can sit downA walk-time map of every public seat New York City records: benches, bus shelters, plazas, privately owned public spaces and parks. 18 percent of the land where New Yorkers live is more than a five-minute walk from one. Tool
- Nov. 4 Open SignNew York City shops, restaurants, bars and other places whose OpenStreetMap listings include hours, lit when they’re listed as open, for any hour of the week. Tool
- Oct. 30 What the shsat gets wrongIt’s fine to use tests in elite high school admissions, but they (and this exam, scored this way) shouldn’t be the only metric Substack
- Oct. 30 Beyond the RentWhat New York City households pay for electricity, gas heat, heating oil and water, how those prices have moved against the rest of New York State and the nation, and what drives them. Official sources throughout. Tool
- Oct. 29 New York City’s small high schoolsHow many New York City high schools have fewer than 250, 300 and 350 students, from 1994-95 to 2025-26, and how much more small schools spend per student. Tool
- Oct. 22 Who builds New YorkEvery New York City Council district and community district, measured by the homes it added since 2010, the income-restricted homes the city financed, and the city’s own 2030 housing targets. Tool
- Oct. 21 What New York ThinksEvery question in independent polls of New York City and New York State in 2026, searchable and sortable, with live prediction-market prices on New York politics. Tool
- Oct. 14 Where 311 complaints pile upOne in 20 New York City addresses accounts for just over half of all 311 complaints since 2020. Pick a slice of addresses, see what fills it, map it and look at how fast complaints arrive at the very top. Tool
- Oct. 7 Where city vehicles chargeEvery charging site in New York City’s own fleet network, mapped and searchable by address, neighborhood, ZIP code, agency and charger type, with the ones open to the public marked. Tool
- Oct. 7 Where New York livesNew York City’s population density at every census from 1910 to 2020, drawn as a landscape that rises where more people live. Tool
- Oct. 7 New York SightlinesWhich of 16 New York landmarks, and the rising and setting sun, you can see at street level from every street, sidewalk and park in the five boroughs. Tool
- Sept. 24 When a neighborhood got its nameSeventy-nine New York City neighborhood names and the decade each one arrived in The New York Times. Tool
- Sept. 17 Report cardEvery indicator in New York City’s Mayor’s Management Report, fiscal 2016 through fiscal 2026: explore by topic, compare related indicators, and understand the definitions and sources behind the numbers. Tool
- Sept. 6 25 ways New York City has changed since 9/11Twenty-five measures of New York City in September 2001 and today, each one linked to a fetched source and a verbatim quote. Tool
- Sept. 5 The Waiting CityHow many New Yorkers are standing in a line the city controls, and how long each line is. A registry of 77 lines, each measured in the agency’s own terms. Tool
- Sept. 3 New York City equivalentsOne New York City figure at a time, paired with the country, city, army, structure or fleet somewhere else in the world that comes in at about the same number. Tool
- Sept. 1 The lots nobody fixes Tool
- Sept. 1 Paid on public workEvery weekly certified payroll filed with the state Department of Labor for public work in New York City in 2026, set against the city comptroller’s prevailing wage schedule, trade by trade. Tool
- Aug. 28 One in four New York City neighborhoods holds fewer people than it did in 1970 Tool
- Aug. 27 New York City Council hearings, searchableFull-text search across New York City Council hearing transcripts and written testimony. Results come back as exchanges: the question, and the answer. Tool
- Aug. 26 The fully loaded budgetNew York City’s budget parks pensions, health insurance and legal payouts in three central accounts. Put that money back on the agencies that incur it and the Police Department costs $11.5 billion, not $6.3 billion. Tool
- Aug. 25 Two- and three-legged stools Tool
- Aug. 23 New York City, examinedOne front door to 116 maps, trackers, explorers and archives built on New York City’s public data. Tool
- Aug. 17 Left behind4.5 million lost items handed in to Tokyo police in a year, and what happened to each kind. Phones come home. Umbrellas never do. Tool
- Aug. 17 Refused at the border525,457 shipments the Food and Drug Administration turned away at the United States border since 2002, searchable by country, firm, product and the statutory charge: including filthy, putrid, or decomposed. Tool
- Aug. 17 Under reviewEvery geographic name proposal pending before the U.S. Board on Geographic Names, from Quarterly Review Lists 450 to 464. Searchable case files, mapped. Tool
- Aug. 16 Struck352,419 wildlife strikes reported to the Federal Aviation Administration since 1990, by species, airport, altitude and what the crew wrote down. Tool
- Aug. 13 Line of Sight Tool
- Aug. 9 The New York City ledgerTwenty-six years of audited New York City spending and revenue, by category, with toggles for population and inflation. Built from the Comptroller’s annual financial reports. Tool
- Aug. 8 How Mamdani’s doing: One man’s assessmentGetting a read on his mayoralty 220 days in Substack
- Aug. 2 Every neighborhood, rankedAll 197 of New York City’s residential neighborhoods, ranked 61 different ways with verifiable government data. Tool
- July 29 What New York owesAn interactive ledger of New York City’s five public pension funds: what they hold, what they owe, what the city pays and what it costs each household. Every figure sourced. Tool
- July 29 The Mamdani administrationAn organizational chart of the Mamdani administration: 183 appointees arranged by who reports to whom, each linked to its source, with 49 departments that open into their own charts. Tool
- July 27 The audit files Tool
- July 23 The Greener BookThe City of New York’s official directory, rebuilt and kept current: 2,609 officials, 124 agencies, every phone number one tap away. Tool
- July 20 The other New YorkersEvery wild animal recorded in New York City, mapped from citizen-science and city rescue records. Not pigeons, not rats. The coyotes, seals, owls, foxes and salamanders that share the five boroughs. Tool
- July 20 The growing codeThe US Code grew from 1.9 million words in 1926 to 47.4 million in 2023, and by 46 percent since 2000, while Congress passed steadily fewer laws. Tool
- July 19 The city that sensors see (and hear and feel)What New York City’s public real-time sensors are reporting right now: tide gauges, weather stations, stream gauges, wave buoys, traffic detectors, radar, aircraft transponders, bike docks, the power grid and the subway. Tool
- July 17 The ledgerA carefully sourced explainer on the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC): its federal cost and the housing it produces, built entirely from HUD, IRS, the Joint Committee on Taxation and GAO. Tool
- July 15 The overlapping cityAn interactive map of every significant district boundary in New York City (community boards, council, police precincts, school districts and more) that you can overlay and compare. Tool
- July 13 The landmarking of New YorkAn animated map of all 159 New York City historic districts and extensions and the years they were declared, from Brooklyn Heights in 1965 to today. Tool
- July 13 New York City’s civil service listsEvery list of people who passed a New York City civil service exam, how far down agencies have gone on each, how long lists last, provisional employees and a lookup for any job title or city agency. Rebuilt daily from the city’s own data. Tool
- July 12 New York City population atlas Tool
- July 11 OverdueEvery report New York City agencies are legally required to publish, and whether they actually did. Tool
- July 10 The Jacobs indexEvery New York City block, scored on Jane Jacobs’s four conditions for street life: mixed uses, short blocks, aged buildings and concentration. Tool
- July 10 The vendor ledgerSearch any company and see every New York City contract action registered to it since fiscal 2011: what was registered and what was paid. Tool
- July 7 The NYPD, officer by officerAn interactive explorer of the New York Police Department’s own weekly Officer Profile data: every active officer, their ranks, arrests, medals and sustained discipline. Tool
- July 6 New York, in TimeAn interactive history of New York, from the Lenape to the present. Tool
- July 6 NYC child care supply map Tool
- July 6 The city’s own landAn interactive map of the 15,188 tax lots New York City owns or leases, sorted by how ready each site is for housing. Tool
- July 5 Six months, five mayors, one newspaper Tool
- July 2 A day on the 311 line Tool
- July 1 A day on the fire & medical radio Tool
- June 30 A day on the police radioPick a precinct and a day and see what the 911 system logged, hour by hour. Tool
- June 30 New York City gunfire, 2006–2026An investigative data record of two decades of shootings in New York City: the long decline, the pandemic surge, the recovery, and how the geography, timing and toll shifted year by year. Tool
- June 30 Reading the waterEvery street flood measured by New York City’s FloodNet sensors since 2020: how deep, how long, where it keeps coming back, and what the record shows at corners watched the whole time. Tool
- June 29 NYC 911 response times Tool
- June 29 When the lights went out Tool
- June 25 Darializa Avila Chevalier, Claire Valdez, Brad Lander, Zohran Mamdani and New YorkWhat to make of this week’s Congressional primaries Vital City
- June 21 Where New York City moves Tool
- June 19 New York City rooftop solar, 2002 to 2026 Tool
- June 19 A century of New YorkTwo synchronized bar-chart races on one clock: New York City’s population by race and ethnicity, and its foreign-born residents by country of birth, 1900 to 2020. Tool
- June 19 Where New York came fromAn animated bar-chart race of New York City’s foreign-born population by country of birth from 1900 to 2023. Each wave’s bar fades as it recedes into its American-born later generations. Tool
- June 19 Who lives hereAn animated bar-chart race of New York City’s population by race and ethnicity from the 1900 census to 2020, built on U.S. Census Bureau figures. Tool
- June 19 New York on a plate Tool
- June 18 The ClimbFour synchronized bar-chart races showing the NBA’s all-time points, rebounds, assists and steals leaders accumulating season by season from 1947 to 2025. Tool
- June 11 The permanent residentsA map of about 550 cemeteries and burial grounds in the five boroughs, including the ones that no longer exist. Tool
- June 9 The Everything MapClick any spot in the city and get a full report on it: neighborhood, districts, representatives and more. Tool
- June 9 NYC Records Request HelperDescribe what you want from New York City government in plain language. Get a legally sound Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) request, the right agency to send it to, and a ready-to-file draft. Tool
- June 9 Mamdani administration personnel tracker Tool
- June 7 Where They Can PlayWhere They Can Play (a field guide to every public playground and court in New York City, with real shapes, accessibility, 2025) 26 condition grades, neighborhood density and what’s within a 10- or 20-minute walk. Tool
- June 6 Rotor MotionLive helicopter traffic over New York City, drawn on the FAA New York Helicopter Route Chart from real-time ADS-B data. Tool
- June 5 Harbor MotionA live map of the ships, ferries and tugs moving through New York Harbor. Tool
- June 5 Block Pulse Tool
- May 27 New York City neighborhood day tripsTell us where you live and discover a day trip to another New York City neighborhood: where to eat, what to see and what to do across the five boroughs. Tool
- May 22 ‘Small’ Crimes Up Close Tool
- May 21 New York City on screenA searchable map of where movies and television have filmed in New York City, from the silent era to today. Scrub through a century and watch the camera’s eye move across the city. Tool
- May 21 Three ErasClick a New York City building and see its 1940 tax photo, its 1980s tax photo and the present-day street, side by side. Tool
- May 21 NYC landmark architects Tool
