Politics

Wager’s Warning

There were always two parts to the behavior of Bloomberg’s aides toward Tom Ognibene — the first fairly standard, the second a little thuggish.

First, on January 12, Bloomberg campaign chief Kevin Sheekey and City Hall aide Rich Wager meet the former Councilman in Starbucks and offer him a job on the campaign. Ognibene turns Read More

It’s Good to Be Housing President

A friend, reading about how public servant Russell Harding charged taxpayers for his morning bagel along with occasional trips to exciting locales, etc., dropped me an e-mail lamenting that he had chosen the wrong profession. This was a bit of a surprise: I didn’t even know they had e-mail capability in Sing Sing.

Oh, I Read More

Red Tape: Tucker Carlson Gets Held Up in Ho Chi Minh City

Tucker Carlson’s problems at the Ho Chi Minh City airport on April 28 raise an interesting question for journalists in this age of multiple news organization affiliations: When detained by Communists in a foreign country, which magazine would you want pulling strings back home to win your freedom?

To briefly recount Mr. Carlson’s ordeal, the Read More