Geoff Canada looks to be taking on the most unusual challenge of his career. The Harlem Children's Zone founder is in talks to bring his cradle-to-college education formula to the Roma (Gypsy) children of Hungary.

We all knew Rudy Giuliani would find a way to win. America's former mayor has turned the trick by becoming a talking head. With no real job, no elected position and no prospect of one, Rudy has been reborn on cable TV.

This is the right time for a Supreme Court justice whose strong suit is securities law, and whose history shows he's not afraid to put that enormous expertise to use on the side of the people.

Takeout sushi is to Pedro Espada as shoes were to Imelda Marcos. Of all the outrages in a civil lawsuit against the Senate Majority Leader, the $20,000 bill from a sushi restaurant takes the cake. Make that the sashimi.

She's the Rodney Dangerfield of New York politics. More than a year after she was named to replace Hillary Clinton, New York's junior senator is still getting no respect. Nevertheless, Gillibrand looks like a winner.