There are not many things that absolutely everyone can agree on and the appropriate responsibilities of a democratic government is no exception. But I believe one of our government’s responsibilities that we all can agree on is making the machinery of democracy work, in other words supporting the fundamental processes and logistics that allow a […]
It is not yet clear what the resolution of the recent NYC transit strike will be–there is still no final contract, there are fissures in the support for the tentative contract within the Transport Workers Union, and the Metropolitan Transportation Agency is seemingly taking back one of the items its offered to the TWU as [...]
In the battle over the content on PBS, NPR, and other federally-funded media outlets, Kenneth Tomlinson pitted himself against a lot of liberal foes. In his former role as Chair of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), Tomlinson designated Bill Moyers as his arch nemesis and considered the PBS program show of news and opinion […]
Mayor Mike Bloomberg is stepping boldly into the Lower Manhattan development mess. The New York Times reports, and the lead local story in all papers is, that the Mayor has named 4 new people, all influential members of his administration, to the Lower Manhattan Development Board (LMDB). Governor George Pataki has responded in kind by [...]
Our Constitution prohibits the infringement of the right of the people to keep and bare arms, but I guess San Francisco voters disagree.
So, the founding fathers are quite dead now. Why do they still get a voice?