The Greek philosopher Zeno of Cittium hasn’t been seen in about 2,300 years, but rumor has it that the real reason for Mayor Bloomberg’s recent trip to Athens was to unearth—pardon the pun—a relative of the man who was the founder of Stoicism, in order to place him on next year’s $75 million Mayoral re-election-campaign Read More
The judicial scandal unfolding in Brooklyn, raising the issue of whether judges paid bribes to political leaders to get on the bench, is really nothing new and goes back as far as political organizations themselves. Tammany Hall perfected the system, selling everything from judgeships to patrolmen’s jobs to subway-construction contracts.
In the early 1970′s, Read More
When his political enemies circulated rumors about his wife, Rachel, and the sanctity of their union, Andrew Jackson-in an apparent role reversal that today might be cited as evidence of a 21st-century man-stood by his woman, defied his critics and chose the briar-laden path of confrontation. He persevered, and is remembered for his magnificent defiance, Read More
Once Upon a Time in New York: Jimmy Walker, Franklin Roosevelt and the Last Great Battle of the Jazz Age , by Herbert Mitgang. The Free Press, 259 pages, $25.
It seems hard to believe: Once upon a time in New York, there was a man who burned with ambition but who seemed a little Read More
As soon as it can get the technical hiccups out of its system, the New York Stock Exchange will commence after-hours trading next year. It is but a matter of time before the stock market will, like Las Vegas, be taking bets around the clock. Then day will be night and night will be day Read More
