‘Democracy’ in New York State
Since democracy is dead in New York, I write in dead persons
New york
Monday
Thursday
New York mayor Eric Adams indicted on federal charges
‘I always knew that if I stood my ground, for all of you, that I would be a target. And a target I became’
Thursday
Why New York is a city built on the written word
To have been born there and live there all your life? It is hard to imagine any author having a greater privilege
Tuesday
Trump’s ‘hush-money’ sentencing delayed to September
Judge Merchan has pushed the date to September 18
Wednesday
Where will Melania Trump live in her husband’s potential second term?
FLOTUS may avoid DC altogether, according to Axios
Monday
Turbulence after the Trump verdict
It’s not just a matter of one man or one trial. It is a split about the country’s direction
Bianca Bosker’s snapshot of the art scene
What drives people’s interest in art is profoundly linked to what makes us human
Friday
The ungaggable Donald Trump flames his ‘enemies’ at Trump Tower
The momentum boost that Judge Merchan just gave the GOP is more than a billion-dollar ad campaign
Thursday
A guilty verdict won’t sink Trump
The ‘lawfare’ against him so far been a boon politically
Trump found guilty in America’s first-ever Stalinist trial
The prestige of American justice has suffered a serious attack of scrofula
Friday
Trump’s bumper Bronx rally is a bad omen for Biden
He promised to return to New York and sort out the anarchy
Wednesday
Dispatch from an unloved borough
Staten Island shouldn’t be overlooked
Wednesday
Choosing mob rule at UCLA
Have our universities forgotten their role in enforcing the social contract?
Remembering the postmodern Paul Auster
His personal life was eventful, as any good writer’s should be
Monday
On the ground at the People’s University for Palestine (formerly Columbia)
Many of the students are masked
Tuesday
A cultural summer in the city
New York is great in summer, but the art scene can sometimes be fleeting
Friday
Barstool Sports’s Billy Football runs for Santos’s old seat
This is the real Barstool conservatism
Wednesday
Trump falsely accuses hush-money judge’s daughter of posting picture of him behind bars
A new Twitter account was created in April 2023, using Loren Merchan’s old handle
Thursday
Money, money, money, money: the GOP’s big 2024 problem
Plus: Truth Social and Trump’s financial woes
Saturday
Millionaire Scientologists crowdfund for Trump legal fees
Grant and Elena Cardone have set up a GoFundMe to raise the $355 million the former president owes New York