- May 20 NYC Grid PulseNew York’s electricity in real time: demand, supply and price, from the grid operator. Tool
- May 20 New York City college campuses Tool
- May 17 Consent decrees on New York City governmentA searchable database of the federal and state consent decrees, court-ordered settlements, and monitorships that currently govern New York City agencies. Tool
- May 16 U.S. commuter rail compensation Tool
- May 15 New York City population explorer Tool
- May 14 What’s happening in my ZIPA live map of New York City showing what’s happening in every ZIP code right now, normalized by neighborhood size so big neighborhoods don’t always look loudest. Tool
- May 12 Houses of worship in New York City Tool
- May 8 The Rest of the RecordA searchable microscope on New York City public records. Adjudications, audits, complaints, oversight reports, and penalty recommendations from OATH, CCRB, COIB, DOI, Comptroller, Public Advocate, and more. Tool
- May 8 U.S. Wildlife Atlas Tool
- May 5 Public sector pay across 13 large U.S. citiesSide-by-side comparison of contract pay schedules for police officers, firefighters, sanitation workers and transit bus operators in 13 large U.S. cities, drawn from official collective bargaining agreements and city pay schedules. Tool
- May 4 NY prediction markets tracker Tool
- May 4 People vs. buildingsA 3D map of New York City. Toggle between residential density (where people live) and built environment density (the physical mass of buildings). Tool
- May 1 Mamdani administration transcript & press release search Tool
- April 30 Graveyard of ideasA century of mayoral campaign promises from the candidates who lost. Tool
- April 30 Open Data explorer3,000-plus city datasets, mapped and searchable in plain English. Tool
- April 29 New York City school time, 2026–27 Tool
- April 27 Where the elders are Tool
- April 25 Foreign-born AmericaWhere America’s immigrants live, county by county, by country of origin. Tool
- April 25 NYC Payroll BrowserAn interactive browser for the NYC Citywide Payroll and MTA payroll datasets: top and lowest earners, overtime, agency spending, and headcount trends. Tool
- April 24 NYC Super Speeders Tool
- April 24 Where the children went Tool
- April 23 Thinking about Paris and New YorkWhat should we envy about the French capital? Substack
- April 23 NYC schools atlas Tool
- April 23 Round with holes in it Tool
- April 21 The shrinking pie Tool
- April 21 Gino’s Pizza and the $25,000 rent Tool
- April 19 Per-pupil spending in New York City public schools Tool
- April 18 Public vs Private Tool
- April 18 NYC Settlement LedgerA browsable archive of every settled claim against the City of New York: every police-misconduct payout, Rikers death case, sidewalk injury, and school settlement, with amounts, agencies, and years. Tool
- April 17 New York City special education due process spending tracker Tool
- April 17 How Americans dieAll-cause U.S. mortality, drawn from CDC’s National Vital Statistics System. 2023 final data. Tool
- April 17 Violent death in AmericaViolent death in the United States, drawn from the CDC’s National Violent Death Reporting System. Tool
- April 15 NYC apartment combinations mapEvery apartment combination filing in NYC from 2000 to 2020: where owners merged two or more units into one, mapped from Department of Buildings records. Tool
- April 5 NYC Government Map Tool
- March 30 NYC water infrastructure Tool
- March 29 I live in New York City Tool
- March 24 Transit Showdown Tool
- March 20 The 45-minute cityHow far can you actually get in New York City in 45 minutes (subway, bus, taxi, bike or on foot) on real schedules, real streets and real traffic, with an accessible-transit view? Tool
- March 20 The Long Retreat Tool
- March 19 NYC Traffic Collisions Tool
- March 19 NYC Traffic Pulse Tool
- March 19 NYC FOIL Tracker Tool
- March 19 What New Yorkers Actually Pay in RentAsking rents average $3,500. But 57% of NYC rental units are regulated. Here’s what New Yorkers really pay, from NYCHA to market-rate. Tool
- March 18 Psst, have you heard about AI?Some experiments worth sharing Substack
- March 18 All Through the TownAll Through the Town: every New York City bus on a live map, with weekly speed trends by route since April 2026. Tool
- March 18 NYC K-12 Enrollment Shifts (1940-2025) Tool
- March 17 U.S. Gun Violence Tool
- March 17 NYC Injury Hospitalizations Tool
- March 16 NYC Public Art Map Tool
- March 15 City Record Digest Tool
- March 14 100 Metro Areas in Dots Tool
- March 14 The World in Dots Tool
- March 13 Every BuildingEvery building in New York, mapped by age, height and type. Tool
- March 11 NYC News EngineScans local news sources to catch New York stories as they break. Tool
- March 9 CompStat in contextNYPD CompStat crime data, made easier to read and compare. Tool
- March 6 Walking New York City’s safe (and not so safe) streets, in numbersA new crime data explorer is a real revelation Substack
- Feb. 27 When candidates lose and ideas live onA fun little AI experiment Substack
- Feb. 22 Beware radical urbanismCities are great. Suburbs are fine too. Substack
- Feb. 22 Raise taxes or the girl gets it: Mamdani’s forced, false budget choiceNew York City deserves an honest assessment of its fiscal condition. Substack
- Feb. 3 Make buses free? It’s a pragmatic, political and fiscal questionAssessing the idea requires strategic thinking about costs and benefits. Substack
- Jan. 24 Cities, where the living is easy (well, easier than it used to be)An underappreciated factor in urbanization Substack
- Jan. 8 How far left is the Mamdani administration so far?The emerging picture: He’s choosing pragmatists over zealots. Substack
2025 17 items
- Dec. 20 A schools agenda for Mamdani: Lean into academic excellenceEarly indicators of his education instincts are worrisome. What should he do to improve teaching and learning across the city? Substack
- Dec. 6 The housing tradeoffs Mamdani must confrontHow labor mandates and costs interact. Substack
- Nov. 11 Who made Mamdani mayor?Stop obsessing about transplants; it was the whole city. Anyway, transplants are people too! Substack
- Nov. 6 Zohran Mamdani, radical?Not exactly, and the question is actually beside the point. Substack
- Nov. 2 This agonizing electionMamdani vs. Cuomo: What’s a political pragmatist who cares about candidate character to do? Substack
- Oct. 5 Gifted? In kindergarten?Thoughts on separating some kids from the rest when they’re just 5 years old Substack
- Oct. 1 What we may miss about Eric AdamsNew York City’s next mayor can learn some positive lessons from his administration Substack
- Sept. 28 Adams’ endWhat to make of Eric Adams bowing out of the mayoral election Substack
- Sept. 8 The secret ingredient to Zohran Mamdani’s successThis morning, the Washington Post published a piece Greg Berman and I wrote about New York City, Eric Adams and the upstart vying to replace him. Substack
- Aug. 6 Of ceilings and floorsHow Zohran Mamdani’s $30 minimum wage proposal, like other parts of his platform, could throw New York City’s economy for a loop Substack
- Aug. 1 Zohran Mamdani in the balanceAre the criticisms of the Democratic candidate for New York City mayor justified? Vital City
- July 22 Cuomo’s coalition of cautionThe former governor’s campaign is mostly about what he’s not. Substack
- June 25 How Zohran Mamdani beat the Democratic machineThree writers discuss Mamdani’s presumptive victory in New York’s Democratic mayoral primary. Washington Post
- June 16 Zohran Mamdani and Andrew Cuomo aren’t as different as you might thinkNeither of the leading Democratic contenders for mayor is grappling with the fiscal realities currently confronting New York City. Vital City
- May 29 Tom Robbins and the slow death of common civic cultureWhat to do about newspapers shrinking and voter turnout declining in New York City Vital City
- April 25 A real New York mayoral election2025 will be more competitive than usual: how can we make this the new normal? Vital City
- Feb. 18 The hollow City HallWhat’s to become of Eric Adams’ administration now? Vital City
2024 5 items
- Nov. 7 Resisting the urge to just #resist TrumpHow New York and other cities should react to Trump’s decisive victory Vital City
- Oct. 2 When we rideComplain about the trains all you like, but appreciate them too. Vital City
- Sept. 19 The Eric Adams indictment: A tragedy in two dimensionsSome New Yorkers are celebrating criminal charges against their mayor, but there’s another story. Vital City
- May 1 Congestion pricing: An explainerHow the new Manhattan traffic plan would work Vital City
- March 22 New York City crime beyond the numbersIf the city is so safe, why do growing numbers of residents feel fearful? Vital City
2023 6 items
- Nov. 1 In good conscience: Responding to troubled men on the streetWhat should bystanders actually do to help destitute and disturbed New Yorkers? Vital City
- Aug. 16 We need more four-generation cities, and neighborhoodsAge diversity is a crucial indicator of wellbeing Vital City
- June 28 Why we scream: A conversation with Laura B. WeissHow ice cream became a city (and a New York City) thing Vital City
- June 28 You think this is hot? A conversation with Michael Oppenheimer and Mark ChambersTwo climate experts on how New Yorkers can stay safe and healthy in our ever more scalding future Vital City
- March 8 Black-market BrooklynWhat the illegal cannabis boom looks like in one New York City neighborhood. Vital City
- Feb. 10 Ben Tucker on Tyre Nichols: What’s race and training got to do with it?A conversation with Ben Tucker, former first deputy commissioner of the NYPD. Vital City
2021 8 items
- Nov. 3 Eight ways of looking at Eric Adams: Understanding NYC’s complex mayor-electWe live in an era of political caricatures, so it’s no small thing that New York just elected as its 110th mayor a man who defies stereotype in ways that are likely to bedevil the chattering classes... Daily News
- Aug. 20 How to end the school mask culture war: A modest proposalEven though 69% of Americans support local school district mask mandates, members of the minority are far louder, and they control the levers of power in the Capitols of states where COVID is currently raging. Daily News
- July 8 What does Eric Adams want to do as mayor? Read his policy bookEric Adams is the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York, which gives him a 97% chance (to pick a totally made-up number) of becoming the next chief executive of America’s largest municipal government. Daily News
- May 8 This is a good field for NYC mayor: New Yorkers, stop pining for people who aren’t on the ballot and focusWe don’t know how many people will turn out to vote in the way-earlier-than-usual Democratic mayoral primary on June 22 and in the early voting that runs 10 days prior. Daily News
- May 1 The left’s last shot: With Stringer wounded, progressives will have to rally around someone or likely watch the mayoralty go to Yang (or Adams)The emboldened progressive Democrats who now rule the roost in the state Capitol, who were hoping for the first time to have one of their own occupy City Hall in 2022: Bill de Blasio, now widely... Daily News
- Jan. 30 Trump and the power of cultureCulture trumps politics; it’s a widely accepted truth. Daily News
- Jan. 20 What does unity mean? Joe Biden is demanding something that’s as elusive as it is unnecessaryThe theme of Joe Biden’s inaugural address was that we must bring America together as a prerequisite to defeat the COVID pandemic, revive the economy, confront climate change, move toward racial... Daily News
- Jan. 5 Trump, Republicans and the great unraveling: Today’s disgusting display in WashingtonWednesday, a dozen U.S. senators and at least 140 members of the House, Republicans all, will formally object to the counting of final, certified electoral vote tallies from swing states Donald Trump lost to Joe Biden. Daily News
2020 18 items
- Nov. 19 What Rudy Giuliani has become: A lamentI wrote speeches and did a little policy work, mostly on education, for then-Mayor Rudy Giuliani from 1997 to 2001. Daily News
- Nov. 1 Who Donald Trump is and what he’s done to usI like Joe Biden well enough, but I see his flaws clearly: He’s a rickety communicator. Daily News
