New York Times Sticks It to Progressives in New York’s Democratic Primary

On the first day of early voting, the New York Times editorial board made its long-anticipated endorsements in the New York’s three open Democratic...

The Heir to Bernie?

Hanging over the American left has been the overriding question of what comes after Bernie Sanders. The 80-year-old Vermont senator is probably never...

The GOP Is the Party of Insulin-Gouging

It was predictable, but still notable, that Senate Democrats could not keep a provision capping insulin prices at $35 a month in their Inflation...

Jerry Nadler and Carolyn Maloney Really Hate Each Other

This past November, Carolyn Maloney and Jerry Nadler threw on reflective safety vests to visit the construction site of the latest Second Avenue...

Nancy Pelosi Is Creating a Global Military Crisis for No Reason at All

Speaker Nancy Pelosi is headed to Taiwan, undertaking a foreign-policy spectacle few asked for and even fewer need. Pelosi, both a liberal and a China...

Democrats Are Undermining Their January 6 Message by Boosting Fringe Republicans

Democrats are working very hard to remind voters of the horrors of January 6, 2021. Democracy itself, we are told, was at the brink as outgoing...

Why Jessica Ramos Went After AOC

To the various moderate Democrats and outright conservatives in politics and media, the spectacle was too delicious to pass up — a self-identified...

Pete Buttigieg Could Make Air Travel Less Hellish. Will He Do It?

The misery of airline travel in the United States, long a running joke, now feels existential. Price hikes and mass cancellations caused havoc for...

Democrats’ Problems Go Beyond Joe Manchin

Joe Manchin, West Virginia Democrat, makes the easiest of villains. A senator and former governor, he is wholly beholden to the fossil-fuel...

New York Can and Should Kill the Broker Fee

For a brief moment in New York City, shortly before the devastating outbreak of COVID, renters were granted a rare and unexpected gift. The New York...

Bernie Sanders Probably Won’t Run Again. Who Replaces Him?

If there has been one appealing outcome of the chatter around Joe Biden’s dismal approval ratings and White House future, it’s the revelation that...

Democrats Have a Biden Problem

Donald Trump is so hungry for a comeback that he’s reportedly willing to kick off a presidential campaign before the midterm elections, violating...

Boris Johnson’s Downfall Should Make Americans Jealous

In the United Kingdom, a scandal-scarred, norms-busting populist has resigned as the head of his party and is about to be forced from power...

How Many Battalions Does the Left Have in New York State?

July 7, 2022

Why Don’t Democrats Care About the Housing Emergency?

What is to be done about inflation? The Biden administration is desperate to find an answer before the bruising midterms. Energy and food prices,...

What Happened to the Left in New York on Tuesday?

Before Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her socialist allies dramatically upended politics as we once knew it, three incumbent state legislators losing in...

Does Lee Zeldin Stand a Chance Against Kathy Hochul?

After being counted out last year, Republicans flipped the governor’s mansion in Virginia and came extremely close in New Jersey, where Democrat...

Is the BDS Movement Too Alienating to Make Real Change?

Big Thief, a popular indie-rock band, recently announced a pair of concerts in Tel Aviv, Israel, where one of the band members is originally from....

What Makes Bill de Blasio Run… for Congress?

June 17, 2022

The Future of American Socialism Is Local

These are uneasy times for all movements and politicians on the American left. The midterm elections almost inevitably will punish the Democratic...

The Backlash Has Begun in California

San Francisco voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to recall Chesa Boudin, the city’s progressive district attorney, potentially dealing an enormous blow...

You Can Ignore Elon Musk

Once again, Elon Musk kicked up a news cycle after declaring that he felt “super bad” about the economy and would cut 10 percent of the workforce...

Chesa Boudin and the Limits of San Francisco Liberalism

In San Francisco, the signs are everywhere. Near the famed Lombard Street, one is affixed to a lamppost. Several of them, picturing menacing men in...

The 3 Democrats Who Could Save the Party

There have been plenty of laments about the state of the Democratic Party heading into 2024. Party operatives and pols are fearful that Joe Biden will...

Kill the Commute for Good

A recent survey found that New York City bled hundreds of thousands of residents in 2020 and 2021, with the pandemic taking a significant toll....

The War in Ukraine Can Be Over If the U.S. Wants It

There are two kinds of Realpolitik when it comes to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which has now dragged agonizingly past the three-month mark. There...

The Latest Act in New York’s Redistricting Circus Is a Killer

May 27, 2022

Why We Keep Letting This Happen

The mass shooting in Texas that killed at least 19 schoolchildren and two adults on Thursday came on the heels of the horrific, racist slaughter in...

President Mike Pence Would Be Worse Than Trump

Mike Pence, erstwhile Trumpian, is making more noise about running for president in 2024. The former vice-president has been campaigning for Brian...

Maybe Bill de Blasio Deserves a Comeback

The idea of Congressman Bill de Blasio is now an infuriating notion for the broad number of people on the left and the right who would like to see the...

Nationalize Baby Formula

On Wednesday, President Joe Biden invoked the Defense Production Act to address the national baby-formula shortage, ensuring that formula...

Trump’s Hold on the GOP Won’t Loosen Even if His Candidates Fail

Since Donald Trump first soared to the top of Republican primary polls in 2015, Democrats and disaffected conservatives have kept hope alive that at...

Eric Adams Can’t Afford to Lose the New York Post

“Mayor Eric Adams in Los Angeles as Crime Worsens Back Home in NYC” was the headline of a recent and extraordinary story in the New York Post ....

New York’s Redistricting Chaos Is Now the Nation’s Problem

May 6, 2022

Brian Benjamin’s Resignation Is a Gift to New York Progressives

New York’s Billion-Dollar Stadium Boondoggle

Pete Buttigieg Is Living His Best Life

Kathy Hochul Is About to Break Ranks With Progressives

March 25, 2022

A Gas-Tax Holiday Isn’t Great Policy. Democrats Should Do It Anyway.

Democrats were already facing a dismal midterm environment. Now they must contend with being the party in power as gas prices surge well beyond $4...

New York’s Lieutenant Governor’s Race Has a New Addition: Competition

March 15, 2022

What Happened to Matti Taibbi?

“Obviously, I’m anxious about why I’m being profiled,” Matt Taibbi said at the end of our phone call this summer, which had already lasted an...