Last week, daughter Adriane and I found ourselves driving up the BQE alongside New York City’s East River. It was about 1:00 AM and we had a clear, unobstructed and beautiful view of the Statue of Liberty, the new Freedom Tower (a first for me), and the Manhattan skyline. It was truly inspiring. And so [...]
O.K. Let’s take a poll. First, everybody who likes paying taxes, raise your hand. Hmmm. I never felt the air so still. O.K. Now, raise your hand if you are in favor of any four of the following: 1) having a local fire department, 2) having a local police department, 3) having an adequate defense, [...]
Wow. When it comes to making truly asinine statements, nobody beats the Republican Party. If I were to want to report on all the truly stupid comments they have made lately, I would be at it full time. I mean 24/7, not even taking time out for meals and the occasional episode of Doctor Who. [...]
At the Boy Scouts of America National Council annual meeting in Texas last week, 61% of their electorate voted to admit gay kids into their club, incurring the wrath of many of their top makhers. The Southern Baptist Convention, the Assemblies of God, and many other strong BSA supporters condemned this action. The Mormon Church [...]
Grand Central Terminal is one of the most beautiful and, prior to the invention of the cellphone, most functional buildings in the world. I’ve been there thousands of times, and at least a little bit of my breath has been sucked from my body each and every time.
According to a poll taken last week by CBS/New York Times – well past the “heat of the moment” generated from the Newtown Massacre – 88% of the American public are in favor of sanctions that would limit the gun-buying capabilities of terrorists, criminals, and the insane. 88% of the American people. That’s higher than, [...]
59 years ago, four men and women came to Washington DC and shot five Congressmen on the House floor. It’s possible you haven’t heard of this one; I’ve been surprising people with this story for a long, long time. On March 1, 1954, in an attempt to illuminate the world on the horrors of American [...]
When the bombs went off last week, former George Bush spokesman Ari Fleischer gave an interview saying this wasn’t the time for partisan posturing, it was a time for coming together as Americans. I was impressed; Fleischer has been one of the more political posturers, and it was refreshing to see him do the right [...]
There’s a substantial theological college in New York City redundantly named Yeshiva University where, according to yesterday’s Jewish Daily Forward , a great many of its charges are pissed that the school “honored” former President Jimmy Carter for his mammoth works in helping the poor and the downtrodden across the United States and in establishing [...]
“I just read where somebody was killed with a paper bag and a knife. Now, are they going to ban paper bags and knives?” This was the brilliant utterance of one of my fellow Nutmeggers in response to the passage of the new gun control laws in Connecticut. Since he was courageous enough to voice [...]
In the spirit of today’s holiday, I decided to crib a bit of business from Republican Jeff Foxworthy. You just might be an April’s Fool if you believe… • The world is flat • The sun revolves around the Earth • Evolution is a bunch of baloney • Climate change is a bunch of baloney
Back in the day, the national opinion of New Yorkers was that we were an arrogant, self-absorbed, rude bunch of elitists. Then came Mayor Michael Bloomberg to single-handedly change that image. Now we’re a bunch of arrogant, self-absorbed, rude, elitist nanny troopers, smothered in a dollop of insanity. Here’s Mikey’s latest insane proclamation. He wants [...]
I enjoy long distance driving. Outside of the occasional moment of sheer panic (which are few once west of New Jersey), I find it relaxing. And while my mind is on my driving, I do entertain the ambient thought or twelve. As I have driven almost 2,000 miles since I last invaded your attention, I’ve [...]
For those who came in late: in protest to the Obama administration’s use of drone strikes, last week Republican Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky, one of Ayn Rand’s minions of zealots, blocked the vote on the nomination of John Brennan to head the CIA. He wanted an answer to the question “can the President order [...]
When is the tsunami of GOP lies going to subside? We’ve got the “Obama wasn’t born in America” thing. We’ve got the “Obama is a Muslim” thing. We’ve got the “Obama is a Communist” thing. We’ve got the “Obama faked his way into Harvard” thing. We’ve got the “Obama sides with the terrorists” thing. We’ve [...]