- Sept. 30 Biden was decent in both senses of the word; Trump was talented and awfulFor the first presidential election since, well, the invention of Twitter, I spent a debate actually watching the thing on one big screen, not simultaneously following it on a second small one. Daily News
- Sept. 21 De Blasio and Carranza’s biggest school reopening failure: There are so many from which to chooseOf all the mistakes Mayor de Blasio and Chancellor Richard Carranza made in trying to reopen the nation’s largest school system, one stands out. Daily News
- Aug. 19 What you say when you stay: Why, even as many people flee, I believe in NYCI have nothing against families or businesses that leave New York City. Daily News
- Aug. 12 Please, bring up busing again: How Biden and Harris should return to their primary flashpointWhen Kamala Harris attacked Joe Biden for opposing federally mandated busing in the 1970s, holding herself up as the beneficiary of a school integration program as a little girl, she created a... Daily News
- July 31 Maybe: Let’s remember some of Donald Trump’s worst ideasJust spitballing here, but maybe we could delay the November election, ignoring the Constitution and history and Congress, and keep me, the president, in power a while longer. Daily News
- July 25 Pandemics, parents, pods and public educationThe largest public school system in America is planning on sending kids back into buildings this fall, kind of. Daily News
- July 22 The worst thing Trump said this week: A ‘law and order’ president wishes Ghislaine Maxwell wellPresident Trump wants America to know he stands for law and order: in Portland, in Chicago, at the border, everywhere. Daily News
- July 14 Cuomo’s cringeworthy COVID victory lapGov. Cuomo, no stranger to producing embarrassing political posters, has done it again, this time saluting his own leadership and the achievements of New York State in the coronavirus crisis with a... Daily News
- July 8 Black, white and confused all over: The stupid reaction to Kristen Bell playing a mixed-race girl on ‘Central Park’Structural racism is real. Its consequences are severe, turning the promise of equal opportunity into a mockery for millions. Daily News
- May 5 Actually, Gov. Cuomo, your reopening plan has tradeoffsIn his briefing Tuesday, Gov. Cuomo spoke about Trump administration infection projections and the itchiness around the country to loosen coronavirus shutdown restrictions and get back to work. Daily News
- March 13 What’s the coronavirus shutdown endgame? Cancellations are necessary now; under what terms do we get up and running again?Social distancing makes all the sense in the world in the pivotal early stage of a fast-moving outbreak like this coronavirus. Daily News
- March 8 Coronavirus: Let’s speak clearly about who should rush to get medical helpAs testing slowly ramps up and officially reported cases of the novel coronavirus in the United States start rising in state after state, it’s increasingly clear that the virus is in the wild. Daily News
- March 5 No, Elizabeth Warren’s loss isn’t about sexism“Don’t tell me this isn’t about sexism,” is what at least one feminist writer has said about Elizabeth Warren’s failure to win the Democratic nomination. Daily News
- Feb. 27 Bernie Sanders, Donald Trump and the stories they tell: Both offer simple narratives about America; one is closer to the truth, the other is easier to sell politicallyBernie Sanders is unlike Donald Trump in just about every way, and in just about every way they differ, Bernie wins the comparison. Daily News
- Feb. 19 With the exception of that one exchange, Bloomberg’s debate performance was good enoughToo bad Mike Bloomberg doesn’t have enough money to get everyone who saw an embarrassing exchange on sexual harassment claims at his company to sign a non-disclosure agreement. Daily News
- Feb. 17 Mayor Mike and the myth of the magic manager: Voters should educate themselves on Bloomberg’s failuresMichael Bloomberg was a good mayor of New York City, and he’d make a good president. Daily News
2019 6 items
- Dec. 12 My main problem with Trump’s new executive order on campus anti-SemitismI don’t like the push to boycott, divest from and sanction Israel. Daily News
- Dec. 6 Mike, what the hell are you talking about? Bloomberg’s bizarre claim on stop-and-friskMike Bloomberg kicked off his run for president by apologizing for the stop, question and frisk policies his police department oversaw, patting down young black and Latino men by the hundreds of... Daily News
- Nov. 24 The thing about Rudy: Giuliani, a proto-Trump, has long been obsessed with demolishing elites’ echo chambersOn the surface, a fearmongering demagogue president might seem like an odd we-go-down-together blood brother for a man who, as mayor, was once a proudly heterodox Republican who defended sanctuary... Daily News
- Nov. 12 Discomfort and the duty of reporting: Some student journalists need a lesson in their tradeAs if there weren’t already reason enough to worry about the future of the news business in an age when Facebook strip-mines media revenue and a president brands reporters enemies of the people, it... Daily News
- July 12 Thinking through gifted and talented education in New York City public schools: One parent’s reflection on the systemEarlier this month, my family got through New York City’s gifted-and-talented public school admissions gauntlet for my daughter. Daily News
- Jan. 23 Videos, the truth and the whole truthJust about everything I’m going to write here is obvious, but because the obvious frequently escapes us these days, it needs to be repeated. Daily News
2018 7 items
- Oct. 26 Shame on the false-flag crew: At least Geraldo Rivera had the decency to own up to his terrible behaviorWhadya know: The guy who strung us along with Al Capone’s vault 32 years ago was one of a dozen prominent right-wing commentators who, to excite the creatures in the fever swamp, spread nasty... Daily News
- Sept. 27 What’s at stake in the Kavanaugh-Ford showdown: The larger culture war that’s ragingToday’s Senate hearings will not just present parallel histories of the teenage years of Brett Kavanaugh: his, of being a basically upright young man who occasionally drank to excess, vs. Daily News
- Sept. 21 Investigate the investigation of the investigator: Look into de Blasio’s efforts to detail Peters’ bad behaviorWhen Mayor de Blasio tapped ex-prosecutor Mark Peters to head the city’s chief anti-corruption oversight agency in 2014, he called him “a man with immense personal integrity and extensive experience... Daily News
- Aug. 16 Yep, coordinated anti-Trump editorials might backfire: Here’s why we joined in anywayEditorial boards across the country are getting derided for joining in the Boston Globe’s call to push back on President Trump’s vilification of the media and affirm the importance of a press that’s free and unafraid. Daily News
- Aug. 9 Uber, Airbnb and all of us: Deep breaths as New York reins in disruptorsDispatch from the future in which we increasingly live: Tech companies that build new ways of connecting people, that build up billion-dollar valuations promising never-before-imagined possibilities... Daily News
- July 26 Local journalism is sick; don’t misdiagnose the diseaseIt’s been an agonizing week here. The Daily News just laid off half its newsroom. Daily News
- May 7 Eric Schneiderman gets what he deserves for treating women like garbage: a resignationThe resignation of Eric Schneiderman Monday night was a foregone conclusion given the devastating specificity of the brutality described by women who detailed it to the New Yorker’s Ronan Farrow and Jane Mayer. Daily News
2017 5 items
- Aug. 1 The problem is Donald Trump’s Government of OneAnthony Scaramucci is gone, but the man who two weeks ago was seduced by his swaggering and sycophantic act remains. Daily News
- May 16 What defines Donald Trump: insecurityThroughout last year, many of us thought Donald Trump would be a very bad President. Daily News
- April 28 What’s most depressing about Trump’s 100-day interviewsSuppose, 99 days into the Trump presidency, you, American citizen concerned about the future of the republic, were beginning to calm down just a little. Daily News
- April 7 Praise Trump’s Syria action, but question his explanation, and Congress’ hypocrisy, tooWhen a dictator uses chemical weapons against his people, he should feel consequences. Daily News
- Jan. 19 Twitter tirades are the least of Donald Trump’s character problems: Changing the tone in Washington has never been that importantDonald Trump, a very small man, is about to swear on the Bible and take over the world’s biggest job. Daily News
2016 25 items
- Nov. 23 Here are the words Donald Trump should have used if he really wanted to condemn white nationalistsCandidate Trump played a foul game of footsie with the alt-right, the white nationalists who were among his most fervent fanboys. Daily News
- Nov. 9 Donald Trump has big list of promises to keep now that he’ll become the next PresidentDonald Trump shocked the world but not his supporters and now rockets into the White House with a mandate. Daily News
- Sept. 27 Clinton beat Trump handily: In the first debate, he was unsteady and mendacious; she was poised and self-assuredIn his first debate with Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan famously calmed voters skeptical about whether he could cross the threshold of gravitas and look like a President. Daily News
- Sept. 10 Hillary Clinton should stick to insulting Trump, not his ‘basket of deplorables’Start with this: A depressingly high percentage of Donald Trump’s supporters hold abhorrent beliefs, and it insults the intelligence to mince words about that. Daily News
- July 28 Hillary Clinton is no Obama or Biden at the podium, but her DNC speech shows she’s a smart politician who knows policyThe difference between the video introducing Hillary Clinton and the speech she gave was palpable. Daily News
- July 28 Democratic National Convention becomes antidote to Donald Trump’s deceiving actThe headline came across my Twitter feed in the middle of an undercard speech Wednesday night: “Trump Seeks More Foreign Guest Workers For His Companies.” The news: That as he seeks to hire 78 cooks... Daily News
- July 27 Bill Clinton reminds Americans during DNC speech that Hillary is humanThese days, when we are contractually required to have unnaturally strong opinions about everything and love or loathe everyone, when a reality TV star who insults people for sport is the Republican... Daily News
- July 26 Bitter Bernie Sanders supporters dangerously delusional if they don’t follow their leader and stand behind HillaryThe embittered Bernie Sanders brigades who interrupted speeches throughout the first day and night of the Democratic convention, chanting for their man and booing every mention of the nominee, as... Daily News
- July 16 Trump’s true talent is not politics or business: it’s showmanshipAll throughout the primary campaign, Donald Trump boasted about how his supposedly electric (and, I would add, disgustingly demagogic) presence boosted debate ratings. Daily News
- July 11 What Rudy Giuliani and other self-styled unifiers get wrong: Calling Black Lives Matters ‘inherently racist’ is willfully divisiveI used to work for Rudy Giuliani. I saw him up close for more than four years and won’t call him a racist. Daily News
- May 24 Donald Trump’s historic bait-and-switch makes his intentions as President a mysteryWhat does Donald Trump actually believe? What does he really intend to do in the Oval Office? Daily News
- May 15 The two-Trump trick: How Donald’s disingenuousness has created his greatest campaign asset, and a tightrope he must walk into the general electionA strange phenomenon buoys Donald Trump’s presidential prospects: one perhaps unprecedented in American politics: Voters are rewarding a would-be President because he’s proposing policies that are... Daily News
- April 20 Greenman: Bernie Sanders’ campaign falls flat in N.Y.Well, that was anticlimactic. After the burning passion on display at his massive Prospect Park rally, after vicious attacks on Hillary Clinton: including the preposterous claim that she wasn’t... Daily News
