Seth Barron
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New York, NY, United States
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Afghanistan and the Limits of Woke Discourse
The mess in Afghanistan is a fact, it’s ugly, it’s not going away, and it was caused directly by choices made in the White House. → Read More
Is a Taser a deadly weapon? We need a single legal standard
DAs can’t decide whether tasers are deadly Following the shooting death of Rayshard Brooks by a police officer in Atlanta this month — after Brooks stole... → Read More
NYC Pols Freak Out Over NYPD’s Mild ‘Tough Love’ for Homeless Subway Law-Breakers
Nowhere is New York’s growing disorder more evident than in the transit system, where commuters routinely confront illegal vendors, “showtime” dancers who promise not to get violent if you pay them and homeless people with their possessions sprawled across multiple seats. As winter grips... → Read More
Is there anything New York won’t do for immigrants?
In his five years as mayor, Bill de Blasio has blocked municipal cooperation with federal immigration authorities, issued city ID cards to residents ineligible for government IDs, expanded health care services to illegal immigrants and assigned taxpayer-funded attorneys to people facing deportation, including serious criminals. → Read More
Fight to replace retiring Jose Serrano might be craziest political race of 2020
For 30 years, Jose E. Serrano, 75, has represented the beleaguered South Bronx. Serrano is perhaps the lowest-profile member of the city’s congressional delegation. → Read More
De Blasio’s ‘Green New Deal’ Would Shut Down Engine of NYC’s Economy
Mayor Bill de Blasio leapfrogged his leftist rivals this week by “taking the very noble idea of the Green New Deal” and making it “come alive right here, right now.” He has sketched out a vision for the city’s energy future that is radical — and uninformed and implausible. Topping... → Read More
New York ‘Reformers’ Want to Spring a Lot of Bad Guys from Jail
New Yorkers were horrified last month by smartphone video from the subway that showed a tall, fit man repeatedly kicking an old woman in the head and chest. “WorldStar that!” he crowed to bystanders, a reference to a Web site that features footage of brutal real-world confrontations. When... → Read More
The 2021 race for mayor is already bad news for NYC
Campaign season is starting earlier and earlier, with ever more candidates throwing their hats in the ring, even though Election Day is far away. I’m... → Read More
Cuomo has wasted billions, and somehow he’s still here
By any standard or sane measure, Gov. Andrew Cuomo should be running scared. Joseph Percoco, one of his closest advisors and friends — “my father’s third... → Read More
New York pols’ strange silence on Cy Vance’s Harvey Weinstein horrors
Shocking claims emerged last week about the handling of the Harvey Weinstein case by Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance — but the reports have been met by... → Read More
De Blasio’s ridiculous defense of public over private housing
At some point this winter, boiler malfunctions have caused more than 80 percent of New York City’s 400,000 public-housing tenants to lose heat or hot water.... → Read More
All the reasons you shouldn’t vote for de Blasio
Celebrating his victory in the Democratic primary in September, Mayor Bill de Blasio — apparently quoting famed Spanish artist Pablo Picasso — exulted,... → Read More
New York City Terror Attack: Halloween Horror Would Have Been Much Worse Without Top Notch NYPD
Editor's note: The following column first appeared in City Journal, a publication of the Manhattan Institute. The Halloween assault in Lower Manhattan was straight out of the ISIS playbook. Ever since October 2010, when Al Qaeda published the second issue of its online magazine Inspire,... → Read More
Cuomo's Upstate 'Hollywood' Is His Latest Development Failure
The governor’s plan to bring “Hollywood to Onondaga” is hardly the first, or even the most absurdly wasteful Andrew Cuomo initiative to develop upstate New York through subsidies and giveaways. His administration has poured billions of dollars into the depressed region, reaping a harvest... → Read More
Cuomo’s upstate ‘Hollywood’ is his latest development failure
The governor’s plan to bring “Hollywood to Onondaga” is hardly the first, or even the most absurdly wasteful Andrew Cuomo initiative to develop upstate... → Read More
This NY Times story exposes the paper’s liberal hypocrisy
Sunday’s New York Times contains a solicitous, attentive look at a backward, benighted place — North Carolina, where one political party has deviously... → Read More
Melissa Mark-Viverito's Parade Hypocrisy
The Puerto Rican Day Parade plans to honor a controversial figure with a history of violence. Elected officials and corporate sponsors threaten to boycott the parade and demand removal of the divisive figure. Sound familiar? The current argument about honoring convicted Puerto Rican terrorist... → Read More
Melissa Mark-Viverito’s parade hypocrisy
The Puerto Rican Day Parade plans to honor a controversial figure with a history of violence. Elected officials and corporate sponsors threaten to boycott the... → Read More
De Blasio's Pre-School Plan Is Funded by a Fantasy Budget
Mayor de Blasio announced another “historic” initiative Monday, promising to expand universal full-day pre-school to every 3-year-old in New York City by September 2021. The cost of implementing this plan, leaving aside technicalities such as finding space for tens of thousands of tots and... → Read More
Students Should Be Removed from School If They Inhibit the Learning Environment
Orderliness in the classroom is a prerequisite for learning. Even the most open, child-centered, collaborative pedagogy requires schoolchildren to communicate calmly, respect their peers and take direction from their teachers. Reformers have linked school suspension to “mass incarceration,”... → Read More