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A Bad Man Is Easy to Find
Photo illustration: Ed Johnson “... you have no sense of responsibility toward anyone or anything. And that is a tragedy in a man and a disaster in a president.” —Gore Vidal, The Best Man I never much...
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Let the Great Work Begin: Will New York Heed Sandy’s Wake Up Call?
Photo illustration: Ed Johnson The great thing about living in New York used to be that you didn’t have to give a damn about the natural world. Sadly, those days seem to be gone. Even in my...
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Whose Sacrifice Is It Anyway? The So-Called Grand Bargain Would Fleece the...
Photo Illustration Ed Johnson So now that the election is done at last, we can get down to the hard work of striking a “grand bargain” on the budget by cutting spending and raising taxes, and thus...
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Coney Baloney: The Plot to Turn City’s Iconic Wonderland Into a Chain-Store...
Illo by Ed Johnson Peer under the tent flap of our splendid new civic order, and you’re guaranteed to see a disturbing sight: all the same failed policies of the past, lovingly preserved in...
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Peace Be Upon Us: A Holiday Reflection
This is my version of a standard holiday column, inspired by the hope that we can rise above all the horror and suffering in the world today and live in peace and goodwill. Its subject is the Middle...
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The Zen Move: Here’s Why Obama Should Fold in Fiscal Follies
President Obama. The conventional wisdom insists that President Obama has all the leverage right now over the Republicans in their negotiation for a “grand bargain” to close the budget deficit....
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Four Men in a Room: How the Independent Democratic Conference Did New Yorkers...
Jeffrey D. Klein (Getty) The millennium arrived sometime on the during the day of December 4, when New York State Senator Jeffrey D. Klein led his spanking new Independent Democratic Conference (IDC)...
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How Negotiating With Gun Advocates Just Gives Them More Ammunition
“What a wonder is a gun! What a versatile invention! First of all, when you’ve a gun— Everybody pays attention.” —Stephen Sondheim, Assassins Last year I had the opportunity to review Candice...
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Cliff Diving: The Austerity Debate is Looking Hollower Every Day
Photo illustration: Ed Johnson “One day, whole tribe falls off cliff.” —Chief Wild Eagle, Hekawi Indians Wow, that was a close one, wasn’t it? We just missed going over that fiscal cliff! Or did we?...
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Small Ball: Obama’s Paltry Second-Term Agenda [Opinion]
Photo illo: Ed Johnson. Having won a (temporary) victory in our now-endless budget battle, President Obama is now free to pursue the agenda that he’s laid out for his second term. As gleaned from...
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The Unlikely Resurrection of Ralph Reed
Photoillustration: Ed Johnson What a relief it was to pick up my New York Times this Sunday and see that Damien really is back in town. I thought I’d spotted him at the Republican convention, felt sure...
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How to Steal a City: Bruce Ratner and Co. Just Rolled Brooklyn
Photo illustration: Ed Johnson “We did it!” developer Bruce Ratner crowed a reported 14 times at the opening of his new Barclays Center in Downtown Brooklyn this weekend. We sure did. Poor Brooklyn,...
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After Botching Central Park Five Case, City Goes After Filmmakers Who Told...
Photo illo: Ed Johnson It’s not every day that you pick up the newspaper and read that three of your friends have been subpoenaed—assuming, that is, that you don’t work for an international bank, the...
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The Lie This Time: The GOP’s Latest Phony Argument for War
Photo illustration: Ed Johnson What makes old people cynical is listening to the exact same lies being propagated year after year—and seeing them be just as effective as they ever were. I grew up...
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Pinstripe Pity Party: What Wall Street, the Yankees and President Obama Have...
Swisher. (Getty) Robinson Cano capped another in a long line of dismal postseasons with a record-setting 0-29 stint at the plate, yet maintained that “I’ve been hitting the ball hard, just right at...
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