- April 15 GREENMAN: Bernie Sanders got a lot of cheers at the Dem. debate in Brooklyn, but Hillary Clinton may get the last ovationThursday night I was conflicted: I love New York and I love Brooklyn (even the new Brooklyn peering up at the stage through Warby Parker glasses). Daily News
- March 4 The Donald Trump dignity double-standard: How some of Obama’s fiercest critics now give Trump a pass on the very same termsThroughout his tenure in the Oval Office, the angriest foes of Barack Obama have had a few consistent lines of attack against the two-term President: all of which have been exposed as rampantly... Daily News
- March 2 Greenman: Trump is an embarrassment to the Republican PartyWith Donald Trump a fortnight away from essentially clinching the nomination with winner-take-all primaries in Florida and Ohio, responsible Republican leaders must snap out of their slumber: month... Daily News
- Feb. 27 Death of a salesman: If Donald Trump becomes President, his supporters will soon experience epic disillusionmentRemember when Barack Obama promised the world in 2008, only to leave some enthusiasts bereft after he failed to close Guantanamo, much less slow the rise of the oceans? Daily News
- Feb. 12 Greenman: Bernie Sanders does nothing to show he could live up to his wordIt went like this, over and over again: Bernie Sanders: Here’s a problem I want to fix and how I’d fix it. Daily News
- Feb. 9 Greenman: Nominating Donald Trump would throw away Republicans’ dignityIf the polls are correct, Republican voters, many of whom spent eight years attacking President Obama (whatever his faults, a highly dignified leader) for conducting himself in a way beneath the... Daily News
- Feb. 9 Greenman: Bernie Sanders beats Hillary Clinton on honesty, battle against Wall StreetHillary Clinton has to hope and pray that New Hampshire and Iowa voters, far less racially and ethnically diverse than the nation as a whole, are a rare breed of Democrat (and independent): not that... Daily News
- Feb. 5 Greenman: Both Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders slipped up in New Hampshire debateI don’t know who won Tuesday night’s feisty debate in New Hampshire, but it seemed to me to be the first face-off that may actually wind up destabilizing the Democratic primary, thanks to some... Daily News
- Feb. 2 The GOP’s choice: Trump, Cruz or sanityNo, the billionaire isn’t politically bankrupt because he finished second in Iowa. Daily News
- Feb. 2 Greenman: Bernie Sanders is winning votes by following Obama’s 2008 planThough Hillary Clinton officially won Iowa, she emerges with almost the same number of delegates as (and palpably less momentum than) Bernie Sanders. Daily News
- Jan. 23 Greenman: I’m a fan of Michael Bloomberg, but 2016 is not the year for him to run for PresidentI like Mike Bloomberg and his politics, but as someone with a political pulse, I must be honest: This is almost certainly not his year to win the presidency as an independent, and I’m not sure it ever has been. Daily News
- Jan. 13 Greenman: President Obama’s State of the Union address provided a chance to tout his progressPresident Obama’s last State of the Union address wasn’t a great speech. Daily News
2015 26 items
- Dec. 27 In the toaster: Why, halfway into his term, Bill de Blasio is feeling the heatMy mother, a solidly left-wing liberal and casual observer of the New York City political scene, forwarded news of a shooting on a Brooklyn subway platform, the kind of crime that happened all the time in the mid-90s. Daily News
- Dec. 20 Just give the nomination to Hillary Clinton already: GreenmanSaturday night in New Hampshire, Bernie Sanders came not to bury Hillary Clinton, but to praise her, or something close enough to that. Daily News
- Dec. 16 Donald Trump gets schooled on foreign policy by GOP rivals in debateThe movie ads during the CNN Republican debate were for “Concussion,” about head trauma in a contact sport; “The Revenant,” about a man’s struggle for vengeance; and “The Big Short,” about very profitable dishonesty. Daily News
- Nov. 11 Greenman: Republicans held genuinely substantive debate in Milwaukee: which is bad news for Donald Trump and Ben CarsonTuesday night’s Republican debate from Milwaukee was a more substantive affair than the debacle in Boulder, and that, for the most part, hurt Donald Trump and Dr. Daily News
- Oct. 29 Greenman: The establishment’s insider, Jeb Bush, is a sure loserJeb Bush didn’t do much in Wednesday night’s debate, and that means the imagined establishment juggernaut is finished. Daily News
- Oct. 14 Hillary Clinton’s positions in first debate may come back to haunt her in general electionHillary Clinton held her own against scrappy upstart Bernie Sanders and the others nipping at her heels in Tuesday night’s Democratic primary debate, but some of what she said could come back to... Daily News
- Oct. 8 Charter school big Eva Moskowitz may have to switch parties if she wants to run for mayorCharter school phenom Eva Moskowitz would have to switch her party registration to run for mayor in 2017 because she is persona non grata to the city Democratic establishment. Daily News
- Oct. 3 The faking of a President: Our future under Donald Trump and his first 100 days in officeOn Jan. 20, 2017, Donald Trump will take the oath of office for the presidency of the United States. Daily News
- Sept. 17 Greenman: Republican party needs accord on key issues in presidential raceLet us pretend for a moment that we live in a simpler world, in which all our political coverage is not gasping for air in Trump-infested waters. Daily News
- Sept. 17 Greenman: Donald Trump makes noise, but looks small in GOP debateCNN wanted a raucous free-for-all, not a sober, moderator-dominated forum. Daily News
- Sept. 3 Greenman: Mayor de Blasio is moving to tackle homelessness issue, but he didn’t create itMayor de Blasio didn’t create the city’s homelessness problem. Daily News
- Aug. 19 Bill de Blasio, perception and reality: Tune out the cheap negativity. On his watch, the city remains very healthy.I suppose, if I had a car, I could slap a “Don’t blame me: I voted for Lhota” sticker on the bumper and join the almost giddy pile-on that’s now got 6-foot-5 Bill de Blasio up to his neck in sour negativity. Daily News
- Aug. 7 Greenman: ‘Monster’ Donald Trump continues reign of terror during GOP debateThe unwritten rule in monster movies is not to show the whole monster until at least halfway in, so the audience feels a growing sense of dread. Daily News
- Aug. 4 Greenman: Joe Biden, once a punch line, now stands as a viable outside threat to Hillary Clinton in race for White HouseNot long ago, Joe Biden was a punch line. Daily News
- July 22 De Blasio, Uber and Airbnb: A study in mayoral hypocrisyMany of the criticisms Mayor de Blasio is hurling at black-car behemoth Uber, whose growth he wants to freeze for a year, also apply to another booming company upending a traditional industry. Daily News
- July 1 Greenman: De Blasio outright blasting Cuomo is a big risk for New York CityIn Mayor de Blasio’s eyes, he and his constituents have suffered a long train of abuses courtesy of Gov. Daily News
- June 24 Greenman: De Blasio’s explanation for adding 1,300 NYPD cops is just not credibleMayor de Blasio’s explanation of why he agreed to add 1,300 cops to the NYPD (after insisting for months that crime is under control and that the money was much more urgently needed elsewhere) is just not credible. Daily News
- June 23 Why (really) did Bill de Blasio agree to add 1,300 cops? The reasons he’s given so far don’t make senseMayor de Blasio’s explanation of why he agreed Monday to add 1,300 cops (after insisting for months that crime is under control and that the money was much more urgently needed elsewhere) is just not credible. Daily News
- June 17 Greenman: If only we could just fire Donald Trump and focus on issuesA dutiful observer of presidential politics is forced to comment on what we witnessed Tuesday: a piece of performance art masquerading as a campaign launch by a bloviating buffoon who thinks he’s... Daily News
- June 9 Greenman: Donald Trump lacks credibility to be serious presidential candidateArguing that Donald Trump shouldn’t be President is like arguing that your dentist shouldn’t be an astronaut. Daily News
- May 12 The manager vs. the messenger: Bill de Blasio’s competing agendasMayor de Blasio is aching to be a national paragon of progressive values, one whose commitment to slaying the dragon of income inequality inspires politicians across America and drags the Democratic Party to the left. Daily News
- May 6 De Blasio’s unbecoming ‘Rolling Stone’ boastMayor de Blasio wants to be clear: He knows better than you, the people who put him in office (at least those who voted in a low-turnout election) that his mayoralty is already transformational... Daily News
- May 1 Chris Christie’s 2016 presidential hopes get another nail in the coffin with David Wildstein’s guilty pleaYou can call the guilty plea of former Chris Christie crony David Wildstein, the fourth nail in the coffin of the New Jersey governor’s 2016 presidential ambitions. Daily News
- April 23 Democrats, you’ve been warned: As new reports on the Clinton Foundation’s foreign donations surface, Hillary Clinton might be increasingly radioactive in a general electionIt’s a blessing to Democrats that Hillary Clinton is getting slammed now, rather than later, with serious questions about the money that flowed into her family’s charitable foundation when she was secretary of state. Daily News
- Feb. 12 Despite big names and glamour, NYC loses to Philly in hosting 2016 Democratic National ConventionBrooklyn had big names behind its Democratic National Convention bid: more than 100 of them on a host committee unveiled by Mayor de Blasio. Daily News
- Jan. 7 The plain facts about the slaughter at Charlie HebdoWe’re doing it again. We’re already changing the subject. Daily News
2014 11 items
- Dec. 14 15 New Yorkers who will shape 2015EVA MOSKOWITZ If you thought you’d heard the loudest skirmishes between charter-school leader Eva Moskowitz and her nemesis, Mayor de Blasio, adjust the volume on your TV set. Daily News
- Dec. 2 Greenman: De Blasio sticks to his promise to ban carriage horses: purely out of stubbornnessPoliticians never govern precisely the way they campaigned. Daily News
- April 10 Greenman: How to grade Mayor de Blasio’s first 100 daysTo accurately assess Mayor de Blasio’s first 100 days (perspective: that’s 6.8% of one term, or 3.4% of two), we need to cast our memories way back to 2013. Daily News
- March 14 The truth about charter schoolsPut two New Yorkers who disagree on charter schools in a room and get them going, and you could be watching an Israeli and Palestinian in argument on the streets of East Jerusalem. Daily News
- March 8 Charter schools are public schoolsCharter schools, which educate 70,000 kids in 183 locations throughout New York City, are public schools. Daily News
- Feb. 26 Gentrifiers, hold your heads highI am white. I have a college degree. I moved to Brooklyn in 1995, when property values were rising rapidly. Daily News
- Feb. 13 Greenman: Mayor de Blasio is forcing unions to negotiate and setting his sights big on pre-K without a big billThere’s still plenty of time for Mayor de Blasio to fold like a busted poker player and give the city’s union workers huge raises, including up to the $7.8 billion in retroactive pay they want from... Daily News
- Feb. 11 Greenman: Mayor de Blasio’s tough budget talk in State of the City is refreshingMayor de Blasio’s State of the City speech was stuffed with repackaged campaign rhetoric. Daily News
- Jan. 27 #DeBlasiosNewYork Politico Magazine
- Jan. 26 Coming into focusTwenty-six days after his inauguration, or 1.7% of the way into Bill de Blasio’s first term, we’re starting to see New York’s 109th mayor in sharper focus. Daily News
- Jan. 2 Speakers at Mayor de Blasio’s inauguration paint picture of divided cityThe new mayor’s speech was just fine. Some of what led up to it was odious and divisive, more befitting a second-rate protest rally than the inauguration of the leader of the greatest city in the world. Daily News
2013 11 items
