2.25.10
Hiram Monserrate’s expulsion – that’s an ugly word – from the State Senate was upheld by Federal Judge William Pauley. Gosh, can you imagine how evil one has to be so as not to be fit to serve in the most maligned elective house in the nation?
2.18.10
POLITICAL CULTURE WARS
It was on Facebook that I first expressed my objections to the conclusion of Gail Collins’ New York Times column titled The Biggest Loser. In the column she posed and answered: “Our question for today is, who has the most awful political culture, Illinois or New York?”
2.11.10
A political cartoon was sent to me by my old friend Jerry Kaniuk, but we don’t know the source nor the talent who created it. I’ve passed it on by email but publishing law suggests I can’t reprint it here.
A little boy says to father: “Dad, I’m considering a career in organized crime.”
2.04.10.
I wish there was another subject that would inspire my keyboard. It’s just every way I turn, the dysfunction – to put it nicely – of the New York State Legislature just seems to dominate. I’m tired of complaining, whining, preaching about it and them, but it just doesn’t get any better.
Michael Schenkler