Bob McManus
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Kathy Hochul’s terrible judgment leads to one terrible day
Gov. Kathy Hochul rushed to the microphones Tuesday to reassure New Yorkers following the Brooklyn subway shootings. She should’ve stood in bed. Out tumbled a jumble of half-thoughts, unfocused and haltingly delivered, underscoring what has been apparent for some time now — which is that New York’s latest accidental governor would be out of her depth in a Buffalo mud puddle. → Read More
Pols go soft on crime, and cops pay with their lives
Friday, in the blink of an eye, one young life came to a profoundly unjust end and another is in grave danger. → Read More
NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Fall from Grace
The full weight of New York’s political establishment bears down on Andrew Cuomo. → Read More
The Upper West Side rebels in the face of de Blasio’s homeless plague
Hell hath no fury like a liberal neighborhood recently mugged by Bill de Blasio. Therein lies a salutary tale. Manhattan’s leftier-than-thou Upper West Side... → Read More
Americans’ love of drugs may soon bring Mexico’s collapse
A recent RAND Corporation study reports that Americans spent just shy of $150 billion on illegal narcotics in 2016. The bulk of this money goes to Mexico, which also has become a major conduit into the United States for synthetic opioids like Chinese-manufactured fentanyl, upping the cartels’ take. → Read More
The end of de Blasio’s not-so-excellent presidential misadventure
Bill de Blasio, the man who introduced the seven-hour work month to New York’s how-to-be-a-mayor manual, went on “Morning Joe” Friday to... → Read More
Trump is absolutely right about ‘con man’ Al Sharpton
Al Sharpton has been making a good living for 35 years now, pushing New York and the nation as far as his bullhorn audacity will carry him — which is pretty damned far for a one-time FBI informer who started with nothing and brought even less to the table. → Read More
Now even knitting has to be political in Trump age
The blogger Glenn Reynolds, in his new book, predicts that the digital age will prove as significant to the human race as its adoption of agriculture. He’s... → Read More
Taking Stock of Albany’s 2019 Destructive Legislative Session
Taking stock of a destructive legislative session in the state capital → Read More
Why the world can thank American exceptionalism for successful D-Day
General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower commanded the battle for Europe — and for the soul of Western civilization — that unfolded over France’s Cotentin Peninsula 75 years ago this morning. → Read More
Parents Want More Charter Schools But Albany Opposition Remains Stubborn.
Parents want more of them, because they work—but Albany opposition remains stubborn. → Read More
This Kennedy deserves your help — if you care about naval history
When you go to sea in a destroyer, sometimes you rock, sometimes you roll and every so often you slide down a big wave like it was a ski jump. You are, quite... → Read More
Is There Added Incentive to Pass Cuomo's Budget By April 1?
Andrew Cuomo has been the big frog in Albany’s budget pond for close to a decade. But time brings new players, new circumstances, and new challenges—and suddenly New York’s governor has less than a week to prove that he’s still king of the lily pads. → Read More
There’s too much money in Chirlane McCray’s hands
Mayor Bill de Blasio likes to say that there’s plenty of money in New York City, but that it’s in the wrong hands. Chirlane McCray’s, perhaps? The first... → Read More
Bloomberg, Nope: The former mayor takes a final pass on his presidential aspirations.
The former mayor takes a final pass on his presidential aspirations. → Read More
A war on New York’s history
Nobody ever went broke underestimating the nincompoopery of the City Council. Now along comes Upper West Side member Helen Rosenthal to crank up the stupid,... → Read More
De Blasio and ‘co-mayor’ wife have wasted $1.8B of taxpayer money
Chirlane McCray is the proprietress of ThriveNYC, a mental-health-related something-or-other created four-plus years ago to give a little heft to the conceit that Bill and Chirlane were elected as co-mayors — which is nonsense on stilts. → Read More
Helen Rosenthal reframes Times Square VJ day photo into a narrative of oppression.
Progressives want to reframe even joyous moments from the past into a narrative of oppression. → Read More
These ‘congestion pricing’ schemes are just a new way to bleed the public
So it now costs $5.80 just to sit down in a yellow cab in New York City — $6.30 in the evening. That’s up $2.50, courtesy of Gov. Cuomo and the Albany... → Read More
De Blasio’s dereliction of duty helped blow the Amazon deal
The mayor blew the Amazon deal, but it’s someone else’s fault—as always. → Read More