- Nov. 14 Honest expectations about Mayor de BlasioFor New Yorkers to understand what’s worth worrying about under Mayor de Blasio, they need to start with a realistic understanding of what shouldn’t be keeping them up late at night. Daily News
- Nov. 6 NYC Elections 2013: Bill de Blasio’s toughest battle will be saying ‘no’New York City’s got lots of grating noises most of us would love to tune out: that jackhammer, that police siren, the screeching train rolling into the station. Daily News
- Oct. 31 Joe Lhota continues taking a walloping as Bill de Blasio sails to Nov. 5Like a WWE match, we all know how the tussle between Joe Lhota and Bill de Blasio will end next Tuesday night. Daily News
- Sept. 11 Greenman: Being an insider hindered, rather than helped, Christine Quinn’s NYC mayoral bidBut understand why the onetime front-runner’s campaign for New York mayor imploded, first as Anthony Weiner stormed into the race, then as Weiner’s fall became Bill de Blasio’s rise, then as Bill... Daily News
- Aug. 9 Spitzer and Stringer give daytime TV a run for its moneyWho would’ve thought the best daytime television of the week would a) not be on TV at all, but on a Daily News/WABC-TV Internet livestream, and b) feature terms like “fiduciary” and “pension returns”? Daily News
- Aug. 4 Why they can’t break throughOver the generations, we’ve bounced from mayor to mayor, each a reaction to his predecessor and a tacit answer to the perceived crisis of the moment. Daily News
- June 1 New Yorkers can like bikes, including Citi Bike, without having disdain for the automobiles that share the roadI’m a Citi Bike founding member, and I’m happy to flaunt my membership fob. Daily News
- May 3 Billionaires, newspapers and free speechObama-supporting billionaire Warren Buffett buys 28 newspapers for $344 million, and Twitter barely flutters. Daily News
- Feb. 27 Democrats push back the educational policies of Mayor Bloomberg as GOP front-runner Joe Lhota makes confident play in support of reformsTo the extent that policy differences choose the next mayor, the 2013 mayoral race will hinge on distinctions on jobs, public safety and, maybe most of all, education. Daily News
- Jan. 24 In upcoming race for mayor, Joe Lhota must find his own voiceThursday night’s Daily News Mayoral Forum was the first to feature Republican Joe Lhota, the former MTA boss and city budget director, alongside the established Democratic candidates. Daily News
- Jan. 2 Fiscal cliff deal, leaving both sides wounded, certain to bring us back to the brink in two monthsThere’s an old maxim that when everyone sees something they dislike in a compromise, it must be a good compromise. Daily News
2012 35 items
- Nov. 7 Election Day 2012: President Obama is the new Ronald ReaganCOLUMBUS, Ohio: Democrats have found their Ronald Reagan. Daily News
- Nov. 5 Ohio voters’ feelings towards Barack Obama and Mitt Romney could decide our next presidentCOLUMBUS, Ohio: Which is more powerful: Disgust toward Barack Obama, or distrust of Mitt Romney? Daily News
- Oct. 23 Presidential debate: Mitt Romney’s ‘do no harm’ strategy worked as far as it wentBOCA RATON, Fla.: Mitt Romney entered Monday night’s debate on a political roll. Daily News
- Oct. 22 Final presidential debate is set to be World War 3 between President Obama, Mitt RomneyBOCA RATON, Fla.: The third and final presidential debate, to be held here in South Florida on Monday night, is about foreign policy, a realm in which Republicans are used to having a distinct advantage. Daily News
- Oct. 17 Presidential debate: Barack Obama energized and focused this time aroundHEMPSTEAD, NY - The fundamentals of his reelection campaign, insists President Obama, are strong. Daily News
- Oct. 16 Obama must go back to the old playbookAfter his weak performance in Denver, President Obama desperately needs to find his voice. Daily News
- Oct. 11 VP debate: Prepared Joe Biden brings passion, puts Paul Ryan on the defensiveDANVILLE, Ky.: In the first debate in Denver, President Obama brought a plastic knife to a gunfight. Daily News
- Oct. 11 Debate undercard features blundering Vice President Joe Biden against fact-challenged Rep. Paul RyanVice President Joe Biden has a tough task tonight in his face-off with Rep. Daily News
- Oct. 3 Presidential debate: Mitt Romney outshines President Obama with tough, but not disrespectful remarksPronouncements of who won Wednesday night’s debate in Denver dominated the analysis. Daily News
- Oct. 2 Mitt Romney has to show true colorsFOR MITT ROMNEY, looking presidential on Wednesday night won’t be enough. Daily News
- Sept. 26 Voters in swing state of Colorado play a key role in hotly contested presidential electionLITTLETON, Colo.: Just a few miles away from the site of next Wednesday’s debate between President Obama and Mitt Romney, voters in this Denver suburb know their own strength. Daily News
- Sept. 7 Democratic and Republican conventions were great shows, but now fickle voters will decide who will win on Election NightThe conventions are over. The helium balloons are deflating. Daily News
- Sept. 7 Daily News columnist Josh Greenman hands out grades for the Republican and Democratic National ConventionsBack-to-back conventions just force-fed the American people a sampler plate of deep-fried politics that’ll take weeks to get out of our systems. Daily News
- Sept. 6 Bill Clinton offers smartest critique yet of Mitt Romney’s economic agenda during DNC speechOn Wednesday night, Bill Clinton offered the smartest critique yet of Mitt Romney’s economic agenda, and, more importantly, the most robust defense to date of the choices President Obama has made... Daily News
- Sept. 5 In Bill Clinton’s DNC moment, he must explain to country the consequences of the Romney economic plan, not take people back to the good times of the 1990sBill Clinton is immensely popular, and understandably. Daily News
- Sept. 4 Mitt Romney as Commander-in-chief: It’s a very puzzling propositionSomething rare is happening this election year: Much to the dismay of Republican Party leaders, contrary to all their partisan assumptions about GOP strengths, Democrats have the advantage in keeping... Daily News
- Sept. 1 President Obama needs to stay on the offensive, tout his successes and detail why he has the better plan for AmericaJust as Mitt Romney’s message has settled in, maybe even before, Democrats have the chance to swivel the spotlight back in their direction and make the case for the incumbent President. Daily News
- Aug. 31 Mitt Romney does well to rile up GOP faithful while winning trust of some skeptical moderates during RNC speechMitt Romney’s challenge Thursday night was to balance the positive and the negative, to rile up the party faithful while winning the trust of some skeptical moderates. Daily News
- Aug. 30 Preceded by duds, Rep. Paul Ryan delivers with strong and energetic speech at Republican National ConventionMost of Wednesday night’s convention speeches were duds. Daily News
- Aug. 30 Greenman: Rep. Paul Ryan is known as a bold fiscal conservative, and showed just how bold he is by giving an RNC speech full of falsehoods, distortions and omissionsA day after the positive reviews on Paul Ryan’s speechcraft and stagecraft rolled in, we’ve now got a read on the content of his big convention speech. Daily News
- Aug. 29 New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Ann Romney try to win over the American people on behalf of Mitt RomneyAnn Romney and Chris Christie’s mission, leading off on the first night of the storm-delayed Republican National Convention, was to score a hit with the American people. Daily News
- Aug. 26 Man on a wireWhen Mitt Romney steps up to speak in Tampa, he’s going to try hard to look like he’s steady on his feet. Daily News
- Aug. 9 Romney (and the Pope?) vs. Obama’s contraception mandateI guess it paid to go to Poland. This is a new Romney ad, aimed transparently at Catholics, that fully embraces the shameful line that the Obama administration “declared war on religion” by daring to... Daily News
- July 31 Mideast gaffe could cost Mitt Romney in GOP hopeful’s run for the White HouseMitt Romney’s trip to the United Kingdom, Israel and Poland was to be his introduction to the world, proof to America that he would be a steady hand on the foreign policy tiller. Daily News
- July 18 Contenders vying to replace Mayor Bloomberg have tough assignment: Learn how to accelerate gains of city’s improving schoolsMayor Bloomberg came into office more than a decade ago promising bold and relentless reforms to the city’s schools. Daily News
- June 6 Embrace the nanny state -- but reject the soda banThe modern nanny state is here to stay, and by and large that’s a happy fact. Daily News
- May 18 More evolution, pleaseSo President Obama has evolved on same-sex marriage. Daily News
- April 18 Ray Kelly for mayor? How about Geoffrey Canada, Eva Moskowitz or another mold-breaking leader?The emerging field of 2013 mayoral contenders is like the cast of a decent sitcom. Daily News
- April 15 Secret Service hooker scandal a black eye for the U.S.The 11 Secret Service agents who were recalled from Colombia, apparently after most of them got mixed up with prostitutes, need a version of that classic talking-to that every grade-school kid gets... Daily News
- March 1 Teacher data: Reformers lose a battle but are winning the warMy brother is a smart parent who sends his kids to a public school many Brooklyn parents would give a pinkie, if not a thumb, to get into. Daily News
- Feb. 10 Mitt Romney’s defense spending addictionIn a 2007 primary debate, the Republican candidates got around to discussing the detention of suspected terrorists in Guantanamo Bay. Daily News
- Feb. 2 Apple, Foxconn and that iPhone in your handSo should you feel a strong tug of guilt every time you turn on your iPhone or iPad? Daily News
- Jan. 23 Gingrich as GOP winner might be a good Newt/bad Newt situation for ObamaShould Newt Gingrich become the GOP nominee, it is quite possible that President Obama will crush him like a cheap beer can. Daily News
- Jan. 5 What Mitt Romney owes George W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Barack ObamaAfter winning the Iowa caucuses and riding high in New Hampshire polls, Mitt Romney is positioned to become the only non-incumbent would-be presidential in modern history to win the first two nominating contests. Daily News
- Jan. 4 Why Rick Santorum’s surge could be sustainedOh, it’s tempting to see Rick Santorum’s late Iowa surge as just another impulsive flirtation by the Republican electorate with a man whose name is not Mitt Romney before the former Massachusetts... Daily News
2011 45 items
- Dec. 16 Christopher Hitchens against GodRick Warren is a liberal-minded devout Christian, one who knew and respected Christopher Hitchens. Daily News
- Dec. 13 The Great Disaster: How Baz Luhrmann will ruin The Great GatsbyThe publicity glossies for the 2012 version of “The Great Gatsby” are here, and with it comes the anticipatory squealing. Daily News
- Dec. 2 If jobs momentum continues, will Republicans now ‘talk down’ the economy?It’s a long way from full employment (in fact, the share of Americans actively participating in the work force is down to a depressing 64%) but otherwise, Friday’s job report was good news for President Obama. Daily News
- Nov. 29 Herman Cain’s alleged affair with Ginger White shouldn’t derail GOP candidate’s campaign - but may do just thatLet’s stipulate that Herman Cain had already faded from serious consideration in his quest to win the Republican nomination. Daily News
- Oct. 20 Moammar Khadafy’s death proves Obama’s strategy for Libya was stronger than mocking GOP claimedOh, how the 2012 Republican candidates and other critics wished that “leading from behind”: the phrase used by an unnamed White House aide to describe U.S. Daily News
- Oct. 19 GOP debate: Romney, Perry & Cain beat each other up, but make no case against ObamaWho won the debate? We ask the question each morning after, because this is what we do now, as though the winner gets closer to the playoffs. Daily News
- Oct. 6 Steve Jobs dead: Visionary Apple founder inspired with emphasis on ideas, imagination, creativityIt’s tough to write an appreciation of Steve Jobs. Daily News
