The new Details features a nutty interview with Mike Tyson, wherein he peddles a new serene vegan shtick (“meat’s become a poison for me now”), which, depending on your thoughts about his past, may be a bit hard to swallow.
Tyson says there was no rage or terror in the ring: “If Read More
Lisa Kenner, a Democratic district leader, community activist and David Yassky supporter, may not be the best-known surrogate involbved in the 11th Congressional District race. But she’s turning out to be one of the most outspoken.
Saturday afternoon at the Tabernacle Baptist Church in Brownsville, Kenner hosted a debate for the candidates in the 11th Read More
Tracy Boyland
Rumors are floating about that Tracy Boyland has started to petition in order to challenge Velmanette Montgomery for her Brooklyn-based senate seat. When reached by phone just now, Boyland would only say that she can’t comfirm anything until Wednesday. Which, maybe, says it all.
Boyland challenged Major Owens for his congressional seat Read More
Last Monday, Jan. 30, marked the 124th birthday of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Sixty years after his death, nearly everyone has forgotten how close we came to never having him as a President.
In 1928, I was a 15-year-old political junkie living in Bensonhurst. The Democrats nominated New York Governor Al Smith for the Presidency, the Read More