- Sept. 29 Why Chris Christie should worry Rick Perry, Mitt Romney, and most of all, Barack ObamaAnother week, another supposed savior waiting in the wings, ready to rescue Republicans from the possibility of four more years of President Obama. Daily News
- Sept. 28 NJ Gov. Chris Christie can beat the rest of GOP field - and President Obama - in the 2012 campaignAnother week, another supposed savior waiting in the wings, ready to rescue Republicans from the possibility of four more years of President Obama. Daily News
- Sept. 13 Sharp Mitt Romney hammers shaky Rick Perry on Social Security during Tea Party-sponsored GOP debateFormer Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has been on the offensive in recent days, hitting Texas Gov. Daily News
- Sept. 9 Republicans would serve themselves well politically by endorsing Obama’s jobs billHere’s what Republicans should do if they really want to take the White House from President Obama in 2012: They should pass the entire package he outlined Thursday night, down to the last detail. Daily News
- Sept. 2 The slow but steady animal rights revolution, from ‘Planet of the Apes’ to slaughter-free meatSo obsessed are we with the microscopic machinations of Washington politics and popular culture, we frequently fail to take note of slow, seismic changes taking place all around us. Daily News
- Aug. 12 Presidential hopefuls face off at GOP debate, but fail to show if they’re fit to fill Obama’s shoesThere they were, gathered in the site of the first 2012 presidential contest, telling Iowans and Americans that they’re the ones to beat President Obama at the polls next year. Daily News
- July 15 Where Obama went wrong: His failure to embrace tax reform last November was a profound mistakePresident Obama wound up on the offensive in the debt debate by accident. Daily News
- June 17 Rudy Giuliani for President in 2012? Call it his ugly dark twisted fantasyOn Wednesday, Rudy Giuliani did the rounds. Daily News
- June 16 Anthony Weiner will return -- probably on TV: Don’t be surprised if he asks you to ‘Lean Forward’Anthony Weiner will be back, and he’ll be back before too long. Daily News
- June 14 GOP presidential hopefuls Mitt Romney, Michele Bachmann impressive in New Hampshire debateThe first GOP debate in New Hampshire Monday night was a fine showing for ex-Massachusetts Gov. Daily News
- June 3 Twitter photo flap won’t sink Anthony Weiner’s career - unless the other shoe (underwear) dropsIf there’s no other shoe - or pair of underwear - that drops over the next two years, Rep. Daily News
- May 22 Mr. President, this is your mess in the Middle East and here’s how to fix itPresident Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were sitting just feet apart in the White House Friday, but it seemed like miles. Daily News
- May 20 American values, American money, American risk: Obama’s not ‘leading from behind’ anymore“Leading from behind”: That was the unfortunate phrase spoken by an Obama adviser with respect to America’s coalition-driven military actions in Libya. Daily News
- May 3 Why we celebrate: Feel no guilt about shouting in the streets after Bin Laden’s deathOver the past two days, I’ve heard a number of people I love and respect express discomfort that we are in some cases loudly cheering the death of Osama Bin Laden. Daily News
- May 2 Barack Obama proves critics wrong, announces Bin Laden killed after decade of fruitless U.S. pursuitThe critics say Barack Obama is our first “post-American President” - the one who doesn’t believe in the war on terrorism or in American exceptionalism. Daily News
- April 27 Barack Obama releases birth certificate, but conspiracy theorist ‘birthers’ will never be satisfiedSince Donald Trump pledged to release his financial records after President Obama released his birth certificate, and since of course the reality show starlatan is a man of his word, we should get to... Daily News
- April 22 Donald Trump’s rise and President Obama’s hissy fit examples of ‘fat tail’ politicsOne of the most fascinating cultural paradigms of the past decade is the “long tail” - the notion that, in an increasingly fragmented world, in which we’re all capable of getting personalized news... Daily News
- April 14 Obama will win the debt debate because Americans are not ready to cut social services, spare wealthyPresident Obama is going to win the debt debate with House Republicans, for one simple reason: As troubled as Americans are about the ocean of red ink in which we’re treading, as ready as they are to... Daily News
- April 10 GOP wins battle of the budget and will continue to win if Obama and Democrats don’t get a planIT WAS half sad, half funny. After weeks of failing to reach an agreement on a budget, after getting the country all worked up about a shutdown, the speaker of the House and Senate majority leader... Daily News
- April 7 Cathie Black debacle just the latest in a long line of miscues by education reformersFive years ago, momentum to expand public school choice, hold educators more accountable for results through testing and chip away at the power of the teachers union seemed almost unstoppable. Daily News
- April 4 President Obama’s decision to hold Khalid Shaikh Mohammed trial in Guantanamo Bay is right callNews that Khalid Shaikh Mohammed will be tried in military court at Guantanamo Bay, not in civilian court in Manhattan, cuts two ways for the commander-in-chief. Daily News
- March 30 Sarah Palin and other Obama critics miss the point: Clarity at all costs is dangerousSarah Palin is giving low marks to President Obama’s hyped Libya speech, saying “the Obama doctrine is still full of chaos and questions. Daily News
- March 29 Beware the clarity trap: Obama makes effective, principled case for U.S. involvement in LibyaJust a few years ago, we had a President who valued clarity so dearly that he labeled three utterly different countries, presenting drastically different security problems, an “axis of evil.” Didn’t... Daily News
- March 24 Crazy call for more American troops in Libya: Some of Obama’s critics going too farSome of President Obama’s critics have it right. Daily News
- March 20 For a change, the U.S. isn’t the first in line to save the worldThe likes of Newt Gingrich, who apparently learned nothing during eight years of George W. Daily News
- March 17 One problem with religion in politics: Aspiring leaders assert faith, avoid applying it to doctrineIt’s a peculiarity of America today that we generally accept as consistent political candidates who make this pair of statements: 1. Daily News
- March 11 Welcome to the IndigNation: Another week, another distracting cycle of outrageAnother week, another trio of things to be outraged about. Daily News
- Feb. 23 Michelle Obama vs. food freedom? Behind the right’s attack on the First Lady’s anti-obesity crusadeAfter a study indicated that American kids were less physically fit than their European counterparts, it was Dwight Eisenhower who started the President’s Council on Youth Fitness. Daily News
- Feb. 18 Love our country, hate our Presidents? Why are Nixon, Ford, Reagan, Clinton and Bush reviled?Our Founding Fathers had brilliance, courage and vision. Daily News
- Feb. 6 Fox News, Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck and Drudge Report: How are they not part of mainstream media?After my last column, in which I argued that conservatives influence the way we talk about politics more than liberals do -- and asserted that this was proof that the supposed liberal domination of... Daily News
- Feb. 4 Republicans wrote the political dictionary: It’s proof Democrats don’t control the mediaIt’s hard to know where to begin in dismantling the Republican canard that Democrats control the media. Daily News
- Jan. 26 Bipartisan Obama tries to confront debt, jobs in State of the Union addressPresident Obama faced one of the trickiest tasks in State of the Union memory Tuesday night: convincing the country he’s serious about attacking $14 trillion in debt - while putting forward ambitious... Daily News
- Jan. 21 Rudy Giuliani says he’s ‘absolutely’ considering run for president, but he’s too moderate for 2012Rudy Giuliani told CNBC’s Larry Kudlow last night he is “absolutely” considering a run for President in 2012. Daily News
- Jan. 19 Sen. Joe Lieberman’s decision not to seek reelection is a blow to liberals, despite their conflictsThe left wing of the Democratic party soon won’t have Sen. Daily News
- Jan. 13 The climate had nothing to do with Jared Lee Loughner’s crime, but it’s real nonethelessAnyone looking honestly at the facts will acknowledge that Jared Lee Loughner is just plain crazy, and it’s absurd to say voices on the right were standing behind him, whispering encouragement to pull the trigger. Daily News
- Jan. 8 Rudy Giuliani for President? Former New York City Mayor shouldn’t waste his timeReports say former Mayor Rudy Giuliani is considering jumping into the underwhelming GOP field -- Haley Barbour! Daily News
- Jan. 7 Chris Christie, John Boehner and the rise of the plain-language leader. Trouble for Obama?Andrew Cuomo, son of a famous orator, delivered his first State of the State address with the support of a somewhat goofy PowerPoint presentation. Daily News
- Jan. 1 Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s inaugural speech does not sugarcoat state’s enormous problemsIt was Mario Cuomo who famously said, “Campaign in poetry. Daily News
2010 47 items
- Dec. 13 New Chancellor Cathie Black’s take on value-added teacher data: It’s not black and whiteWhen incoming Schools Chancellor Cathie Black visited the Daily News editorial board last week, it was clear she was already embroiled in the first big conflict of her tenure. Daily News
- Dec. 9 President Obama can’t forge a bipartisan Congress alone, if we think he can, we’re delusionalNews flash: Washington can be hyperpartisan. Daily News
- Dec. 2 One America, two planets: The political significance of NASA’s arsenic-eating bacteriaIt took a NASA news conference about the possibility of life elsewhere in the universe to remind us that the population of America itself lives on two different planets. Daily News
- Nov. 27 Did Bloomberg make true compromise in naming a No. 2 for Cathie Black or just cosmetic concession?Few men who made their names as political moderates are as uncomfortable with compromise as Mayor Bloomberg, who’s just not used to having to bend in a city where he’s basically the only political game in town. Daily News
- Nov. 23 Barack Obama anti-business? Then why are corporate profits hitting historic highs?If the “anti-business” Obama administration’s agenda - passing health care reform, trying to bring tax rates for the wealthiest 2% back to pre-Bush levels - is really killing capitalism, someone... Daily News
- Nov. 17 Sarah Palin versus Obama for President in 2012? If so, the GOP will have a serious image problemAfter the latest round of cheap family drama, how could Sarah Palin possibly position herself to go toe-to-toe with President Obama, as she appears to be gearing up to try to do? Daily News
- Nov. 17 No patience for Cathie Black: Bloomberg’s choice to lead the schools should have been up to speedThe game was up with one word: “patience.” That’s what Cathie Black asked for the day Mayor Bloomberg tapped her to be New York City’s schools chancellor. Daily News
- Nov. 10 Democrats must fight federal workers on rising pay; it’s no time for public sector salaries to soarIf Democrats know what’s good for them, if they really care about connecting to the beleaguered middle class, they ought to react with strength and clarity to the embarrassing new report that federal... Daily News
- Nov. 9 Former President George W. Bush begins long road to restoring reputation with ‘Decision Points’ tourGeorge W. Bush never was a bad soul, he was just portrayed as one on TV. Daily News
- Nov. 5 Keith Olbermann’s suspension by MSNBC was right - but there’s a double standardMSNBC’s suspension of Keith Olbermann for making campaign donations without the approval of MSNBC brass is wise. Daily News
- Nov. 3 Victories by Sens.-elect Marco Rubio, Rand Paul will decide fate of Tea PartyTuesday, Nov. 2, 2010, will either be regarded as the end of the Tea Party’s adolescence or the beginning of its decline. Daily News
- Oct. 31 President Obama’s handling of Yemen bomb package scare may help him on Election DayIt’s crass political analysis, given the fact that lives could have been lost, but let’s say it anyway: After his very shaky handling of attempted underpants bomber Umar Abdulmutallab and his... Daily News
- Oct. 30 The fate of President Obama and Republicans could rise and fall together after Tuesday’s electionsThe thousands gathered at Jon Stewart’s Rally to Restore Sanity were mostly well-intentioned Democrats bracing themselves for the fact that Republicans, including Tea Party-infused right-wingers, are... Daily News
- Oct. 28 President Obama has played role of First Lady too much and chief executive too littlePresident Obama hit all his cues on “The Daily Show” - no surprise there. Daily News
- Oct. 28 Obama too timid? Jon Stewart and liberals must be jokingLast night on “The Daily Show,” in response to Jon Stewart’s persistent questions about whether President Obama overpromised and underdelivered, Obama made the case that he hasn’t been timid - that... Daily News
- Oct. 27 Barack Obama’s dumb ‘Daily Show’ Jon Stewart appearance and the President’s diminishing brandPresident Obama should make the most of his “Daily Show” appearance on Wednesday night - charming the pants off Jon Stewart and the crowd, as he did when he showed up there two years ago. Daily News
- Oct. 21 Juan Williams fired: NPR host shouldn’t lose job over Muslim comments, and liberals should say soNPR, a network for which I have the utmost respect, made a huge mistake by firing Juan Williams. Daily News
- Oct. 17 Drop the damn phone: Our devices are ruling our lives ... it’s time we fought backIt’s not just an ad campaign. It’s a warning for all to heed. Daily News
- Sept. 17 Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich spins new lieThere’s a second lie wrapped inside Newt Gingrich’s awful, racist slander that only a “Kenyan, anti-colonial” worldview can explain President Obama. Daily News
- Sept. 9 President Obama’s economic ideas are better the second time aroundSay this for President Obama and the economy-boosting ideas he is unveiling this week: Better stimu-late than never. Daily News
- Sept. 1 Obama completes long journey from anti-war candidate to military commander in chiefThe leader speaking from the Oval Office on Tuesday night was not the anti-war candidate of 2008. Daily News
- Aug. 25 State teachers union is the big loser in New York’s win of $700 million for educationIt’s official: New York’s teachers unions ain’t what they used to be. Daily News
- Aug. 16 Bye bye, BlackBerry? Sorry RIM, this torch is flickeringAs friends and family have migrated to the iPhone or to various Android smartphones, I’ve stuck with my BlackBerry, through at least five models. Daily News
- Aug. 14 President Obama deserves credit for wading into mosque controversy despite oppositionBarack Obama didn’t need to step into the smoldering controversy over the so-called - mis-named - Ground Zero mosque. Daily News
- Aug. 6 For the GOP, it’s win big or bust: If they can’t take back the House in this climate, when can they?Pundits are asking the question: Why have President Obama’s approval ratings fallen into the mid-40s? Daily News
- July 21 Prime Minster David Cameron, give Lockerbie bombing victims’ kin answers already‘The price of greatness is responsibility,” said Winston Churchill. Daily News
- July 2 Wanted: A different kind of mayoral candidate: Will Ray Kelly or another non-pol enter the fray?The New York Knicks and New Jersey Nets aren’t the only ones holding out for a hero. Daily News
- June 25 The public is sticking a fork in Obama: It’s the new American wayThey’re already saying it: Barack Obama’s is a failed presidency. Daily News
- June 16 President Obama stumbles over oil spill, but does not fall, with first Oval Office speechAround six months in, President Obama’s supporters came to terms with the fact that he couldn’t walk on water. Daily News
- June 11 Nintendo’s devious device: Beware the PokewalkerIf you’re already irritated by BlackBerry, iPhone and Twitter-distracted people who can’t seem to look you in the eye and give you their undivided attention - and I am sometimes guilty as charged... Daily News
- May 23 Andrew Cuomo’s got a sharp tongue and a robust agenda - now he’s got to earn the officeFifteen years after his father left the office, eight years after his own bid for governor went down in flames and long after his rivals jumped into the fray, Andrew Cuomo has declared his plan to... Daily News
- May 10 Elena Kagan, Supreme Court nominee, is a cautious pragmatist, NOT a radicalWith a straight face yesterday, Rush Limbaugh whacked Elena Kagan as a pure academic idealist radical. Daily News
- April 12 The slow train to a solvent subway systemRight now it looks like there’s no light at the end of the fiscal tunnel for mass transit in New York. Daily News
- April 4 Zippy web browsing, rock-solid feel: New Apple iPad is perfect down to the last micrometerI have only just begun to play with my iPad: the UPS man came at 12:15 p.m. Daily News
- April 2 Democrats are in a very tough spot on fiscal disciplinePresident Obama’s prescription for reform may not alleviate that squeeze, but at least Democrats have made a good-faith effort to do something. Daily News
- March 23 President Obama’s health care reform bill isn’t brain surgery: it’s much trickierThe Republicans, smarting and sulking after their huge loss on health care, are saying all manner of childish things: including: The Democrats own the problem. Daily News
- March 19 A wonderful eveningThe other night, I went with a female friend - she came highly recommended through a mutual acquaintance - to see a movie. Daily News
- March 12 The death of American virtue and the triumph of American outrageI’m almost done reading “The Death of American Virtue,” Ken Gormley’s immensely detailed and intensely depressing retelling of the runaway Whitewater-Paula Jones-Monica Lewinsky saga that consumed... Daily News
- March 5 Political quackery: How Obama and the GOP botched the health care debateAs the health care debate enters what is, pray to the political gods, the home stretch, both sides have made massive mistakes that have permanently damaged their credibility with the public. Daily News
- Feb. 25 At Health Care Summit, Democrats and Republicans too incompatible to agree on health care overhaulWitnessing Thursday’s health care bipartisan summit was like throwing two long-isolated tribes into a room and asking them to join forces. Daily News
- Feb. 16 Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh has just started the 2016 race for the White HouseHe is Midwestern and good-looking and moderate. Daily News
- Feb. 5 All corporate speech is created equal, and it should all be freeYou’ve probably heard it many times by now: Democracy as we know it, or as we once knew it in some mythical age, is endangered because, in one of the worst decisions in its history, the Supreme Court... Daily News
- Jan. 28 Unapologetic President Obama speaks with swagger in sharp State of the Union addressOf late, the only thing louder than the shouting from conservatives filling Barack Obama’s big right ear has been the screaming from liberals filling his left one. Daily News
- Jan. 22 Google’s new Nexus One phone: impressive, but imperfectI’ve been checking out the new Google phone, the Nexus One, and I have to say I’m a bit heartsick about having to send back the loaner I got to review. Daily News
- Jan. 21 Sarcastic people of the world, unite: In the name of insincerity, take down the SarcMarkI hereby order Sarcasm Inc. to cease and desist from actions that threaten to deprive me of the ability to earn honest wages from my hard work and intellectual property¡ The Michigan-based company is... Daily News
- Jan. 12 Jay Leno and NBC screwed Conan O’Brien, and now they’ll pay the price: Say goodnight to nice-guy JayJay will pay for this. If the Peacock plays chicken with Conan and forces him to take the 12:05 show or walk, he’ll walk. Daily News
- Jan. 7 Obama needs to avoid Bush’s Katrina error and fire someone now for airline terror debacleIt was one of the most consistent critiques of George W. Daily News
2009 37 items
- Dec. 31 The six sources of Liebermania: Why does Joe Lieberman get so deep under Democrats’ skin?Joe Lieberman is not the most conservative U.S. Daily News
- Dec. 24 Health care reform bill that passed Senate is a monstrosity, and a giant step for AmericaThe bill that passed the Senate Thursday is a monstrosity. Daily News
- Dec. 17 Clarity, please: Democrats should start printing plain-language legislationThis week, a stunt by Sen. Tom Coburn threw the Senate into a tizzy. Daily News
- Dec. 10 President Obama flexes muscle in speech as he accepts Nobel Peace Prize in OsloNo matter how much you hate his health care reform plan, no matter how deeply you doubt his Afghanistan war strategy, give President Obama this: In Oslo Thursday, he gave a speech for history. Daily News
- Dec. 9 The speech Obama should give in OsloPresident Barack Obama accepts the Nobel Peace Prize on Thursday. Daily News
- Dec. 2 Tiger teaches us a lesson: His apology also takes a stand against the new PuritanismTiger Woods deserves much more than a golf clap for having the guts to take a clear, strong swing at the new Puritanism. Daily News
- Nov. 19 The left’s hypocritical silence on American dronesIf you’re morally opposed to putting Khalid Shaikh Mohammed through a military tribunal and believe that Attorney General Eric Holder‘s decision to try him in civilian court is a great expression of... Daily News
- Nov. 13 A McDonald’s on every corner, a Big Mac in every handIt’s been a good year for McDonald’s. Their coffee drink challenge to Starbucks took off, their breakfast business is booming and other changes to the menu are paying dividends in the tough economy. Daily News
- Oct. 29 Interrupt this major schaudenfreude moment about the future of the MSMThe MSM is dying, they say. Good riddance to the mainstream media, they say. Daily News
- Oct. 23 The jury is in: Obama’s foreign policy critics prejudge himThe Norwegian judges were crazy to award Barack Obama the Nobel Peace Prize less than 10 months into his presidency. Daily News
- Oct. 10 President Barack Obama Nobel Peace Prize win mocks award; GOP has ammunition on Iran, AfghanistanIn one fell swoop Friday, the Nobel Prize jury made a mockery of the world’s most revered honor and handed Barack Obama’s opponents a great talking point. Daily News
- Oct. 9 Be afraid, very afraid, of the life recorderBrace yourself for the latest and possibly most threatening in the long line of technological innovations to invade and corrupt ordinary, quiet, subjective human consciousness. Daily News
- Sept. 23 Khadafy is whacky, but Iran thug Ahmadinejad is the real threatLong after the 98-minute fever dream of Libya‘s Moammar Khadafy, with his warning of flu viruses cooked up in Western labs, came the main event of the UN General Assembly: the deadly serious diatribe... Daily News
- Sept. 18 What are we trying to accomplish by calling out the racists?Let us assume that 5% of the country is racist. Daily News
- Sept. 9 President Obama shows he is at top of his game with health care speechThere are two kinds of Barack Obama speeches: sweeping statements of principle and specific arguments about public policy. Daily News
- Sept. 4 What Obama should say to Congress on WednesdayIn the highest-stakes speech in a short political career already filled with high-stakes speeches, President Obama is set to address Congress next week to refocus his health care reform push. Daily News
- Aug. 26 Good, bad & ugly of Rudy Giuliani: 6 ways the ex-mayor could win run for New York GovernorRudy Giuliani could make a great candidate for governor - one who’d wipe the floor with David Paterson and be an even-odds bet against Andrew Cuomo. Daily News
- Aug. 21 Incrementalism’s revengeThe purveyors of conventional wisdom used to love dumping on George H.W. Daily News
- Aug. 6 People, not Presidents, divide AmericaDecades of Presidents, George W. Bush and Barack Obama being the last two, have been elected on the promise of bringing America together. Daily News
- July 30 A plan for prescription-strength health care persuasionMy fellow Americans, let’s be honest. I’m running out of levers to pull to convince you of the virtues of health care reform. Daily News
- July 24 Waterloo might be preferable: For Obama, the euphoria of passing health care would quickly wear offThis one was predictable. Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) said that if President Obama loses on health care, it will be his Waterloo. Daily News
- July 17 The downsides of Obama’s media dominanceBarack Obama, soon to be appearing at weddings and bar mitzvahs. Daily News
- July 10 Obama, sell your vision of health care reformPresident Obama is in a terrible bind on health care. Daily News
- July 2 Sanford vs. Spitzer adultery deathmatch: Why dogs like Mark are worse than pigs like EliotIs all infidelity created equal? No, but the moral hierarchy may be different than you think. Daily News
- June 19 Who’s afraid of the public option? Health care debate is stuck on a straw manThe official new sticking point in the fight over health care reform is the “public option,” a taxpayer-sponsored medical insurance plan that Democrats want to offer as an option alongside a menu of... Daily News
- June 12 Saving late night: How to stop the nation’s living room from becoming more partisan scorched EarthTo the long list of casualties of political polarization, are we about to add late night talk shows? Daily News
- June 5 The President’s can’t-we-get-along formula is beginning to feel familiarBarack Obama gives a seminal, highly anticipated speech to bridge a festering divide. Daily News
- May 28 Sotomayor, Obama and the trouble with role modelsIt’s a beautiful image: By the thousands, Latino boys and especially girls inspired by Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s ascension to the nation’s highest court start envisioning a better future - and cracking... Daily News
- May 21 Obama threads the needle: The President’s welcome war-on-terror pragmatismPerhaps it was Orwellian for Barack Obama to stand in the National Archives, where the nation’s founding documents are safeguarded, and defend national security policies that leave many pillars of... Daily News
- May 15 Judge not, lest ye be judgedPreliminary Vetting Questionnaire Associate Justice United States Supreme Court Dear potential applicant, Thank you for your interest in serving the nation on its highest court. Daily News
- May 7 Sharpton, Bloomberg and Gingrich at the head of the classIt was the very image of the strange-bedfellow triumvirate standing outside the White House yesterday after an audience with the President - Mayor Bloomberg, Al Sharpton and Newt Gingrich - that dominated most stories. Daily News
- April 17 Will someone save the Congressional Black Caucus?With a former member of the Congressional Black Caucus leading the nation, the CBC could be wielding historic influence. Daily News
- April 9 From Obama to Obamism: Can the President’s coalition seed a political movement?Barack Obama is a very popular President. Daily News
- April 2 The tone wars: When critics play petty games, Obama winsBarack Obama won the 2008 election in no small part because a critical mass of American voters were exhausted by 16 years of petty sniping about every idiotic thing under the sun. Daily News
- March 26 How much school reform will $23 billion buy?In his education policy speech last month, President Obama, with great fanfare, talked of improving student achievement by transforming the way teachers are trained and paid “in up to 150 more school... Daily News
- March 20 Isn’t there a country to rescue? Prez risks overexposure as he hangs with Jay & picks basketball braAS ECONOMIC March Madness gripped Washington, there was the President of the United States on Wednesday revealing his NCAA picks to ESPN, on a whiteboard complete with the presidential seal. Daily News
- March 19 The Obama Everywhere gambleOn Wednesday, as economic March Madness gripped Washington, there was the President of the United States revealing his NCAA picks to ESPN, on a whiteboard complete with the presidential seal. Daily News
2008 32 items
- Nov. 14 In full disclosure... More questions for prospective Obama Administration membersOn Thursday’s front page, the New York Times revealed that President-elect Barack Obama’s transition team, apparently intent on avoiding personal scandals and ethics embarrassments, is requiring... Daily News
- Oct. 31 Barack Obama sprints into the homestretch; John McCain jumps up and downUp Arrow: Obama leads in unlikely states including North Carolina, Nevada, Virginia and Colorado. Daily News
- Oct. 23 Barack Obama keeps riding high; John McCain talks about growing the pieUp Arrow: Obama remains ahead in Florida and Ohio in new polling. Daily News
- Oct. 16 Barack Obama dodges the kitchen sink; John McCain calls a plumberUp Arrow: Obama fends off a barrage of McCain attacks in the final debate, staying on message. Daily News
- Oct. 3 The wind is at Barack Obama’s back; John McCain’s boat begins to tackBarack Obama Up Arrow: Obama gains in polling, getting a lift from the credit meltdown and the first debate. Daily News
- Sept. 26 Barack Obama puts on his game face; John McCain plays games with a faceoffUp Arrow: Obama turns a risky moment to his advantage, urging a bipartisan bailout - but saying the debate showdown must go on. Daily News
- Sept. 19 The bleeding bear market buoys Obama - and smacks McCainBarack Obama Up Arrow: Obama has been praying for an election that’s a referendum on the Bush economy - and now he’s laughing all the way to the failing investment bank. Daily News
- Sept. 11 Obama and McCain go whole hog (animal overdose edition)Up Arrow: Obama reclaims the offensive and reinforces his brand as a new kind of politician by going after McCain’s “pig in lipstick” attack. Daily News
- Sept. 5 Obama and Biden get a boost; McCain and Palin are reintroducedUp Arrow: Obama and Biden are classy and clear when the media circus engulfs Bristol Palin. Daily News
- Aug. 29 Obama’s on the mountaintop; McCain’s a prisoner of his pastUp Arrow: Obama officially gets the nomination. Daily News
- Aug. 22 Obama prepares to pick a partner; McCain makes a major moveUp Arrow: Obama soon unveils his veep and BFF, via txt. Daily News
- Aug. 15 Obama leaves Clinton fight behind; McCain has Georgia on his mindMiddle Ground: Obama strikes a smart deal with Hillary, assuring that her name will be placed in nomination in Denver. Daily News
- Aug. 1 Obama stirs the pot on race; McCain attacks without graceDown Arrow: Obama accuses Bush and McCain of saying “he’s got a funny name” and “doesn’t look like all those other Presidents on the dollar bills.” It’s a counterfeit note. Daily News
- July 24 Obama’s got the world in his hands; McCain looks flatfootedUp Arrow: Obama’s overseas trip produces an album of enviable images with generals, rank-and-file troops and world leaders - and no real missteps. Daily News
- July 17 As the ground shifts on Iraq, Obama and McCain stand toe to toeUp Arrow: Obama gives a big speech on Iraq and Afghanistan. Daily News
- July 10 Iraq joins Obama at the timetable; McCain talks tough on IranUp Arrow: Obama, who was on his heels in recent weeks explaining exactly whether he’d stick to his preset 16-month withdrawal timetable, gets an assist from the Iraqis, who now look ready to push for a firm U.S. Daily News
- July 4 The Main Event: Barack Obama gets patriotic; plane talk from John McCainUP: Obama says he’ll rebrand and expand Bush’s faith-based initiative; lays out an ambitious national service plan; and gives a big speech reaffirming his patriotism. Daily News
- June 27 The Main Event: Barack Obama gets Hillary Clinton’s blessingUP: Obama will hold hands with Hillary (but expect no fist bumps) in Unity, N.H., Friday. Daily News
- June 19 The Main Event: Barack Obama breaks his public funding pledgeDOWN: Obama opts out of public campaign financing, despite having repeatedly promised to play by the rules. Daily News
- June 12 Barack Obama’s vetter gets red-flagged; John McCain sees too much greenDown Arrow: Obama picks a stinker, Jim Johnson, for his veep vetting team. Daily News
- June 5 Hillary Clinton sees a dream slip away; Barack Obama ushers in a new dayHillary (all down arrows) Hillary is not going home with the championship belt - and finally bowed to that reality Thursday, two days after delivering a head-scratching primary night speech. Daily News
- May 29 Mega-Matchup: Hillary Clinton says ‘a’ word; Barack Obama readies ‘v’ signCLINTON DOWN: Hillary, already in a hole, keeps digging - using Bobby Kennedy’s murder as an example of how volatile primaries can be. Daily News
- May 23 Clinton won’t wave white flag; Obama can see the checkered flagHillary Up Arrow: Hillary gets another huge win in a poor, mostly white state - Kentucky this time - and can keep making her (fading) case to be the nominee. Daily News
- May 15 Hil makes a mountain out of W.Va.; Bam thanks God for a country boyHILLARY CLINTON ARROW UP: Hillary is West Virginia’s mountain mama after a commanding win over Obama there. Daily News
- May 9 The Mega-Matchup: Hil’s race is almost run; Bam sees past the finish lineHILLARY CLINTON ARROW DOWN: Hillary loses North Carolina big and barely ekes out a victory in Indiana. Daily News
- May 1 Hil’s prayers come true; Bam curses the sharp stone in his shoeHillary Up arrow: Hillary can kick back and enjoy the entertainment: At long last, after delicious days of damage, Obama divorces his former pastor. Daily News
- April 24 The Mega-MatchupClinton Passes massive test; Obama may have reached his crest Hillary Up Arrow: Hillary rolls in Pennsylvania, almost hitting the magic 10-point margin. Daily News
- April 10 Mega Matchup: Hillary vs. ObamaARROW DOWN: Hillary fires - er, demotes - top strategist Mark Penn after he plays footsie with Colombia on free trade. Daily News
- Feb. 28 Barack Obama’s dream ticket: Mike Bloomberg for vice presidentIf he rides the wave all the way to the Democratic presidential nomination, Barack Obama could do himself a huge favor by picking a prominent New Yorker to round out a dream ticket. Daily News
- Feb. 15 Hillary Clinton bets it all on the big states, Barack Obama dealt a royal flushThe Mega-matchup Hillary is reeling from eight straight losses that give Obama 22 of 35 total states - one hell of a slugging percentage - and a lead in delegates. Daily News
- Feb. 1 Hometown Heavyweights§§ HILLARY §§ Down Arrow Hillary takes Florida (which Dems had agreed wouldn’t count) and then gloats like it’s a legitimate victory. Daily News
- Jan. 17 Hillary watches her mouth; Rudy’s chances keep going south§§ HILLARY §§ Middle Ground Hillary agrees to a truce with Obama after days of tone-deaf, destructive tussling on race. Daily News
2007 2 items
- May 31 Hil takes plunge on war funds, while Rudy locks and loadsOpinions Editor Josh Greenman scores how New York’s presidential contenders (Hillary Clinton and Rudy Giuliani) did this week. Daily News
- May 24 Hil gets comfy with withdrawal, Rudy lands jabOpinions editor Josh Greenman scores how New York presidential contenders (Hillary Clinton and Rudy Giuliani) did this week. Daily News
2005 1 item
- Oct. 9 It’s Only Logical . . .For the Sake of (Circular) Argument. If: Talk show hosts never made outlandish arguments / Then: Fewer people would listen to radio ... Washington Post
2004 3 items
- Dec. 21 A giant step forward for punctuation¡A proposal for a sarcasm point: the inverted exclamation mark, for text that means the opposite of what it says. Slate
- Oct. 28 Alexander the GreatThurgood Marshall has at least two of them in New York City. New York Sun
- Sept. 21 Tragicomedy in AlbanyAs the school year begins, the curtain’s almost down on the education tragicomedy in Albany, and the city schools should soon get their court ordered wish: an infusion of billions of tax dollars... New York Sun
2001 1 item
- Oct. 24 Brookings fight songThird runner-up in Slate’s Chatterbox contest for a Brookings Institution fight song. “O Brookings, careful scholar, / We rally to your cause.” Slate
I kept copies of the old ones, with short summaries, on separate pages for the Daily News, The New York Sun and The Washington Post. Authory has the whole portfolio. The tools also have their own catalogue.